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This is KABC radio. I'm Geri Nichols.
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Latest crime statistics released today
show an alarming rise in violence.
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In the last five years, homicides in
Los Angeles County are up 79%.
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Robberies are up 68%.
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Aggravated assault, another violent
crime, shows an increase of 59%.
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Rapes have increased 61%,
and lesser crimes are up too.
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Today I spoke to Los Angeles Police
Commissioner Herman Baldwin.
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The fear of crime has
deteriorated our community.
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It's almost as if we've been struck
by enemy bombs.
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The number of citizens
killed and maimed...
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... has produced in me a great
and personal resolve.
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The only way we'll win...
Make no mistak e. This is a war.
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The only way we'll win is
by assuming the offensive.
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Positive policing is the answer.
We've got to deploy all our resources...
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... or criminal violence will
destroy our community.
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What are the resources needed to
diminish the alarming rise in crimes?
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Some say heavier prison sentences and
an increased police facility are enough.
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I'm one of them.
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Others believe that prison
never cured anyone.
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Judging by the rise in violence,
it never deterred anyone either.
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Here comes the commercial.
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Ms. Nichols, but I can't take this.
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It's not my station.
I'm the architect for the new one.
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- Ms. Nichols is late.
- She's still on the radio.
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They recorded that earlier.
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The senator's aide would not
get off the phone.