March 23, 2012
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Payson crime rate drops
Major crimes drop 2 percent as Payson struggles to fill five vacant slots for patrol officers
Major crimes in Payson dropped along with the number of officers on the beat in 2011. The per-capita major crimes index reported to the FBI dropped 2 percent and calls to dispatchers plunged nearly 30 percent in 2011, according to a report released March 16. “We returned to the trend of declining crime after a spike last year (2010),” said Payson Police Chief Don Engler.
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