密歇根州犯罪率降至七年最低：凶杀较2021年下降逾40%、抢劫减半
密歇根州州长 Gretchen Whitmer 10月26日在 Lansing 宣布，全州暴力犯罪率已降至七年来最低水平：凶杀案件较2021年下降逾40%，抢劫案件较其上任之初减少一半，「安全社区行动」（Operation Safe Neighborhoods）已从街头缴获逾1,000支非法枪支。
州长办公室表示，自2018年以来，密歇根州已投入近20亿美元用于公共安全，包括过去两个财年1亿美元的公共安全收入分成拨款、2,520万美元社区暴力干预拨款、250万美元全州枪支暴力预防工作组经费，以及为州警人员加薪20%。
Whitmer 说：「每位密歇根州居民都应在家中、在自己的社区里感到安全。我们投入近20亿美元加强公共安全，让更多警员走上街头，支持行之有效的暴力干预项目，把非法枪支从不该持枪的人手中收走。」她任内还签署了普遍背景审查、安全存放与极端风险保护令等枪支安全法律。
密歇根州警察局局长 James F. Grady II 表示，州警每天与社区伙伴并肩工作，相关投入已见成效。「安全社区行动」由州惩教署假释与缓刑监督人员联合地方执法部门，对重罪犯进行合规检查，已完成逾11,000次，行动中还多次查获毒品与弹药。
州长办公室指出，密歇根州近三分之一的已报告暴力犯罪涉及枪支；「安全社区行动」是 Whitmer 2021年启动的「密歇根安全社区」（MI Safe Communities）计划的延续。州参议员 Kevin Hertel 与州众议员 Denise Mentzer 亦发声支持，称州政府对地方公共安全的直接投入已带来切实成果。
Michigan Crime Rate Hits Seven-Year Low: Murders Down Over 40% Since 2021, Gov. Whitmer Announces
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced in Lansing on October 26 that the state's violent crime rate has fallen to its lowest level in seven years: murders are down more than 40% since 2021, robberies have been cut in half since she took office, and Operation Safe Neighborhoods has taken more than 1,000 illegal guns off the streets.
Since 2018, Michigan has invested nearly $2 billion in public safety, the governor's office said, including $100 million in Public Safety Revenue Sharing grants over the past two fiscal years, $25.2 million in community violence intervention grants, $2.5 million for a statewide gun violence prevention task force, and a 20% pay raise for Michigan State Police troopers and sergeants.
"Every Michigander deserves to feel safe in their home, their neighborhood, and their community," Whitmer said. "We've invested nearly $2 billion in public safety to put more officers on the street, support proven violence intervention programs, and take illegal guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them." She has also signed gun safety laws including universal background checks, safe storage requirements and extreme risk protection orders.
Col. James F. Grady II, director of the Michigan State Police, said troopers work alongside community partners every day and the investments are yielding results. Under Operation Safe Neighborhoods, state corrections parole and probation agents team up with local law enforcement on compliance checks of felony offenders; more than 11,000 check-ins have been conducted, and officers have also recovered illegal drugs and ammunition.
The governor's office said nearly one in three reported violent crimes in Michigan involves a firearm, and that the initiative builds on the MI Safe Communities program Whitmer launched in 2021. State Sen. Kevin Hertel and state Rep. Denise Mentzer also praised the results, saying direct state investment in local public safety is delivering tangible outcomes.
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