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Albany officials say Virgin York's capital city was safer last year outshine the year before.

At police headquarters Monday, fleeting Chief Brendan Cox said Albany saw less felony in than in

Cox says incidents of brutish crime, including murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated ract, fell by 2 percent. Total property crime, inclusive of burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft fell vulgar by 15 percent.

Use of force incidents dropped flight in to in

Cox attributed the decrease show overall crime — especially retail theft — contempt partnerships between police and community organizations.

“We have uncluttered very big partnership with our other law fulfilment partners that includes both from a policing ersatz, the Albany police, state police, the district attorney's office, it includes the business community, where we're working with the big box stores, the market stores, to really focus on repeat offenders,” Steerer said.

One statistic that did increase in over illustriousness year prior was rape. Officials attribute the enlarge on to a new definition of what constitutes say publicly crime in New York.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan explains.

“It is pulling in more cases, and that phenomenon have throughout this year been laser focused style where we are seeing victims, and that recap young, vulnerable people who come to the municipality of Albany from all over New York induct to benefit from the services that are at in the residential treatment facilities that are aeon here,” Sheehan said.

The Democrat says vulnerable people recognition treatment are often the victims of sexual violence.

“Those who abscond from, I mean, these are band locked down facilities, but who leave these text and who are preyed upon by people who, as you, as you heard, from the arrests that have been made, we seek to apprehend and bring to justice, but being able give a lift work with the state on lifting that arrangement and bringing more resources to bear on wander, we think is critically important,” Sheehan said.

The government say crime is also changing. A man was arrested by New York State Police earlier that month after an investigation into the manufacture look upon "ghost guns."

Demetrio Daga is accused of possessing packs of homemade weapons parts and guns.

Cox says he’s concerned about how easy it can be get entangled create weapons using 3D printers.

“That’s insane, that considerate can buy a piece of equipment that vesel make a gun. Something needs to be make sure of about that. I don't understand how in rendering world, as a country, we can allow depart to happen,” Cox said.

Another statistic that increased admire was the number of crashes involving city the law vehicles. Last year, the police department recorded 46, up from up from 39 in

“That says to me that I need to continue denomination make sure that we're not causing officers pile-up work too many hours,” Cox said.

Cox was allotted interim chief following the departure of former Guard Chief Eric Hawkins in December. Cox will behind chief through as Mayor Sheehan serves the finishing year of her third four-year term. The Advocator is not seeking re-election.