Police respond as stats show crime increased again in Dayton in 2023

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CRIME & LAW

By Cornelius Frolik

Jan 10, 2024

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Crime went up again in Dayton last year, and a surge in automobile thefts was one of the reasons why police recorded the most criminal offenses in years, according to Dayton Police Department data.

Dayton also saw more shootings into homes, acts of menacing, swindles and cons, stolen property crimes, drug and narcotic violations and aggravated robberies.

The Dayton Police Department said it has seen dramatic reductions in some of its property crimes since the early 2000s.

The department also said the increases in some specific crime categories reflect proactive law enforcement activities. Proactive policing typically is about preventing crime, and crime levels sometimes fluctuate because of increased enforcement.

“We are always monitoring crime trends and patterns to try to provide information to the community and deploy resources to address these issues,” a Dayton Police statement said, in response to Dayton Daily News questions. “While we pay attention to yearly increases and decreases and can make adjustments accordingly, we typically will focus more on longer term trends, such as over a five-year period.”

Overall crime

Dayton Police Department data indicate the city had about 20,340 recorded crimes last year, which was 1,430 more incidents than in 2022 (+8%).

Dayton also saw an 8% increase in crime in 2022, and crime reports increased 20% in 2021.

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The city had 34 homicides and incidents of non-negligent manslaughter in 2023 — one more than in 2022 and four more than in 2021.

Dayton police also recorded 155 aggravated robberies (+9% from 2022) and 547 aggravated assaults (+3%). Aggravated assaults include shootings and violent attacks.

The city had 164 incidents of shootings into habitations, which was 37 more than in 2022 (+29%).

Police documented 1,207 menacing offenses (+28%), 876 drug and narcotic violations (+11%) and 144 incidents of swindles, confidence games and false pretenses (+23%).

Not all crimes were up. Rape offenses (160 in 2023) dropped by 25%, going back down to 2021 levels after a major spike in 2022.

Arson also dropped by 16% in 2023, according to DPD statistics, from 50 incidents to 42. Kidnapping/abduction dropped from 95 to 76 incidents (a 20% reduction).

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On Sept. 20, Dayton police responded to South Jefferson Street and East Fourth Street in downtown Dayton after receiving reports about shots fired. Police discovered that a male had been shot twice in his leg, and that a female suffered a gunshot wound to the hand, a police report states.

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Witnesses told police that someone in the backseat of a silver SUV fired at least 10 shots at a group of people who were on their way to the Greater Dayton RTA bus hub.

Following the drive-by shooting, Dayton police Chief Kamran Afzal said fortunately the victims would fully recover, but that this was a serious and dangerous event in a part of the city where these kinds of violent acts are fairly rare.

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Examples of crime incidents

Weekly police reports show that last fall a 14-year-old in West Dayton was shot in the arm while walking down the street and a delivery driver’s vehicle was stolen at gunpoint.

A man was robbed after he arranged a meet-up to buy back his stolen minibike and a pizza delivery driver’s food items were taken by force.

Last month, a juvenile stole a cellphone and some money from a woman on South Jefferson Street, according to police. The suspect grabbed the woman’s arm and demanded her cell phone password, which she provided.

On Christmas Eve, a woman was confronted by an unknown suspect as she walked home on Ringgold Street in East Dayton, weekly police reports state. The suspect slapped her twice in the face after she said she didn’t have any money.

Auto thefts

Auto thefts have soared in Dayton in the last two years, owing primarily to a wave of stolen Hyundais and Kias due to a security defect.

Dayton had 1,546 car thefts in 2022 — up from 842 from the prior year (+84%). But in 2023, police recorded 2,435 auto thefts, a further increase of 58% from 2022′s already elevated number.

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Car thieves have exploited security vulnerabilities in Hyundais and Kias that allow the vehicles to be hijacked with a basic USB cord.

Videos have circulated on social media that explain how to steal the vehicles in a few simple steps. Police have tried to crack down on auto theft, and carmakers have offered security upgrades, but the thievery continues.

Additionally, a significant number of cars and trucks have been stolen after the owners left the keys inside the vehicles. Many of the vehicles were unlocked.

What can be done

The Dayton Police Department says community members need to be aware of crime in their neighborhoods so they can take proactive measures to prevent some of these activities, especially property crimes.

Police said most violent crime is committed by someone the victim knows, which often means these events are harder to prevent.

Police said community members can learn about crime in their neighborhoods by visiting a crime mapping tool from LexisNexis called CommunityCrimeMap.com.

Police said they have learned that a small number of people are involved in shootings into homes. What often happens is one house will get fired upon and then someone else who is related to the victim will shoot at the suspect’s house.

“A lot of times we do not know what the root cause is behind these incidents,” police said.

But police said officers are using technology such as the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to link evidence collected from shooting incidents. Police say this helps make connections to identify individuals who are pulling the trigger.

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Hebrews 13:2: And What It Means to All People!!

        Praise the Lord Saints!!  Praise the Lord!!  How are you doing today?  Fine, I hope.  I want to inform all of you that the Bible verse Hebrews 13:2 really makes sense.  It says Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby so have entertained angels unawares. 

This is a very good Bible verse because it pertains to people, and the ability, according to the Bible, have entertained strangers.  Frankly, we are all strangers and angels on planet earth.  I am saying this because we are here on earth temporarily.  I want to say that I understand that our fellowship permanently is heaven. 

        Do you know that everything inside of the Bible is true?  It is true because it has a whole lot to do with real life as it pertains to God’s creation.  I know that we are going to be evaluated.  We are going to be evaluated according to our behavior, actions, and what we have done for God.  I even know that we are going to be evaluated by the way we have managed our money for the Lord.

Next, I keep informing everyone that we receive everything from God.  When it talks about every single thing, I am talking about everything comes from God.  John 3:27 says; John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. This is true because everything belongs to God.

Further, I want to inform all of you that we are all blessed on a daily basis.  Life itself is only a vapor.  This is the truth.  The air that we breathe does not belong to any of us.  Psalms 144:4 says that Man is like a breath, his days are a passing shadow.  This is true because God’s Spirits is inside of all of us.  I know that my essay consists of things that pertains to this life.  I am only writing a basic essay just to prove my point that; the Bible is real. 

In Addition to the necessities of life.  All things are created to established harmony on earth.  I know that human behavior is learned according to psychology.  I guess everyone we meet are strangers to all of us: with the exception of our family members.  Our friends, who know about our outer appearance.  The inside of our bodies, God knows about better than mankind. 

Finally, I know that everyone matters on earth.  I am very happy that God is examining all of us every single day of the week.  God loves all of us equally.  We are strangers in a land called Planet Earth!!

In Relation to the Bible:
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.”
Zechariah 7:9-10
This verse from Zechariah explains how we as people, not just Christians, should treat other people around us daily. God is telling us that we should be respectful and be truthful in the things we do in our daily lives. Not only should be true to others, but to ourselves as well. In that sense, phishing is not correct by any means based on this passage.
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. “Be angry, and do not sin” : do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.
Ephesians 4:25-28
This second passage explains to us that we should not lie to one another. Phishing is deliberately misleading someone else for a person’s own personal gain and essentially lying. Even if we are angry at someone else, we should not commit sin to fulfill these thoughts towards others. These verses also explain that we should change and try to be better in what we do each day.

Phishing is absolutely wrong. Nowhere in its concept is it morally or ethically right and there are many laws against it. It is very wrong to go and trick someone into something especially with some who is not very familiar with computers. It is almost as if you are taking candy from a baby, it is not hard to do it, but they can often not do anything about it. Phishing targets people who have very little information or knowledge about computers and sucks them into giving them information, which is then accessed and used. It is human nature to feel bad for someone who is being taken advantage of, and often we do what we can to help them. Just because someone has little knowledge about something doesn’t mean someone should be able to take advantage of them and trick them into do something they would otherwise not do. Phishing is wrong, and anyone who is caught phishing should suffer consequences.

I want to inform everyone that over 1,000,000 websites are utilized by computer hackers each day. I was online using my Mocospace account early this morning and suddenly, I came across someome who I perceived as a woman chatting with me. It looked suspicious because when I looked on her profile, I found out that she was not logged on to the website. Usually, whenever a person is logged on to Mocospace, a green dot appears right next to their name. This occurred around 12:30AM. I checked the female’s profile, and it has been confirmed that she was not logged on to the site. She logged onto the website yesterday. I felt baffled and confused because I always thought that these women would be online. It turns out that the profile was hacked. Some tips that I have to offer all of you are as follows: Always check for the green dot to see if the person is officially on the website. Second, examine the profile to see how long the person was logged off. This is pertaining to mocospace. As far as Blackplanet.Com is concerned, always check the profile to see how long they have been logged off or on. On the average, most of the female profiles are hacked online because the hackers themselves usually go undetected. Most of the countries that have this kind of activity is Africa, India, Jamaica, Cuba, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, and London England. Most of your hackers are usually between the ages of 18-35. There are a very small percentage of the profiles that the hackers have are cloned. They are duplicated and the pictures themselves are copied by the hackers themselves. Hackers have a tendency to prey on innocent men who are online between the hours of 9:00PM-6:00AM. Most of the activity occurs between the hours of midnight and 5:00AM. Computer hackers who are living in other countries have a 7 to 12 hour start on Americans who are online. The time change makes the difference. When I got scammed 4 years ago, I did not know it. The scammers were using women’s profiles on Blackplanet, Yahoo, Facebook, and Twitter. Some of your computer hackers use profiles of younger women between the ages of 18-40. The profiles themselves are randomely selected. This is serious because an average man would think that he is talking to his female or male friend; when they are talking to a computer hacker and data thief. Data thieves usually collect social security numbers of innocent people and as soon as your information is online, it is collected from the website and in some cases, a third party. I am happy that they have Bible verses that pertain to my situation. In most cases, it is best to examine the information.

What is a nuclear family?

What is a nuclear family? The definition of a nuclear family consists of a mother, father, and the children that they have together. Here in the United States, the nuclear family has diminished. It only consists of a single mother or father raising their children.

 According to the United States Department of Vital Statistics, in the year 2013, there are over 70% of adults raising their own children all by themselves. This is a very serious problem!! This is simply because the majority of these single parents are women. There are over 60% of single women who are raising their own children.

 This is simply because of the fact that; the father is absent from the home. This is due to incarceration or death. In most cases, there are over 40% of single women who have children by different fathers. This means that the child was born out of wedlock.

I am speaking about this now because this is a very serious problem in this country. There are men and women who are having children by different people every single day. The expectations change because of the fact that a man or woman usually renege on their promises.

 In my case, I have not seen my own biological father in over 43 years. This is his fault because he did not tell my mother at the time that he was married to another woman. This is very painful because out of my mother’s 9 children, I am the only one who has a different father from the rest of my half siblings.

Anytime that another person tells a person who is in this situation to “get over it.” It only causes a lot of damage to the person’s psyche. It affects them to the point that; a person who is experiencing this usually goes through a great deal of depression. This is simply because a person would like to see their absent parent before they die.

As far as the nuclear family is concerned, there are times when a person would choose not to have any children. This is simply because of financial hardships as well as other forms of hardships that tend to adversely affect the person who is going through this experience.

This is not very easy to deal with because most parents, who are living right now, usually refuse to talk about their experiences as well as the past. Children who are growing up in the year 2013 are having a great deal of hardship and pain. The pain comes from not having a father or their own biological father in their life.

There are children today who are involved in blended families a whole lot more than ever before. During the time that I grew up, I had my grandparents who raised me when my own mother was not able to. I relied on extended family, which composed of my grandmothers, aunt, uncle, as well as cousins.

This is exactly what is really going on right now. A child has to spend most of his time with other relatives instead of his or her own siblings.

The nuclear family will not exist within the next 10 to 20 years. The reason why is because women are taking care of their own children all by themselves. Furthermore, they are also refusing to have additional children for personal reasons. I really think there is a great deal of resentment out there because of the fact that a man refuses to take care of his responsibilities.

 This also applies to women as well. There are women who are heavily dependent on street drugs. This causes the courts to get involved and physically remove the children from the home. There are crimes such as domestic violence, which has gone up 500% within the past 10 years.

This is simply because women or men are engaging in this crime.  This particular crime disrupts the home and it also has an adverse effect on the family. When it comes to the nuclear family, it is time for both men and women to step up to the plate and take care of their own children. It is time for men and women to step up to the plate and address the issues of each child that is inside of the home.

There are times when men and women refuse to attend parent child school related conferences. There are a lot of bad choices being made by both parents; especially when it comes to dealing with the family. This is not a very easy topic to address to neither the public nor the family as a whole.

Jesus Christ really needs to come down from heaven and address issues such as the nuclear family. God Bless all of you. I will keep each and everyone who have children in my prayers.

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