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Crime in decline
Latest national stats show city’s rates lower than neighbours’, and poll reveals fewer citizens list crime as a top concern A5 PUTTING ON A SHOW A21 Agrifair’s small army of volunteers has been working most of the year
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CHILD PORN SENTENCE A7 Abbotsford man gets a year in jail after being found guilty of three offences
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The Abbotsford Police are being lauded by a local criminologist for their innovative policing strategies, and this week’s release of Statistics Canada numbers show that criminal offences are indeed on the decline in the city. Also this week, city council learned that residents of the onetime “Murder Capital of Canada” are now more concerned with municipal government issues than crime.
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