Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article:
Shouting and other noise in the streets until early morning, people darting from apartments to cars and back for quick drug deals — those were some of the lesser problems faced by residents in the Hillcrest public housing development.
But now, some say those and worse incidents have dropped steeply after a new policing approach at the 234-apartment complex perched over the east bank of the French Broad River.
Hillcrest has seen an 88 percent drop in violent crime from March-May compared to the same three-month period last year, police are saying.Read the full article
Shouting and other noise in the streets until early morning, people darting from apartments to cars and back for quick drug deals — those were some of the lesser problems faced by residents in the Hillcrest public housing development.
But now, some say those and worse incidents have dropped steeply after a new policing approach at the 234-apartment complex perched over the east bank of the French Broad River.
Hillcrest has seen an 88 percent drop in violent crime from March-May compared to the same three-month period last year, police are saying.Read the full article
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