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RI-RE SURVEY - We YORK city canis ‘ " SMUARY REPORT | Tee ° the following statistics show the nunber ‘of offenses’ know the police, in major categories, committed in New York City. for the years 1944 and 1945: Sa, ae & a MURDER, | AGGRA- . BURGLARY= .hs "4 NON@SEGLIGENT VATED BREAKING OR LARCENY YEAR MANSLAUSHTER ROBUERY ASSAULT ENTERING THEFT _ 1,418 2 596 As 351 | It will be noted from the above statistios that ‘there has been an iucreaso in most crime categories during the year 1945. Interviews with various officials of the New York Police Department has resulted in * -fhaivicuals engeged in unrelated violations, and. not by any inc reese’ My _stcanceed gang activities, These of ficial have Pointed out’ that. euch’ neuen to 5 receive sublicity is thievery on the wetertroat,. Tale ‘thievery 3 Apparer chy is volves collusion tstween thieves, Lougshor emen, and private agcchsen enplowsd by shipping companies. Recently oa number of burgisries = Live been tonaitted, in which the bottoms of safes, which ere made of | Lins non weaker construction than the remainder of the safes, have ; “show the trend of jewel thefts in Hew York city _ ithe New York Police Depertment and other informants” heve Stated there tes “been no large increvse in such thefts in New York City during the: recer t "past. ‘Thess officials heve pointed out thet since most of the "big money i¢é presently in the hands of bayers in Florida, jewelry salesmen are meking | their headquerters there, tnus making. Florida a heven for the jewol vhieves