CMPD Chief Calls for More Officers to Fight Violent Crime
CHARLOTTE, NC — CMPD Chief Kerr Putney says he will talk to City Council in the next few days about getting more officers on the street to battle the city’s growing crime rate.
Overall, crime in Charlotte increased nearly 10 percent last year.Β But violent crime was up 18 percent.Β Robbery jumped 23 percent.Β And murder was up 36 percent.
Chief Kerr Putney says drugs and illegal guns are leading to more home invasions and shootings.Β Putney says CMPD is stretched thin.
“More officers allow us that opportunity, to be a lot more proactive, to go after the right groups, the right people, those people who decided their careers would be crime,” said Chief Putney. “We can get those people off the street.”
Last year Charlotte also saw an increase in larceny, home invasion and sexual assaults.
