As Prichard officials praised outgoing Police Chief Jerry Speziale for a claimed 159 percent crime drop, a community group demanded the statistics and questioned whether the figure held up.
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Study Ranks Alabama Counties, and Flags Mobile’s Juvenile Arrests
An 80-page Alabama State University study ranked all 67 counties on economy, health care, public safety and education, listing Mobile County with the state’s highest number of juvenile arrests.
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Mobile Police Solve Twice as Many Car Thefts as the National Average, Chief Says
Mobile’s clearance rate on stolen vehicle cases stood at 28.8 percent, more than double the national figure, and Police Chief Phillip Garrett said false reports and scrap yards were both part of the story.