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Over the last four years, larcenies downtown
have fallen 1.7 percent, police data shows.
Car theft is the second most prevalent
downtown crime. Forty-nine vehicles were
reported stolen in the center city as of April
25, down from 59 stolen a year earlier, data
shows. Those thefts have fallen 3.9 percent
the past four years.
Citywide, the 988 larcenies committed
through April 25 declined 10.5 percent from
the comparable period last year, with auto
thefts down 8.8 percent. Over the last four
years, larcenies are up 1.8 percent, with car
thefts down 8 percent.
"Downtown is one of our safest neighbor-
hoods,'' Deputy Chief Foley said. "The prob-
lem is whenever there is an incident down-
town, it does kind of get sensationalized.''
Contributing to that safety, Foley said, are
the silent but visible corps of paid staffers
and volunteers on duty daytime, sometimes
around the clock handing out parking tickets
and sweeping sidewalks. Even landlords' pri-
vate security details and ubiquitous surveil-
lance cameras are extra eyes and ears that
also serve as deterrents, Foley said.
"I view downtown as very safe,'' said Spec-
tra's Ravetz.
Still, Spectra will provide a 24-hour concierge
desk, card-controlled access to the building and
"surveillance cameras everywhere,'' he said.
Michael Zaleski, who runs the Hartford
Business Improvement District (HBID), a
nonprofit that promotes the shared interests
of downtown merchants, vendors and service
providers, said efforts aimed at removing the
temptations to thieves, like stowing under
cover cellphones, GPS devices and other
audio and electronics gear, have helped.
"Car break-ins are a crime of opportunity,
so we regularly encourage visitors to stow
their valuables when parking in the district,''
Zaleski said via email. His organization and
its downtown members invited several vet-
eran and recent apartment landlords to a lun-
cheon meeting, where city parking and crime
were key topics for discussion.
Briefed monthly by local police about
the latest citywide crime data, Zaleski said
his group, too, is proactive about improving
public safety downtown. It runs the Secu-
rity Ambassador program in which staffers
equipped with walkie-talkies provide extra
eyes on downtown streets.
"While the perception of public safety
may continue to be an issue for those who
are unfamiliar with downtown,'' Zaleski said,
"the statistics show that the central business
district is safe and getting safer each year.
Continued investment by developers and res-
idential occupancy rates that hover around
100 percent shows that people recognize that
downtown is a safe place to live." n
