And transit crime went down by 18% as well. And we see promising stats. When you look at retail theft, there was a real issue around retail theft. We came together and put together a retail theft task force and the numbers are showing 8% decrease year to date. People who believe retail theft is a victimless crime, they are wrong. When stores close, we lose employees of those who need to get their prescription or any other items from the drugstore. (03:17–03:26)
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