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Selma enforcement officers handle 97 crimes against persons in 2020

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Selma law enforcement officers grappled with 97 crimes against persons in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals eight per month in 2020.

Crimes against persons include simple assaults, aggravated assaults, intimidations, kidnappings and abductions, fondling offences and rapes.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, simple assault was the most popular crime handled by the Selma office.

Officers in Selma were involved in 724 incidents throughout the year.

The NIBRS was designed to provide detail and context around crime stats. Under the previous system, only the most serious crime related to an incident would be logged. If an incident involved a homicide as well as aggravated assault and theft, only a homicide would be recorded in criminal statistics.

It is used by law enforcement at all levels, from local to federal.

Crimes against persons offenses in Selma in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults38
Simple assaults45
Murders and nonnegligent manslaughters1
Kidnappings and abductions3
Rapes1
Fondling offences5
Incest crimes1
Statutory rapes3

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