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Start of school means crime rate will drop
posted by LEILANI SALTER | 8/16/2010

No one welcomes the sight of school buses rolling on Mississippi roads more than law enforcement officers. The start of the fall semester means the number of auto, home and business burglary reports they write per shift will drop like a rock.That sounds sad, but it makes a cheerful point: At least many of the thieves victimizing thousands of people, mostly in larger Mississippi towns, are not drug-crazed, hardened criminals. They’re high school, Full Story
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