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May 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay has questioned whether tough economic factors are behind a spike in incidents of family violence across the state.
Victoria recorded a 10.4 per cent jump in incidents of crime against the person measured per 100,000 people in the 12 months from March 2011 to March this year.
Drug offences jumped by 14.7 per cent per 100,000 people, while there was a 4.1 per cent increase in all crimes recorded. The total number offences climbed by 20,246 – 5.6 per cent – on the previous 12 months.
Mr Lay welcomed an increased preparedness to report matters of family violence to police, but questioned whether the financial difficulties many people faced contributed to the rise in family violence offences.
“We understand that crime rates are being driven predominantly by family violence-related crime,” he said.
“We don’t yet know if societal factors – such as financial pressures generated by the changing economic factors – are also impacting on our total crime.”
Mr Lay said the rise in drug offences was partly attributable to police providing more resources to tackle the problem and improving at detecting crimes.
He said plans to add 1700 police officers across the state and 940 protective services officers across Melbourne’s public transport network meant crime statistics were likely to rise again, as authorities became more proficient in detecting offences.
But he said a 5.6 per cent rise in robberies was a concern.
“Much of this is street-related youth crime – targeting cash and high-value portable items such as mobile phones, MP3 players and tablet devices,” Mr Lay said.
“This is simply unacceptable, and we are increasingly cracking down on this kind of behaviour through increased patrols and the targeting of recidivist offenders and known hot-spots around the public transport system.
“In some areas we are also putting youth resource officers out on patrol with operational police to engage with young people in the community.
“Crimes against the person also remain a concern. There can be no complacency when it comes to tackling and deterring alcohol-fuelled assaults in and around our city entertainment precincts, and Victoria Police will continue to invest the resources required to crack down on this kind of behaviour.”
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