Charlotte last year recorded 110 homicides — one of the deadliest years in the city’s history.
City staff this week gave city council a presentation on public safety as part of the city’s holistic approach to fighting crime. But amidst the focus on “quality of life” issues, some council members said the city needs to be more focused on what the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is doing to curtail murders.
Despite similar raw number totals, Charlotte’s homicide rate is lower than it was in the violent early 1990s— because the city’s population has doubled in size…