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"iotr.cf! lUf-J ""'". ace.plin, ft"Gluili'J. i recognize I~, tadtp 0/ '"'I offiCII cu a J'j'"LJ 0/ ".,Llic laid., anJ Kentucky Department of Justice ..9 accepl it cu a p"Llic buJl 10 L. l,IJ JO 1011, cu ..9 lIIft I,..., to d., .ll.icJ 0/ Bureau of State Police tl. polu J.",ic•. !)",;/1 cO#Ut-II'I $1,.;,,, 10 acli,,,. tI..J. o/,i«/i"~ anJ il.al, Frankfort Kentucky LJicdl"'f M'I'.If t,f.,N (l.J I. m' cL",_ ,,4.. ,- ... I-. -/...-_1. Neil J. Welch Marion D. Campbell Secretary Commissioner -----_.------------ ---------------------------- COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE at- riCE OF rHE COMMIS510NE~ FRANKFORT 40601 N~.'L .J WE! CH JOHN Y BRO'.'VN. JR. ~~ ,.j ':.1 •• To The Honorable John Y. Brown, Jr., Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the Citizens of Kentucky: To The Honorable J I Y 0111 • Bro\o..'T1, Jr., Gqvernor of the Cornmom"ealth Crime is not a new phenomenon in American life. But the rate at which of Kentucky, and the citizens of Kentucky: it is growing, the increasing sophistication and complexity with which it is being perpetrated and the destructive effect it is having on our lives, our sense of security and the way we live, has become one of the gravest and most urgent social issues of 'ur time. the We are pleased to present, for your information and consideration eleventh annual report on crime in Kentucky as compiled f ' offense and arrest data submitted to us during 1980 I" rom During 1980, in Kentucky, nearly 125,000 major felonies were reported to d 1 IllYstate, county state, county and local police. Violent crimes, as a group--murder, forcible an .oca 8\" enforcement ap,encies throughout the Commonwealth as rape, robbery and aggravated assault--were up 11 percent. Property offenses- requlred by Chapter 17 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes. burglary, larceny and auto theft--showed a similarly uncomfortable increase, The U ·f 11. 4 percent. to rovi n~ orm.C~ime Reporting Program was established in Kentucky dat~ b, d~. l~S cltlzens and agencies of government \vith more meanino ful Although the Kentucky Department of Justice is committed to turning those ~ w lC to measure the extent of crime within our borders ~b statistics around, we cannot do it alone. If crime is to be effectively such, lt can serve constructively both to mobilize public op.~· . s against crime and aid units of state county and 1 1 lnlon deterred, if the criminals who prowl our streets and cOlTImunities are to learn mar I 11' h' ,oca government:in sla. 109 t elr resources, more effectively to combat "r' . that their depredations against us, our families and our homes will no longer communlty. 'c lme In the be tolerated, then it is essential that everyone get involved in the fight. Our local communities and their citizens are our most underdeveloped and ?n"behalf.of al~ those who will read and use the information contalned hereln to lntensifv our efforts to red ~ under-utilized crime-fighting resource. K k . J uce crlme, we of the entuc y State Pollce, would like to acknowledga ad' . spe 'i 1 " ~ n express our It is not enough to simply say that we, as citizens of the Commonwealth, c ~ ,appreclatlon to all those police officers, employees and are alarmed by the rise in crime. We must join ranks and demonstrate that techn~cla~s throughout the Commom"ealth \"i thout \17hose co~perilti concern, vocally and vociferously, by individual and group action through our contrlbutLons and assistance this report would ~9ver have seen °t~' of day. ~e light local institutions, schools, civic organizations, religious bodies and the news media, urging total involvement in communitywide crime prevention programs and complete support for a responsive responsible assault on crime and its causes by our elected representatives and governing agencies, both state and local. There are as many viable approaches to community crime prevention as there ;1{~).~ are citizens who deplore the situation in which we find ourselves. And what is NarlOn D. Campbell needed most now, is a positive committment to action in and on the community Commissioner level. Kentucky State Police 'l/J?cJ~ Neil J. Welch Secretary Department of Justice .... ------------- -------- THE 1980 "CRIME IN KENTUCKY" REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) OFFICERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY During 1980, three Kentucky law enforcement officers were slain in the line of duty. UNIFORM Previously, the highest recorded toll of police officers slain in a single year was five in 1971 (Kentucky's Uniform Crime Reports do not extend back beyond 1970) and five in 1979. CRIME All of the three officers killed during 1980 were the victims of gunshot wounds. REPORTS The first officer fatality recorded during the year was a Jefferson County police officer, Patrolman Christopher M. Dunn, who was shot to death on April 3 while attempting to apprehend two robbery suspects. COMMONWEAL TH Dunn's death was followed by the fatal shooting of a Perry County deputy sheriff, OF KENTUCKY . Hiram A. Ritchie, who was fatally wounded while attempting to take a suspect into custody on July 1. 1980 The third officer killed was a Kentucky state policeman, Trooper Jerome Clifton who was assigned to t~e state police post at Pikeville. Clifton died on October 1 as a result of medical complications stemming from a gunshot wound suffered on September 16 while attempting to arrest a Pike County man who had barricaded himself in a house with his ibildren after allegedly shooting and wounding his wife. ~. CONTENTS The Kentucky Uniform Crime Reporting System .......................................... 1 Kentucky Department of Justice ....................................................... 7 Classification-Place of Occurrence. 50 Kentucky State Police ............................................................ 8 Who Commits Robbery? . 51 Profile of Kentucky .................................................................. 9 Persons Arrested STATE OFFENSE DATA 1980 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• "'-:0 52 DefiniHon 13 STATE OFFENSE DATA ............................................. 0 ••••••••••••••••• Clearance Rate Reported Crimes How Many Aggravated Assaults Occurred? Crime Rate Where Do Aggravated Assaults Occur in Kentucky? ....................................... 52 Crimes Against Persons .............................................................. '14 When Do Aggravated Assaults Occur? .............................................. , ... 53 Crimes Against Property .............................................................. '15 By Month-1980 Property Crimes and Robbery ......................................................... ,6 Monthly Percentages-1976·1980 State Offense Data-1980 ............................................................ 17 Who Commits Assault? .............................................................. 54 Crime Trends-1979·1980 ............................................................. ·18 Persons Arrested Total Crime Index Offenses by Month ................................................... 19 Weapons Used Offense Data by County