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Surprise crime took dip in 2023

High-profile this year cases came as rate was trending downward

Surprise saw crime rates go down in 2023, compared to the previous years, according to statistics the Surprise Police Department presented to the National Incident Based Reporting System.

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Surprise Police Sgt. Rick Hernandez answers questions about a police-involved shooting in a Walmart parking lot earlier this year.

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For big crime events, Surprise deploys its Police Mobile Command center, like one for a police-involved shooting at a Walmart parking lot in 2023.

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A stabbing in a McDonald’s bathroom. A police-involved shooting in a Walmart parking lot. Deadly gunfire in a Taco Bell drive-thru.

These are three recent high-profile crime incidents in Surprise that have brought attention to the growing city in the past couple of months.

But crime statistics the city just reported to the National Incident Based Reporting System show crime overall went down in 2023 over the previous the year.

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