Crime
The department enforces the laws within Connecticut's most populous city. Bridgeport has the 56th largest metro area in the United States. Consequently there is a considerable amount of criminal activity the department has to contain and neutralize. This may range from occurrences of (but not limited) to gang violence, car theft, standoffs, murder and muggings.
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Famous quotes containing the word crime:
“I wish so much of crime didn’t take place after dark. It’s most unnerving.”
—Ketti Frings (1915–1981)
“There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.”
—Ben Maddow (1909–1992)