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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday july 3, 2004 City / District b3 Iron cops take triathlon Challenge violent nine of Winnipeg a finest will take the our goal is to have everyone finish. Ironman Canada triathlon Challenge some will be fast and some will make it later this summer to raise Money for just before Midnight he said with a the Canadian cancer society. Laugh. Crime the Winnipeg police officers and i a confident Well All another 11 civilians have joined forces the team has set a fundraising goal falling in City but Home invasions vehicle thefts on Rise by Jason Bell fewer violent crimes were committed in the City in 2003 compared with the previous year but Homes and vehicles were still prime targets for Winnipeg criminals. City police report More than 8,300 crimes were committed against persons ? the bulk of which were assaults. That san Overall drop of five per cent from the 2002 crime statistics ? a com Parison found in the Winnipeg police ser vices annual report released this week. However break and enters jumped 13 per cent 873 to More than 7,600, while vehicle theft went up nine per cent 812 to about 10,100 incidents. Chief Jack Swatski said he was Dis appointed with those numbers. I a disappointed because property crime Auto theft and break and enters Are very preventable said Swatski who stressed the importance of anti theft devices for vehicles. We need to Send the message loud and Clear to our citizens that you can take Steps to pre vent those types of crimes. When we look at statistics relative to the use of Home alarms last year less than two per cent of Homes broken into were ones that had alarms. That in itself Speaks volumes of the deterrent effect of the use of residential burglar Overall crimes against property including break and enters Auto theft fraud arson and mischief were up 16 per cent last year. There were More than 60,000 of those crimes committed. Meanwhile 18 murders were committed last year three fewer than in 2002, while the number of attempted murders dropped from 10 to eight. The number of assaults in the City dropped by More than 550, or nine per cent but still totalled nearly 6,000. About 2,800 people were charged with Domestic assault about 425 fewer than the previous year. I am pleased those numbers Are Down and i see that trend continuing Swatski said. Society is realizing that Domestic violence is something that will not be tolerated.?. salvation army Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg free press Lucky Scooter dude Lester Mabilangan 20, gives his Cousin . 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