By Alex Benzegala
Panhandle Post
The Alliance Police Department has focused their efforts in the last couple of years on lowering the crime rate in town and Police Chief Phil Lukens says that the evidence and numbers point to that happening.
Lukens says that when he was hired in December of 2020, in March of 2021 there was an article that Alliance was in the Top 10 Worst Cities to live in State of Nebraska, and Lukens explains what the Alliance Police Department has done and what the results have shown. "In our Strategic Plan, we have worked very hard at implementing a lot of programs, working with the community and really having a dialog together," Lukens said. "At the end of the day, this last march 2023 Alliance was rated in the top ten safest cities to live in Nebraska."
Lukens says that with the current rate of improvement, he envisions Alliance being the safest city in Nebraska at some point in the near future. Looking at the numbers, overall crime in Alliance was down 31% in 2022 compared to 2021, and 2023 could be a record low year if trends stay the same. Currently there have been 100 crimes against people this year in Alliance compared to 226 in 2022. To look at the full statistics, go to cityofalliance.net and click on departments and Police.
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Looking at the numbers, overall crime in Alliance was down 31% in 2022 compared to 2021, and 2023 could be a record low year if trends stay the same. Currently there have been 100 crimes against people this year in Alliance compared to 226 in 2022. To look at the full statistics, go to cityofalliance.net and click on departments and Police.