LMPD touts drop in violent crime in Louisville, stressing proactive policing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville Metro Police Chief Paul Humphrey used his first news conference after being named permeant chief Wednesday to lay out his plan to tackle violent crime, which, he said, is down in 2024.
Humphrey and other members of the LMPD command staff laid out the numbers at their bi-weekly news conference, a full picture of crime in the city.
Homicides are up 6.8% year over year, but non-fatal shootings are down 9.7%, and robberies are down 36%. However, the robbery numbers don’t include carjackings, LMPD said, of which there have been 70 in 2024.
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