According to the California Disaster Center Statistics Online Web Site (2015), in 1990, California had a population of an estimated 29.7 million people, and about 3.9 million crimes. The categories of the crimes included in this statistical report were the following: violent crimes, property crimes, murders, forcible rapes, robberies, cases of burglary, larceny-thefts, vehicle thefts, and aggravated assaults. The Disaster Center has also provided us with statistics for the year 2014, which revealed a population of approximately 38.8 million and about 2.2 million crimes. In a 24-year span, we had an increased population of 9.1 million, yet a decline of crimes of 1.7 million. I believe that both local and state governments had an influence in…