Tallahassee is not as safe as families may think. Recent Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) reports have shown that Tallahassee, Leon County has a shocking total crime index due to it’s rather small population compared to cities like Miami and Jacksonville.
With a total population of 287,671 in 2016 there was a total number of 16,269 crimes accounted for during 2016. Many families, college students, and citizens did not realize how awful crime was in Tallahassee. “I’ve lived in this city all of my life, I have a family here. I’m not naïve to crime, however I’m naïve to the crime rate of this city. I never realized how high the percentage of crimes we’re in Leon County. Now all I can think of are my two kids” said Terry Washington …show more content…
I stumbled upon the Field’s family who lived in the low income urban part of Tallahassee. This family has lost brothers, uncles, children, and friends in the city of Tallahassee. “I’ve lost two sons due to crime here in Tallahassee, I may not know the analytics behind crime here. However, I know how it feels to lose people that you love. They were not involved in gang violence. They were gunned down by police who viewed them as animals” said Shella Brown a retired nurse who’s now a pastor in her community.
After presenting these facts to random college students in Tallahassee’s Governor Square Mall a group of girls from Baltimore were stunned by these facts. “I left Baltimore to get away from crime, I was completely oblivious to the crime rates in Leon County. This whole time I thought this was a small safe city” said Jasymn Jordan a sophomore biology student at Florida State University.
During this process another poll took place, after speaking with a total of 24 citizens in the Leon County’s area 50% women & 50% men all from a diverse background. Data showed that after information with the analytics from FDLE 50% of women said they are more fearful now of living in Tallahassee. On the contrary, 50% of men felt indifferent about the data presented. Overall they simply didn’t
With a total population of 287,671 in 2016 there was a total number of 16,269 crimes accounted for during 2016. Many families, college students, and citizens did not realize how awful crime was in Tallahassee. “I’ve lived in this city all of my life, I have a family here. I’m not naïve to crime, however I’m naïve to the crime rate of this city. I never realized how high the percentage of crimes we’re in Leon County. Now all I can think of are my two kids” said Terry Washington …show more content…
I stumbled upon the Field’s family who lived in the low income urban part of Tallahassee. This family has lost brothers, uncles, children, and friends in the city of Tallahassee. “I’ve lost two sons due to crime here in Tallahassee, I may not know the analytics behind crime here. However, I know how it feels to lose people that you love. They were not involved in gang violence. They were gunned down by police who viewed them as animals” said Shella Brown a retired nurse who’s now a pastor in her community.
After presenting these facts to random college students in Tallahassee’s Governor Square Mall a group of girls from Baltimore were stunned by these facts. “I left Baltimore to get away from crime, I was completely oblivious to the crime rates in Leon County. This whole time I thought this was a small safe city” said Jasymn Jordan a sophomore biology student at Florida State University.
During this process another poll took place, after speaking with a total of 24 citizens in the Leon County’s area 50% women & 50% men all from a diverse background. Data showed that after information with the analytics from FDLE 50% of women said they are more fearful now of living in Tallahassee. On the contrary, 50% of men felt indifferent about the data presented. Overall they simply didn’t