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REPORT: Crime Rate Dropped 8.7% In Satellite Beach, 5th Consecutive Year For Reduction

By  //  June 19, 2017

'direct result of the outstanding work'

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for 2016 has been released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

BREVARD COUNTY • SATELLTLE BEACH, FLORIDA – The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for 2016 has been released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

“I am proud to report that the overall crime rate dropped 8.7% in Satellite Beach,” said Satellite Beach Police Chief Jeff Pierson on Facebook.

“This is the fifth consecutive year that the crime rate has dropped and is a direct result of the outstanding work that the men and women of the Satellite Beach Police Department do on a daily basis.

I couldn’t be more proud of the dedicated team of professionals that work hard every day to provide a safe environment for every citizen and visitor in Satellite Beach. I hope you will join me in congratulating them for a job well done.”

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Satellite Beach Police Jeff Pierson, right, with Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey. The Satellite Beach Police Department remembered Sergeant E. Edward Hartmann and Officer Philip J. Flagg, who were killed in the line of duty by a drunk driver 25 years ago. (SBPD image)

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