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Cities share border, not crime rate

18.05.12

To someone zipping along on Highway 29, American Canyon, Napa County’s fastest-growing new city, merges seamlessly with Vallejo, Solano County’s biggest, much older city.

For American Canyon, this visual blending can create public safety image problems. Vallejo has a reputation for frequent murders and a high crime rate. A passerby could wonder if American Canyon is similarly beset with lawlessness.

American Canyon police say they are busy, but mostly with garden-variety crimes such as shoplifts, assaults and traffic stops. Theirs is a safer community, officers report.

According to the latest statistics, the 23-member force answered more than 18,600 calls in 2011 — about 120 more than in 2010. In addition, officers responded to 50 requests for assistance in Vallejo, said American Canyon Police Chief Jean Donaldson.

But even with the city’s close proximity to Vallejo, a city four times American Canyon’s size, Donaldson said American Canyon remains safe.

Source: Napa Valley Register

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