Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith led a community meeting in District 6, sharing that violent crime is down 12% and shootings have decreased by 18% compared to last year. District 6 includes the neighborhoods of Holden Heights, Metrowest, Carver Shores, and North I-Drive to Sandlake, home to 53,000 people.

During the meeting at the L. Claudia Allen Senior Center, Chief Smith shared several crime-fighting statistics.

"Crime is down, which is great, especially violent crime, violent crime is down 12 percent in District 6. Shootings are down 18 percent cause the officers are down here working very hard to keep them safe, and we're going to continue to do that," Smith said. He also noted that burglaries have decreased by 20%.

Chief Smith reported nine homicides this year, compared to 18 last

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