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From: "Allison Wittern" <awittern@centennialcolorado.com>
To: "Allison Wittern" <awittern@centennialcolorado.com>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 4:25:36 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Centennial ranks safest city in Colorado for 5th year
NEWS
For Immediate Release
November 23, 2009
Contact: Sherry Patten, 303-754-3454 (office)
Centennial ranks safest city in Colorado for 5th year
(Centennial, COLO) For the fifth consecutive year, Centennial is ranked as the safest city in Colorado with a population of more than 75,000. In a news release today, CQ Press announced the release of its annual publication City Crime Rankings 2009-2010: Crime in Metropolitan America. Centennial ranks 15th of 393 cities.
"I am proud that Centennial has once again made the list as the safest city in Colorado. It is an impressive honor and one that would not be possible without the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office as our law enforcement agency," said Mayor Randy Pye. "There is no better measure of the quality of life for our citizens than this."
Other Colorado Cities and their rankings include Arvada (58), Boulder (64), Westminster (115), Fort Collins (122), Thornton (144), Greeley (174), Lakewood (181), Aurora (207), Denver (227) and Colorado Springs (228).
The crime rate rankings of the cities and metropolitan areas are calculated using six crime categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft. These categories have been used for determining city crime rate ratings since 1999. The rankings include all cities of at least 75,000 residents that reported crime data to the FBI in these categories.
City Crime Rankings is one of five annual reference books published by CQ Press that analyze and rank states and cities in various categories.
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Allison Wittern
Communications Specialist
City of Centennial
13133 East Arapahoe Road
Centennial, CO 80112
303-754-3443
awittern@centennialcolorado.com
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