Matthew Godfrey

The safe city of Ogden

Matthew Godfrey   Guest Commentary
Last updated Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 10:05pm

During the early 1990s the crime rate in Ogden as measured by the FBI was in the high 70s while the top cities in the state hovered around 100 (lower is better). Ogden hired a new police chief, Jon Greiner, who made some significant changes in the department, focusing on being proactive and getting ahead of crime.

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