{"id":807802,"date":"2020-05-26T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383944"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:40:55","slug":"robberies-dropped-fights-between-roommates-spiked-how-quarantine-affected-crime-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/robberies-dropped-fights-between-roommates-spiked-how-quarantine-affected-crime-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Robberies dropped, fights between roommates spiked: How quarantine affected crime in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"44.566265060241\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-11.39.50-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-11.39.50-AM.png 641w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-11.39.50-AM-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Denver police motorcycles parked outside of the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.<\/strong><br \/><em>Jesse Paul \/ The Colorado Sun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Nobody knew how the coronavirus, with its historic stay-at-home order from the governor, would influence and inspire crime across Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>No previous period, no critical incident, offered much in the way of clues to how law breaking would evolve \u2014 how conditions would reshape the ways people interacted in close quarters; how violence might erupt under stress and economic anxiety; how the cloistering of citizens in their homes would create vacuums of illicit opportunity elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>But as municipal and county law enforcement statistics from the first phase of Colorado\u2019s response to the pandemic emerge, a few trends have begun to take shape, according to numbers reported by a sampling of jurisdictions. Crimes \u201cagainst society\u201d \u2014 offenses like drugs, gambling and prostitution \u2014 dropped in several areas, and traffic crashes dipped, too.<\/p>\n<p>In general, crimes against people were down during the stay-at-home period \u2014 unless those people lived in the same home. In other words, there were fewer robberies but law enforcement noted more assaults among roommates. Another trend: While overall burglaries remained relatively flat, the targets shifted from homes to closed-down businesses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some in law enforcement saw that one coming.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2020\/05\/26\/colorado-crime-quarantine-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Colorado Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in Colorado. 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Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your donation will be used exclusively to support quality, local journalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/crime\/robberies-dropped-fights-between-roommates-spiked-how-quarantine-affected-crime-in-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denver police motorcycles parked outside of the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.Jesse Paul \/ The Colorado Sun Nobody knew how the coronavirus, with its historic stay-at-home order from the governor, would influence and inspire crime across Colorado. 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