21 SEPTEMBER 2010 - PHOENIX, AZ: Detective Cory Geffre (CQ GREEN SHIRT RIGHT) carries a .357 magnum revolver confiscated in a drug arrest while he escorts Donna Conner (CQ BY PHOENIX PD) to a waiting vehicle after she was arrested on drug charges in central Phoenix Tuesday. Crime has steadily dropped in Phoenix over the past few years, in line with national trends. The latest number released this month showed Phoenix reported fewer 2010 homicides, rapes, robberies, thefts - in addition to other major crimes -- compared with the same time period the previous year. Detectives in the Phoenix police department's Major Offender Unit make several arrests every day.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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