Fort Bragg military police stay busy, as the daytime population swellsto about 80,000 people on post. Military police write plenty of traffictickets, but they also battle crime, and say they're gaining ground.
Felony violent crime has fallen from 26 incidents in 1993 to seven in1996.
Provost Marshal Ltc. Stephen Midkiff says the post is like a city.
Police are always after thieves and vandals, although statistics showa downward trend, from 3,200 property crimes in 1994 to 1,500 in 1997.Midkiff says sometimes that type of crime is preventable.
Overall, Fort Bragg's numbers show there's much less crime on post, than off. Kindra Gilbert, a soldier's wife, says she agrees.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, thieves broke into the home of RachelDavison and her soldier-husband.
The provost marshal says information on crime is given to neighborhoodleaders and unit commanders, but unless there's a major incident, littleis said about crime.
Liza Clark is married to a Fort Bragg soldier. She says she thinks suchinformation should be made public more often.
Post police have tried to work more closely with the people they aim toprotect, but some believe it's time to pick up the pace of communication.
Fort Bragg is helping develop a database that will track crime at armyinstallations.The information will give military police another weapon to fight crime.The database will contain specific personnel information, so it will notbe open to the public to browse.
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