Annual crime rates in Sarasota continue to decline

Annual crime rates in Sarasota continue to decline

Like Goldilocks, only with a badge.Simplistic perhaps, but that’s how Police Chief Rex Troche described the Sarasota Police Department as he and his command staff delivered the 2025 agency report to the City Commission on April 20.The SPD, Troche said, is not so large that it cannot quickly adapt to changing needs in the community. And that, as much as anything else, has enabled the department to continue its year-over-year overall downward traj…