41.  Brown, in a speech at the Wednesday morning breakfast, promised that the city would continue to reduce crime and streamline its permit process.

42.  Brown has said his highest priority is to reduce crime.

43.  But a number of cities across the nation are showing how to reduce crime by involving communities in their own policing.

44.  But do concealed weapons really reduce crime?

45.  But even after the woman, Julieta Trevino Martinez, became an outspoken advocate for reducing crime, her family was not spared from attack.

46.  But it has also been found to help reduce crime and traffic fatalities, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

47.  But Safir ended up even improving the record in reducing crime and undercut the perception that he was merely a caretaker in the post.

48.  But this and other polls have shown the public is divided about whether stricter gun-control laws will actually reduce crime.

49.  Cities here and abroad adopted the method after New York City proved it worked well in reducing crime.

50.  City residents also solidly reject the argument that a concealed-carry law would reduce crime, the poll showed.