Partly, HUPD Chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley says that is because the police are issuing them for more types of crime this year.
"We've been told that the community advisories are useful to people," Riley says. "Issues that might have been a judgement crime last year, we're now putting out advisories for."
But there has been a distinct increase in the number of students victimized this year
As far as police can tell, there is no single reason for the larger number of attacks. The descriptions of the incidents have varied widely. HUPD and CPD crime analysts have been unable to piece together any pattern, investigators say.
The modus operandi of the attacks have varied--daylight, early evening, nighttime--as have the descriptions of the suspects--white, black, single, pack, old, young. Some crimes have been committed on foot, others on bicycle and even others in vehicles.
Since no pattern has emerged, it has made the life of HUPD's and CPD's detectives difficult.
"If we had more arrests and fewer suspects, we'd have a better idea why," said HUPD spokesperson and crime analyst Peggy A. McNamara.
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