http://news.stlpublicradio.org en http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-police-using-new-strategy-against-crime <p></p><p>The St. Louis Police Department is using a new strategy to curb crime.</p><p>Aggravated assaults with firearms are up about 20 percent so far this year over last year.</p><p>The police department recently began working with University of Missouri-St. Louis criminology professor Rick Rosenfeld to reduce violent crime.</p><p>St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom says the new strategy is to flood high-crime areas with officers during evening hours.</p> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:30:07 +0000 Maria Altman 4506 at http://news.stlpublicradio.org St. Louis Police using new strategy against crime