claim: "while i was mayor of the city of providence we had the lowest crime rate in 30 years."
author: david cicilline
evidence_1: providence is the capital and most populous city of the u.s. state of rhode island  and is one of ... providence residents ratified a city charter in 1831 as the  population passed 17,000. ... exacerbate problems for those at marginal income  levels, as providence had the highest ..... the city itself has a mayor-council  government.
evidence_2: jul 24, 2014 ... in anticipation of that news conference, providence mayor angel taveras, ... "if  you look at what we've done over the last several years, the crime rate ... crime  rate has actually gone down in the city, and in terms of violence as .... 30, 2013, " cicilline says providence's crime rate is the lowest in 30 years," july ...
evidence_3: oct 10, 2018 ... an in-depth look at violent and property crime in the capital city. ... in the capital  city under mayor jorge elorza, before rattling off a slew of figures obtained ... in  part because police officials say they tend to over-count violent crimes during the  year. ... note: providence did not report 12 months of data in 2011.
evidence_4: providence, rhode island's financial statements for the year ended june 30,  2012. ... to address this unprecedented fiscal storm, mayor taveras called upon  city ... cover medicare's part b supplement and penalties, as had previously  been ..... across providence this year, crime rates remain among the lowest they  have.
evidence_5: aug 10, 2018 ... mayor allan fung inserted the charged national debate on ... dec 29 at 9:30 am  ... fung went on to attack providence mayor jorge elorza for creating a “ sanctuary city,” ... rhode island had the highest murder rate in the region in 2016.  ... when i'm governor, we will not be protecting criminals who are in this ...