Posted: 02/22/2010 at 3:34pm
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Police Chief Roger Bartlett not only believes in prayer. He enjoys working with street pastors. | Police Chief Credits the Power of Prayer With Driving Down Crime Rates
by Beth Hale, The Daily Mail of London
BARNSTAPLE, UK - When Inspector Roger Bartlett realised his patch had one of the poorest crime detection rates in the area, he decided he needed help. So he asked churchgoers to pool their efforts in calling for back-up -- from God.
Three years after encouraging Christians from local churches to say prayers to help policemen, detection rates have soared, road accidents have fallen and Mr Bartlett is convinced it is evidence of divine intervention.
The clear-up rate for crimes in his force area of Barnstaple was 26 per cent, one of the lowest in the Devon and Cornwall area. But since he asked for the prayers things have changed. Every quarter, the number of crimes solved has risen, so that at its current figure - more than 40 per cent - it is one of the highest in the country.
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Edited by News Editor on 02/22/2010 at 3:36pm
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