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State Sen. Gayle Slossberg

New Rankings: These Fairfield County Locales Among Safest In State New Rankings: These Fairfield County Locales Among Safest In State
New Rankings: These Fairfield County Locales Among Safest In State A new report from Safewise.com named seven municipalities in Fairfield County among the 20 "safest cities" in Connecticut. Safewise analyzed the most recent FBI crime report and put together this resource, which shows that Connecticut has an overall violent crime rate 42 percent lower than the national average. The state is lauded as one of the safest in the U.S. -- but its leaders aren’t sitting idle, continuously seeking ways to further reduce crime, the report says. Lawmakers last spring passed House Bill 5743, the strongest hate crime legislation in the U.S., which State Sen.…