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[In reference to] Karen Bune's Feb. 25 [letter], "Crime lows demonstrate hard work by police," this is just too easy an opportunity to praise our police for the hard and dangerous work that they do. The trouble is that it's phony praise, and surely the individual police officers realize this.

Crime is down nationwide, and so are nearly all other ways of "making a living." I suspect even white collar crime is down. Notably, it was widespread white collar crime, not street crime, not murder, rape, etc., that has brought our economy to its knees.

What might be some of the real reasons for decreasing crime?

How about fewer new cars and other big-ticket items being available for theft? How about property owners becoming more watchful because they are unable to replace stolen property? How about the increasing population of the unemployed not having the money to buy items that could be stolen, but being home more to watch their property? How about less money available for alcohol and other drugs, which are so often associated with crime? How about less money available to buy guns?

Or, even, how about the difficulty of stealing a car buried under 2.5 feet of snow?

Bill Norwood, Greenbelt