VILLAGE OF VILLAGE OF

BUFFALO GROVE BUFFALO GROVE

Contact Dane Bragg, Village Manager
Telephone 847-459-2517
Website www.vbg.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 2014
BUFFALO GROVE RANKED SECOND ON ILLINOIS SAFEST
CITIES
List disti!ut"d !# "$% "st$t" !&'"$g" ()
Buffalo Grove, Illinois !"e Village of Buffalo Grove "as again been na#e$ %o a lis% of safe
&i%ies, %"is %i#e as %"e se&on$ safes% &i%' in %"e s%a%e of Illinois.
!"is $esigna%ion &o#es fro# real es%a%e bro(erage fir# Movo%o, )us% #on%"s af%er Buffalo Grove
was na#e$ %o %"e lis% of *2+14 ,afes% -i%ies in .#eri&a/ b' &o##uni%' resear&" fir#
0eig"bor"oo$,&ou%.
12e &oul$n/% be #ore 3lease$,4 sai$ Village 5resi$en% 6eff Brai#an. 1I% is a %es%a#en% %o our
3ubli& safe%' $e3ar%#en%s an$ %"e Village as a w"ole %o be "onore$ in %"is wa'.4
!"e ra%ings, w"i&" were release$ in .ugus%, were &rea%e$ using %"e 7BI/s 8nifor# -ri#e 9e3or%.
-ri%eria anal':e$ in&lu$e #ur$ers, ra3es, robberies, assaul%s, burglaries, %"ef%s an$ ve"i&les %"ef%s
in %"e Village.
!"is awar$ )oins several o%"ers bes%owe$ u3on %"e Village in %"e 3as% 'ear. In a$$i%ion %o i%s safe
&i%' $esigna%ion, %"e Village was na#e$ a#ong Mone'; Maga:ine/s bes% 3la&es %o live in
,e3%e#ber 2+1<. !o fin$ #ore infor#a%ion abou% %"e #os% re&en% ra%ing, visi% www.#ovo%o.&o#.
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