As crime in a Logan County community goes up, it is not going unnoticed by its law enforcement leader.

Lincoln Police Chief Joe Meister says property crimes in Lincoln are on the rise and he points to the Safe-T legislation as the turning point for the spike in criminal activity.

Chief Meister is doing a deep dive into the crime data in his community and the data is backing up what he and the community are taking notice of - crime, especially property crime, is going up.

In a few weeks, Chief Meister plans to release all his findings specific to Lincoln. He will share that will the Lincoln City Council, and local lawmakers but he also plans to share the data with the newest version of the Illinois General Assembly.

The Chief feels often the message they'll be sending to lawmakers in Springfield could be dismissed because they are just a small, rural, downstate community.