Editing Akron, Ohio (section)

===Crime===
{{Main|Crime history of Akron, Ohio}}
[[File:Backside of the Summit County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|right|Summit County Courthouse and [[Akron Police Department|APD]] vehicles. The modern police car originated in Akron in 1899.<ref name="Police Technology"/>]]
In 1999, Akron ranked as the 94th-most-dangerous city (and the 229th safest) on the 7th [[Morgan Quitno]] list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morganquitno.com/cit01dang.htm |title=Morgan Quitno's 7th Annual Safest City Award in Dangerous Rank Order |publisher=Morganquitno.com |access-date=September 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728001541/http://www.morganquitno.com/cit01dang.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2012 }}</ref> Preliminary Ohio crime statistics show aggravated assaults increased by 45% during 2007.<ref name="Preliminary Ohio Crime Statistics for 2007"/>

Historically, [[organized crime]] operated in the city with the presence of the ''[[Black Hand (extortion)|Black Hand]]'' led by [[Rosario Borgio]], once headquartered on the city's north side in the first decade of the 20th century{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} and the ''Walker-Mitchell'' mob, of which [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] was a member.<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6ADHZnyv9FIC&q=akron&pg=PA33 | title = The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd | isbn = 978-0-87338-650-0 | last1 = King | first1 = Jeffery S | date = August 1, 1999| publisher = Kent State University Press }}</ref> Akron has experienced several riots in its history, including the [[Crime in Akron, Ohio|Riot of 1900]] and the [[Crime in Akron, Ohio|Wooster Avenue Riots of 1968]].

The distribution of [[methamphetamine]] ("meth") in Akron greatly contributed to [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit County]] becoming known as the "Meth Capital of Ohio" in the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio's Meth Problem Centered in Akron Area |url=https://thecrimereport.org/2005/08/10/ohios-meth-problem-centered-in-akron-area/ |website=thecrimereport.org |publisher=The Crime Report |access-date=September 3, 2021 |date=August 10, 2005}}</ref> The county ranked third in the nation in the number of registered meth sites.<ref name="Summit County has third most methamphetamine sites in U.S"/> During the 1990s, motorcycle gang the [[Hells Angels]] sold the drug from bars frequented by members.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs/659/meth.htm |title=Methamphetamine – Ohio Drug Threat Assessment |publisher=Justice.gov |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=September 9, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127124920/http://www.justice.gov/ndic///pubs/659/meth.htm |archive-date=November 27, 2011  }}</ref> Between January 2004 and August 2009, the city had significantly more registered sites than any other city in the state.<ref name="National Clandestine Laboratory Register - Ohio"/> Authorities believed a disruption of a major Mexican meth operation contributed to the increase of it being made locally.<ref name="raids"/> In 2007, the Akron Police Department (APD) received a grant to help continue its work with other agencies and jurisdictions to support them in ridding the city of meth labs.<ref name="City of Akron: News Releases 2008: STATE OF THE CITY PRESENTATION"/> The APD coordinates with the Summit County Drug Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration, forming the Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory Response Team.<ref>[http://www.municipalleader.com/assets/attachments//meth_labs.pdf]{{Dead link|date=September 2012}}</ref>