McKinney and Frisco are among the safest cities in America, according to a study by GoodHire.
A McKinney water tower rises in the background over a sea of suburban rooftops of subdivisions in McKinney. The city is No. 2 in GoodHire's list of safest cities in America to live.On the heels of being named in the top 10McKinney ranked second safest among all U.S. cities in a recent, trailing Cary, North Carolina. Frisco fared well at No. 4 in the study, which used crime data from the FBI to create the rankings.
Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney said public safety is always a concern, especially when looking for a place to relocate.Frisco has spent a major portion of the city’s budget on public safety, including building an emergency operations center, mobile command center and implementing the Situational Awareness For Emergency Response program that gives emergency personnel immediate access to school building information including real-time video while heading to campus emergencies.
Texas fared well in the study, with three other cities in the top 10 — Pearland at No. 6, El Paso ranking No. 9 and Laredo as the 10th safest city in the nation. The study breaks down the data further by grouping cities by large, midsize and small according to population. On that list, McKinney and Frisco rank No. 1 and No. 2 respectively for the safest midsize cities while Grand Prairie and Garland ranked sixth and eighth.
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