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Police chief Doug Scott says its thanks to a combination of a variety of factorsincluding luck. Arlington police chiefDoug Scottis crowing, but maybe has his fingers crossed, too. The county has not had a homicide in two years, since a murder by stabbing in March 2009. He doesnt want to jinx the good run by making too much noise, but he acknowledges its a combination of luck, good police work, and the urban advantages of EMT and trauma hospitals in close proximity. Sometimes when you have somebody with a gunshot or stab wound it could be the matter of a quarter of an inch one way or another and what was categorized as an aggravated assault could have been a homicide, he says. Thats luck. But I wouldnt discount good police work, great visibi...(read more)