Getting a grip on Midtown crime  Craig Smith  Photo: Video by
Getting a grip on Midtown crime  CREATED Jun. 18, 2013  TUCSON
(KGUN9-TV) - It's a midtown neighborhood with a reputation for
crime.  Now police and neighborhood groups are applauding some
progress near Grant and Alvernon. Police are adding enforcement,
and keeping a higher profile on the street and local businesses
are doing their part to take some of the trouble out of trouble
spots.  Grant and Alvernon is a busy area for regular
business...and shady business.  Andrew Johnson knows how bad it
can be.  "My mom came home 2 months ago and had been not only
robbed at gunpoint by a group of people that were in a car but
they ran over her leg and crushed her foot and everything.  So
she waddled home and said, 'Hey, I've been mugged." Lately
Police have been focusing their gang unit and special community
response team here and they can point to some progress. Police
say burglaries are dropping.  Businesses like Retro City
Apartments are stepping up.  S