Downtown El Paso For the third straight year, El Paso is the
safest city with a population of over 500,000, according to the
publishing company CQ Press. (Times file photo) ›› PDF:
Congressional Quarterly's safest cities list ›› PDF: CQ Press
safest cities ranking by population categories  El Paso has been
named the "safest large city" in the nation for the third time,
according to rankings by a research publishing firm.  Daniel
Borunda  Officials credited law enforcement and residents
working together in making El Paso the city with the "lowest
crime rate ranking" of cities more than 500,000 population in
the annual City Crime Rankings by CQ Press.  Mayor John Cook
said there are a couple of reasons that El Paso is "the number
one safest large city in the United States."  "The first is a
great Police Department," Cook said. The second reason is "we
have a focus on community policing in that we get everybody
involved (in fighting crime). The things we are doing are
working."  El Paso has been in the top three