The salary survey was requested last year after City Council decided not to allow employee groups the ability to collectively bargain for higher wages and improved working conditions.

Terry Wayne Pratt, 78, did not return home from shopping early this afternoon. He was last seen at the Haygood Shopping Center off of Independence Blvd at 11:17 a.m.

Some of the greatest decreases were in the number of reported homicides and shootings, with homicides down 46%, and shootings down 49%.

Crime is going down in Virginia Beach, according to new statistics released on Tuesday by Police Chief Paul Neudigate.