News QC-Times Big Story: 2017 Crime Trends WVIK, Quad Cities NPR Published January 5, 2018 at 5:56 AM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:37 Tex Texin / Flickr It was a busy year for Quad-City Times public safety reporter Tara Beckeras she covered shootings, homicides, car thefts, and juvenile crimes. She writes about 2017 crime trends for the Big Story.