(KRON)—San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a drop in crime statistics on Thursday. According to the Mayor’s Office, property crime is down by 32%, and violent crime is down by 14% compared to this time last year.  Here are more specific statistics concerning the overall reduction in crime. Decreases in property crime: Car break-ins are down 51% Burglary is down 17% Motor vehicle theft is down 10% Arson is down 10%  Larceny theft (non-car break-ins) is down 18% Decreases in violent crime:  Homicide is down 27% Rape is down 29% Robbery is down 18% Assault is down 8% Gun violence is down 38% “It’s very encouraging to see that the implementation of our strategies to address crime coupled with the hard work of our officers and professional staff are making a real difference and is having positive effects,” said Bill Scott, Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department.  The mayor's announcement regarding the drop in crime comes ahead of the coming implementation of Proposition E, a measure giving police more leeway in utilizing technology. “I don't think there's any correlation between Prop E and the data that the mayor is citing, given that the measures approved by voters in Prop E Aren't in effect yet,” Kevin Benedicto, Attorney for the San Francisco Police Commission, told KRON4.  The implementation of Prop E, which the board of supervisors voted to certify on Tuesday, will give access to public safety tools such as the implementation of automated license plate readers and the use of drones. “Whenever we implement new surveillance technology, it needs to be done very carefully to ensure that we achieve the goals that we want while protecting people's civil liberties and civil rights. Because of the way Prop E was drafted and presented to voters, we weren't able to undertake the normal scrutiny that we do for these policies,” Benedicto said. Technology aside, the San Francisco Police Commission, a government organization dedicated to police oversight, will also be more limited in its power.  With the implementation of Prop E, the police oversight commission will now need to hold ten public meetings at individual police stations before passing any significant policies. The commission will also need to allow the Chief of Police to issue a waiver on whatever policies it is attempting to pass.  For all the news that gets reported about the police commission, what not everyone knows is we're all volunteers. We don't have a policy staff. All of our resources are on loan to us from the department. And so the logistics of having 10 meetings for every policy we pass when 95% of the policies we pass are administrative, we really slow down our ability to make a good policy for the department. So that's a real problem. Kevin Benedicto, Attorney for the San Francisco Police Commission, told KRON4.  The Prop E measure will go into effect on April 12. According to the mayor’s office, SFPD has already started creating a framework and is devoting resources to Prope E.  KRON4 reached out to SFPD for comment but has not heard anything back as of this report.