Law enforcement officials are pushing for increased high school graduation rates to help cut the crime rate across our state.

  The results of a new report, "School or the Streets", show high school dropout rates have a direct impact on crime rates.

  According to the report, a 10% increase in males graduating from high school will prevent 140 murders and nearly 7,300 aggravated assaults in Michigan every year. 

  Officials tell us nearly 70% of all inmates in our nation's prisons failed to earn a high school diploma.

  In Michigan, an estimated 3 out of 10 high school students fail to graduate on schedule.