District 1 police report: 2,578 calls, 65 felony arrests and 937 extra patrols in month-long period

Captain Conde, District 1 police, told the Midtown Redevelopment Board on Sept. 9 that officers handled 2,578 calls for service between Aug. 12 and Sept. 8 and wrote 595 police reports. "For district 1, between August 12 and September 8, we handled 2,578 calls for service. 595 police reports were written. We affected 65 felony arrests, 76 misdemeanor arrests, conducted 239 traffic stops, and issued 296 citations," he said.

The report included detailed counts for person and property crimes. Captain Conde said the department recorded 10 aggravated assaults (five cleared by arrest), of which eight involved firearms; two aggravated domestic assaults (both cleared by arrest, one involving a firearm); five reported robberies (four cleared by arrest, three involving firearms); seven reported burglaries (two cleared by arrest, one with a complaint affidavit, four ongoing); and 14 reported vehicle break-ins, 13 of which were unlocked at the time of the thefts.

"For extra patrols, from August 12 until September 8, units conducted 937 documented extra patrols, and our surveillance trailer was set up at Joe Harris Park," Captain Conde said, adding he had moved the trailer to Clyde Morris Landings that day. He described the trailer’s capability: "The purpose of the surveillance trailer is to capture, obviously, video, and it also has LPR capability, which means it'll read license plates and will give a notification to an officer as long as they're logged in if there is an issue with that with that vehicle. Be it stolen, be it a missing person, an Alzheimer's subject, even somebody with a warrant." The captain said two additional units provided standard surveillance footage.

Captain Conde said most recent special events produced no major incidents and reviewed upcoming plans. He told the board that operations plans and staffing were completed for Trucktoberfest and that staffing was nearly finalized for Oktoberfest and VCU homecoming in October.

Board members asked clarifying questions during the staff-report portion of the meeting; no formal action was taken because the board did not have a quorum. Lynn Thompson, vice chairman of the Midtown Redevelopment Board, asked for the roll call and then for the report to proceed.

The police report covered cleared cases and ongoing investigations; Captain Conde repeatedly distinguished arrests and ongoing investigations. He also noted that a number of vehicle-related incidents involved unlocked vehicles or accessible keys.

The department’s extra patrol documentation and the surveillance trailer deployment were presented as part of regular district staffing and special-event planning. The board did not take votes or direct staff to change patrol plans during the meeting.