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Fenton police report: January shows rise in citations, retail-district calls and property crimes; no crimes against persons recorded
Summary
Captain Kevin Lawson reported January 2025 statistics at the Feb. 27 Board of Aldermen meeting: calls for service were down compared with prior periods but self-initiated activity rose, arrests and summons totaled 28, retail-district incidents increased, DWIs handled by highway safety unit occurred in the city, and property-crime reports were the
Captain Kevin Lawson presented the Fenton Police Department’s January 2025 report to the Board of Aldermen at their Feb. 27 meeting.
Lawson said calls for service were down compared with the prior month and prior year, but self-initiated police activity rose significantly. Arrests and summonses in January totaled 28 (an increase of eight from the preceding month). Lawson noted there were no DWIs handled by officers within the precinct that month but three DWIs processed by officers from the highway safety unit; he later reported an additional DWI in February to be included in next month’s report.
Retail-district calls increased: Lawson said 16 of the 28 arrests/summonses occurred in the city’s business district (Bluffs/retail area). He also noted a large number of citations issued despite poor weather and described a degree of “competitive rivalry” among traffic officers, with speeds recorded by midnight-watch officers in excess of the posted limit.
On criminal incidents, Lawson reported no crimes-against-persons (violent) offenses recorded for January; he said the city has seen periodic violent incidents historically and referenced an ongoing homicide trial from 2023 that is scheduled to proceed. Crimes-against-property totaled 34 for January, driven primarily by shoplifting, fraud and destruction of property; officers are tracking techniques used in retail thefts.
Lawson also described one crimes-against-society case involving dissemination of obscene material where the department has identified and is attempting to locate the responsible party. He summarized enforcement work and care reports totaling 34–35 reports for the month and noted the two suspects who completed blood-alcohol testing were above the legal limit.
Ending Lawson closed by inviting questions; aldermen had none at the end of his presentation. The department will report February statistics at the next meeting.
