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Council debates 24-hour police patrols; data show roughly six overnight calls per month, council flags budget and staffing concerns
Summary
Preston council members discussed citizen requests for 24-hour rolling police coverage and reviewed historical call data showing about 72 calls from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. across multiple years (roughly six per month). Members said the issue is primarily a budget and staffing question and deferred final action to the budget meetings in May.
Council members debated whether Preston should move from on-call overnight coverage to 24-hour rolling patrols, citing resident interest and the well-being of officers.
Councilman Chris Larson said he requested data covering calls between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. across the available record and reported 1,157 calls in the range shown (which converts to about 72.3 calls per year or roughly…
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