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Police report: homicides and vehicle thefts rose as department outlines enforcement and prevention plans
Summary
The Surprise Police Department reported an increase in several crime categories, notably homicides and vehicle thefts, described investigative changes and said leaders will propose traffic‑safety enforcement and public messaging measures.
The Surprise Police Department told the City Council on March 4 that citywide crimes showed mixed trends in 2024, with a notable rise in homicides and vehicle thefts and increases in several proactive-investigation categories.
Police leadership said the department moved from older reporting methods to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), which records every offense within an incident. The chief said that change sometimes increases reported counts because a single incident can generate multiple distinct crime reports.
“One number that’s going to jump out is … we went from 2 in ’23 to 12,” the police chief said when summarizing homicides. The chief said investigators have cleared several of the recent violent cases and that the…
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