At the Board of Public Safety meeting on July 17, 2025, Bloomington City police staff reported that year-to-date calls for service stood at "42,500 and 3," a figure the department presented as 42,503, and said call volume is "up fairly significantly from last year." The department said calls are spread across the city rather than concentrated in particular neighborhoods, limiting the ability to focus enforcement on narrow areas.

"We're now at 42,500 and 3, which is up fairly significantly from last year. Continues to trend up," Police Department staff said. The report noted that traffic stops are down, which the department attributed to increased time spent handling calls for service.

Police staff clarified that the department's vehicle-theft figure refers to vehicles reported stolen to Bloomington police and does not count vehicles recovered that were reported stolen to other agencies. "Those are actual vehicles that we are reported stolen to us. That does not include vehicles we recover that reported stolen to other agencies," staff said.

Training hours for the department totaled 1,139.5 for the month. The department said 9 officers attended the annual three-day in-service; other trainings included interview-and-interrogation, Glock armorer, pre-basic academy training, a stops instructor course, advanced explosive breaching, crisis negotiation hours, and K-9 hours. The department reported organized community events and outreach, including bike registration (a "bike index" program to register bicycles and help recovery) and ongoing partnerships with local organizations.

Police social workers reported 401 contacts and 114 referrals for the month, including outreach to clients with health concerns, two juvenile clients working through recent bereavement and veteran-service issues, and coordination with neighboring agencies after a first-responder suicide. The outreach specialist reported assisting with housing assessments and Section 8 application assistance and continued downtown street outreach.

On staffing, police staff said the department has 12 candidates in the hiring process and multiple officers in field training (the transcript refers to "5 of them are in FTO" and additional certified officers completing final training). The department said five recruits were scheduled to go to the academy in August. The department also reported three employees on long-term light duty and one worker's compensation case expected to return to light duty before year's end.

The department announced a public swearing-in ceremony for two lateral hires on Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

No formal votes were taken on operational matters during the report; the items were informational updates to the board.