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Central Police Department reports February calls, crashes and uptick in DWIs
Summary
Central Police Department presented February response numbers including six 911 hang-ups, 46 vehicle crashes and three arrests related to DWIs; reserves logged 34 hours for the month.
A representative of the Central Police Department presented February 2025 activity totals to the council, reporting a range of call types and enforcement actions.
The department reported six 911 hang-up calls; 21 abandoned or stalled-vehicle or traffic-congestion calls; two alarms; 24 business checks and neighborhood patrols; six reports of property damage; four disturbance calls; seven follow-up investigations; eight hit-and-run investigations; six incidents of improper vehicle operations; one narcotics arrest; four overdoses; 61 public-assist calls including other-agency assists and welfare checks; 18 suspicious-person or vehicle reports; 46 vehicle crashes and nine parking-lot crashes. The presenter said the totals exclude traffic stops and business checks, and that the department made 20 traffic stops and issued 68 tickets in the period cited. Reserve time for February was 34 hours.
The presenter told the council there had been an uptick in DWIs in March and that the department made three arrests connected to recent crashes; those arrests ranged from minor to serious, the presenter said. The department asked the council to note the statistics as part of its regular reporting.
The council did not take any action on the report; it was received as informational.
