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Kentwood police, fire chiefs report year-end crime and emergency-response trends
Summary
At the Jan. 21 City Commission meeting, Police Chief Litwin and Fire Chief Keith Loma presented December 2024 monthly reports showing about 1,400 police calls for the month and nearly 18,000 year-to-date calls, mixed trends in violent and property crime, increases in traffic stops and arrests, and fire department EMS volume and apparatus updates.
Police Chief Litwin and Fire Chief Keith Loma summarized December 2024 public-safety activity and year-end trends to the Kentwood City Commission on Jan. 21.
“For the month, calls for service, we had just over 1,400 calls and year to date, almost 18,000 calls for service,” Police Chief Litwin told the commission. He reported mixed crime trends: no homicides for the month but a small rise in some violent-crime categories earlier in the year, an overall year-to-date drop in several violent-crime measures, and higher counts in certain non‑index categories. Property-crime details included 14 burglaries for the month and 70 larcenies, 40 of which were retail…
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