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Police report: Temecula handled 5,322 calls in August; traffic unit reports fewer fatal collisions but more citations
Summary
Lieutenant Vic Pearson reported 5,322 calls for service in August and showed priority‑level breakdowns; Sergeant Bill Pratt said fatal collisions are on track to be much lower this year while traffic citations are rising about one‑third over last year.
Lieutenant Vic Pearson told the Temecula City Council on Sept. 9 that the city’s police department handled 5,322 calls for service in August and that response times for priority‑one and priority‑two calls decreased slightly from July to August.
Pearson presented a priority breakdown: 74 priority‑one calls, 1,911 priority‑two calls, 1,994 priority‑three calls and 1,282 priority‑four calls. He said there were 61 “party nine” calls, which the department uses for self‑generated patrol files to keep deputies informed about conditions in specific areas.
Sergeant Bill Pratt of the traffic team noted that, on current trends, fatal collisions are on track to be “much lower this year,” and total collisions are lower than at the same point last year. He said traffic citations are on track to be about one‑third higher than last year’s total and described a direct correlation between enforcement activity and public safety outcomes.
Councilmember Stuft asked for clarification about a “miscellaneous traffic” category on a chart; Pratt explained that the category aggregates all traffic‑related entries in the statistics system, including collisions where parties exchange information that may not be coded as a collision in other reports.
No action was required; the presentation provided the council with operational statistics and an opportunity to ask questions about traffic enforcement and collision trends.
