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Riverton police report shows rise in property crimes; chief asks council for two officers
Summary
At a Riverton City Council meeting, the police chief reported an uptick in property crimes and jail bookings and asked the council to add two patrol officers to help manage workload. Council members discussed staffing, calls-per-day and alternatives including regional units and federal grant possibilities, but took no separate formal hiring vote.
Riverton City Council heard a police briefing in which the police chief said the city saw a rise in property crimes in April 2025 and requested two additional patrol officers to address increased workload.
The chief told the council that "April of 2025, we had 58 reports of property crimes," encompassing vehicle burglaries and thefts from property. He said jail bookings and physical arrests have also increased, and that the department is handling roughly 64 calls for service per day for the month in question. "Those calls could be for anything," the chief said, listing domestics, vehicle burglaries and assaults.
The nut of the discussion was workload and staffing: the chief outlined daily patrol staffing as five officers on day shift, five on afternoons and five on…
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