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Moscow Police chief reviews 2024 annual report: staffing, training and crime trends
Summary
Chief Anthony Dellinger presented the Moscow Police Department’s 2024 annual report, highlighting staffing churn and recruitment gains, declines in several crime categories, expanded training capacity, community outreach events and work by detectives and forensics staff.
Moscow City — Moscow Police Chief Anthony Dellinger presented the department’s annual report April 21, outlining staffing, crime statistics, community policing activities and investigative accomplishments from 2024.
Dellinger told council the department began 2024 with 28 sworn officers of 33 budgeted positions but ended the year with 24 sworn officers as the department experienced several retirements and some recruits who did not complete field training. He said the department has pursued recruitment tools including a cadet program that grew from five cadets in its first cohort to 12 in the most recent cohort and which Dellinger called “one of our best recruiting tools.”
On crime statistics, Dellinger reported a small decrease in crimes against persons (about 2%), a larger decline in property crimes (about 22%), and an almost…
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