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San Clemente sheriff reports steady call volume, fentanyl seizure in recent quarter
Summary
Captain Spine presented quarterly performance measures showing calls for service, arrest totals and a narcotics seizure that yielded multiple pounds of fentanyl and firearms. Committee members asked about license-plate readers and response times.
Captain Spine, chief police services for the city of San Clemente, told the Public Safety Committee on May 27 that the department handled 5,758 calls for service for January through March. Of those, 3,533 were dispatched calls and 2,225 were self-initiated incidents. Total arrests were 241, including 119 felonies, 83 misdemeanors and 39 for warrants.
"Our priority 1 response time did go down to 4 minutes and 38 seconds," Captain Spine said, noting the change represented a modest improvement from the prior quarter. He also reported 87 traffic collisions, 40 with injuries and 47 noninjury collisions.
The department issued 2,116 citations in the quarter: 1,702 parking citations, 386 moving violations, 59 criminal citations and 13 equipment citations, the report said.
Captain Spine described a narcotics investigation during which deputies located drugs and referred evidence to a narcotics enforcement team. "The result of that was a seizure and multiple pounds of fentanyl, several firearms from a residence here in San Clemente," he said.
Committee members asked how the department uses automated license-plate readers. Captain Spine said the agency uses the readers regularly and cooperates with nearby jurisdictions, including Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano, to locate suspects and assist in missing-person cases.
The presentation was labeled as the department's quarterly performance measures; committee members did not take a formal vote on the report.
Ending: Committee members offered brief praise for the department's response time and interagency cooperation and moved on to subsequent agenda items.
