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Woodland Hills police report: 523 calls for service in 2024; 200 resulted in reports
Summary
Sergeant Dudson told the City Council Woodland Hills dispatch logged 523 calls for service in 2024, down from prior years, and provided a categorical breakdown of incidents and comparison to neighboring Elkridge.
Sergeant Dudson presented the Woodland Hills City Council with the police department's 2024 activity summary, saying, "In 2024 Woodland Hills, our dispatch center received 523 calls for service," and that 200 of those calls "generated a case number, which means a report was written on it."
The report put 2024's total below recent years: 677 calls in 2023, 678 in 2022, 729 in 2021 and 694 in 2020. Dudson provided a categorical breakdown of incidents that generated case numbers in 2024, including 47 animal problems, 28 citizen assists, 11 agency assists, 13 alarms, 8 traffic accidents (property damage only), 3 traffic actions with injuries, 5 hit-and-run crashes, 11 keep-the-peace calls, 7 forgery/fraud reports, 3 suicide attempts and 3 weapons offenses. Dudson said the counts listed represented separate incidents that received case numbers.
Council members asked for clarification about overlap among categories; Dudson confirmed the listed figures refer to individual incidents that drew case numbers. He also compared Woodland Hills' per-capita call volume to nearby Elkridge: Elkridge had 916 calls in 2024 with 332 reports (the city population was about 4,925 in 2023), and Dudson noted Woodland Hills' proportionally higher rate when comparing the two jurisdictions.
Council members thanked the sergeant for the report and asked him to email the detailed numbers to staff for distribution. No formal action was taken during the presentation; the report was informational and council members asked follow-up questions and expressed appreciation for the department's presence in town.
The council discussion also included brief clarifications about what is included in certain categories (for example, "animal problems" can include wildlife such as a deer struck by a vehicle) and a request that the department provide the written breakdown to the mayor and council via email.
Ending: The presentation concluded with the mayor and council members thanking Sergeant Dudson for the report and Dudson agreeing to provide the detailed figures by email.
