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Police chief reports higher call volume, retail theft and progress on LPR rollout and new facility
Summary
The police chief presented the department’s quarterly and year-to-date totals: a rise in calls for service, continued retail-theft problems, clearance-rate statistics, accreditation recognition and next steps for license-plate-reader deployment and a new facility.
The City of Decatur police chief presented the department’s quarterly and annual totals, saying officers handled thousands of calls for service and highlighted operational and community programs as the department continues to adapt to rising demand.
The chief told council the department’s call-taking center logged the equivalent of more than 42,000 calls and referenced a system-export figure of 49,000 dispatch-call records; he explained the new CAD/RMS generates event counts differently and that per-event counts may understate unit activity when multiple units respond. The department reported 691 arrests for the year.
The chief flagged retail theft as an ongoing issue, reporting roughly 267 theft calls and 207 theft offenses that resulted in 161 arrests. Traffic…
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