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City briefed council on community events, police statistics and airshow-related shooting clarification
Summary
Council received community notices and a police summary: loitering citations are up 40% year-to-date (891), Part 1 crime down ~6% from last year, and officers said an interstate shooting near the airshow resulted in bullets striking parked cars at Spring Hill Suites but did not occur at the hotel.
PUEBLO, Colo. ' At the start of Monday's council meeting staff delivered community notices and a police update that included recent crime trends and event reminders.
Community notices: Brian McKay, the mayor's chief of staff, listed public events including a CSU Pueblo town hall with Mayor Heather Graham (Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.), "Team Up to Clean Up" free dump day on Oct. 18 at three locations (CSU Pueblo, the Colorado State Fairgrounds and Recycle Works) and Parks & Rec candy drives tied to fall events.
Police statistics and clarification: City slides summarized enforcement and calls-for-service: the presenter said 891 loitering citations year-to-date (up roughly 40% from last year), a decline in Part 1 person crimes (~11% down) and Part 1 property crimes (~4% down), and overall Part 1 crimes down about 6%. On a question about Spring Hill Suites after the air show, the presenter clarified that a shooting occurred on the interstate involving three vehicles and that stray rounds struck parked cars at the hotel; the incident was not located on hotel property.
Procedure: The meeting proceeded into the afternoon agenda with the larger items later in the session; no votes were taken on the items reported in this briefing.
