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Dardenne Prairie police report: traffic enforcement, calls and targeted traffic unit activity
Summary
Captain Hunt told aldermen the department responded to 2,337 calls through October, made 94 arrests and conducted 4,254 traffic stops; he described targeted traffic patrols and a short radar‑trailer deployment that logged 1,865 vehicles in a week.
Captain Hunt presented a quarterly policing update to the Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen, giving counts of calls, arrests and enforcement activity and describing focused traffic work in subdivisions.
"We have responded to 2,337 calls for service in Darden Prairie," Captain Hunt said, adding the department recorded 94 arrests and 256 police reports and had conducted 4,254 traffic stops year‑to‑date. He noted traffic enforcement outcomes included "1,795 traffic tickets [and] 1,457 written warnings," and that verbal warnings are not tracked.
Hunt told the board four officers are assigned daily to the city and that the county’s full‑time traffic unit has been redirected to Dardenne Prairie for targeted patrols. He said the county traffic unit contributed about "19 and a half man hours" on redirected patrols that produced 168 tickets so far this year. He also described officer scheduling adjustments for events and schools and mentioned officers Lawrence and Van Dusen by name as working staggered shifts.
On speed enforcement, Hunt described deploying a radar trailer to Rembrandt at Parrish and reported short‑term vehicle counts: "In the last, I say, probably 7 days, we've had 1,865 cars go through there," with most drivers traveling well under the posted speeds and only a few exceeding 30–35 mph. He noted radar trailers run on batteries, are limited in number across the county and can require weeks to be deployed because of demand.
Hunt said a small number of SWAT operations occurred countywide but said details could not be discussed because the matters remain active investigations; he said staff will notify the city administrator and mayor after operations conclude.
Board members thanked Hunt and city officers for community outreach and offered praise for a recent tour of the St. Charles County Police headquarters. Captain Hunt offered to schedule another tour for elected officials who missed it. The updates and materials will be posted to the city website as part of routine reporting.
