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Year-end public-safety report: EMS runs and training up, larceny down; engine procurement noted
Summary
At the Jan. 15 Board of Public Safety meeting, staff reported a roughly 5.9% increase in calls, a notable 22% decline in larceny, expanded training and social-worker contacts, and a proposed purchase of a fire engine described in the transcript with a large stated dollar amount.
Unidentified Speaker 5 and Unidentified Speaker 4 delivered year-end summaries to the Board of Public Safety on Jan. 15, reporting changes across calls for service, crime categories, EMS runs and training.
Speaker 5 said call volume rose about 5.9% compared with the prior year and observed that some categories tracked upward while others fell; graffiti counts may be miscoded as vandalism, which affects category totals. Unidentified Speaker 6 and other members questioned whether enforcement patterns or traffic-stop availability (for example, more officers assigned to traffic enforcement at certain times) influence measured crime trends such as the reported 22% decline in larceny.
Unidentified Speaker 4 provided EMS and fire metrics: the department logged about 6,745 runs for the year; December had 475 runs versus 319 in December 2020 (a roughly 33% increase for the month) and the five-year year-to-date comparison showed an approximate 40% increase since 2020. Training totals included 335.5 December hours, 42 officers completing an active-shooter course at Ivy Tech, 30 officers completing firearms training, and multiple specialized courses for detectives and tactical medical training. The transcript also records that social workers made 91 contacts and helped clients regain utilities, find housing and access mental-health services.
On procurement, Unidentified Speaker 4 informed the board about ongoing bond projects and a planned purchase of a fire engine/bumper, stating a procurement figure of $678,272,272 to secure equipment before a potential price increase and to obtain immediate delivery; the transcript presents that dollar figure but does not provide supporting documentation in the meeting record.
The meeting record is descriptive and factual but omits roll-call vote tallies and further procurement details; follow-up records (purchase orders, HR completion confirmations) were not included in the transcript.
