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Police and ambulance reports document December service activity
Summary
At the Jan. 19 meeting the Edwardsburg Village Council heard December 2025 statistics from Police Chief Doug Westrick (153 calls, 5 crashes; 2025 totals 2,064 calls, 24 crashes) and an ambulance agency summary from Dennis Closson reporting 98 incidents with a detailed location breakdown.
The Edwardsburg Village Council received public safety reports covering December 2025 service activity.
Police Chief Doug Westrick told the council the department recorded 153 calls for service and five traffic crashes in December 2025; year-to-date totals for 2025 were 2,064 calls for service and 24 traffic crashes.
Ambulance Administrator Dennis Closson provided the agency activity summary for December 2025, reporting a total of 98 incidents with the following breakdown by location: Edwardsburg 12; Ontwa 47; Milton 2; Mason 1; Porter 8; Dowagiac 1; Niles Township 2; Cassopolis 1; Niles City 19; Other 1; Three Rivers 1; St. Joseph 2; Watervliet 1.
The reports were presented as informational items in the minutes; the council did not take formal action on the public-safety statistics at the meeting.
