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Danville police chief highlights nearly 9,000 traffic stops, drop in crashes; new officers introduced
Summary
Chief Tom Rosberg introduced several new officers, described a rise in traffic-enforcement stops (about 9,000) with more warnings, a decrease in crashes, increased DUI arrests, expanded use of cameras and mutual-aid networks, and announced a Citizens Academy program.
Police Chief Tom Rosberg told the Danville Town Council that the department made nearly 9,000 traffic-enforcement stops last year, a rise from about 5,000, and linked increased stops and citations to a reduction in crashes and improvements in public safety. “We did close to 9,000 traffic enforcement stops this past year, up from a little over 5,000,” Rosberg said, adding that roughly 25% of those stops resulted in warnings.
Rosberg described 28,000 calls for service, use of town and partner cameras to solve crimes, expanded DUI enforcement, and the department’s work with crisis-response partners (A3), which the chief said the department requested 164 times last year and which responded 86 times. He emphasized youth services, school resource officers and efforts to handle low-level incidents without escalating consequences.
The chief introduced new officers assigned to town duties — including Sam Vanderbilt (school resource officer), Officer Isaiah Earls (Monte Vista SRO), Officer Martin (recently hired community officer), Mae Cleland (community service officer), and Sergeant Mike Proctor — and thanked volunteers and mutual-aid partners. Rosberg also invited residents to apply for the department’s Citizens Academy to learn about policing operations.
Councilmembers praised the report and the department’s community partnerships; no formal policy changes or budgetary actions were taken during the presentation.
