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Clute council presses police captain over spike in calls and traffic-stop mix
Summary
Council members questioned Police Captain Fisk after the department's February report showed 4,035 calls for service and an enforcement pattern in which 61% of traffic stops resulted in written warnings and 12% in citations; captain said counts include all citizen interactions and enforcement is at officer discretion.
At a regular meeting of the Clute City Council, council members pressed Police Captain Fisk about a sharp rise in calls for service and the department's approach to traffic enforcement. The February report on the department showed 4,035 calls for service, roughly 1,000 more than the previous month, and 896 recorded traffic stops.
"This is every call that comes in," Captain Fisk said, explaining that the calls figure includes 911 calls, walk-ins and flagged-down contacts rather than only emergency dispatches. He told the…
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