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Lemoore Police says calls and citations fell in 2025; one homicide under prosecution
Summary
The police chief presented the department's 2025 annual report: total calls for service fell to 35,513, citations dropped from 1,748 in 2024 to 1,122 in 2025, arrests totaled 1,218, and the department noted growth in community programs and an existing drone program.
The Lemoore Police Department reported lower overall activity in 2025 during its annual presentation to the City Council on March 17.
The police chief said the department responded to 35,513 calls for service last year and that response times for priority 1 calls averaged about four minutes, with an overall response time of about five minutes, six seconds. The chief gave a year-over-year comparison for citations: "In 2024, we issued 1,748 citations. In 2025, we issued 1,122," and noted traffic-related citations and warnings were a major portion of those totals. He also reported 1,218 total arrests and said felony cases decreased from the prior year.
The chief reported one homicide in 2025; three people were in custody and a jury trial had started. He highlighted community programs'growth, including Powell and Explorer programs, national night out attendance and 58 active neighborhood watch groups. He also described evidence-processing capacity (Elizabeth Halstead) and volunteer-policing hours (3,922 in the year).
On operational matters, the chief said a planned dispatch center go-live was delayed because AT&T had not routed cellular 9-1-1 calls to the new system in time; the department expects a workaround (transfer) and said the final dispatcher hire would join soon. The chief also confirmed the department has deployed drones several times and will include a military-equipment policy for broader use and governance.
Council members praised the report and asked about patrol vehicles and the drone program; the chief said one patrol vehicle will be requested in the budget and described the drone program's current capabilities and deployments.
