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Greendale public‑safety officials report June call volumes and response metrics
Summary
At the July 11 Board of Works meeting, officials reviewed June public‑safety activity: police reported 418 calls for service and 10 arrests (including two OWIs); the fire department had 16 calls in June; EMS reported 47 responses with 33 transports.
At the July 11 meeting of the Board of Works in Greendale, public‑safety officials gave monthly reports that showed routine but notable service volumes.
Police Chief Slack reported that the department handled 418 calls for service in June, bringing year‑to‑date calls to 2,743. He said officers wrote nine traffic citations in June (119 year‑to‑date), made 10 criminal arrests including two OWIs (bringing the year‑to‑date OWI arrest total to 55), investigated 23 case reports (191 YTD) and responded to 10 traffic crashes (33 YTD). Chief Slack noted officer training during the month and said there were no major incidents associated with the July 4 holiday: "no one got hurt, no one got arrested," he said, adding, "we take that as a win."
Fire department personnel reported a low month for calls. Sparky said the department recorded 16 calls in June — about half the typical June volume — including responses to multiple house fires (some in neighboring jurisdictions) and a vehicle fire at Hidden Valley. Sparky said 10 of the calls were inside Greendale city limits; mutual‑aid responses and the need to call a brush unit for a site inaccessible to large trucks contributed to an average response time near 10 minutes for the month.
Tommy, reporting for EMS, said the ambulance crew had 47 responses in June, bringing the year‑to‑date total to 440. He said time metrics for June included an average response time of about 1 minute to dispatch, arrival on scene averaging 4 minutes, 13 minutes on scene rendering care, and 10 minutes to arrival at hospital. Out of June responses, Tommy said 33 patients were transported to hospital, 10 refused care and four calls had no patient contact.
Why it matters: the combined reports give the board current operational metrics that inform staffing, mutual‑aid decisions and capital needs (for example, response times when crews must travel into adjacent jurisdictions). City staff and council members asked clarifying questions about mutual aid and phasing of infrastructure projects tied to public‑safety routing and access.
The board did not take formal action on the reports; they were entered for the record and to inform upcoming budget and operational planning.
