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Riley County police report 132 jailed; aggravated assaults rise, officers to increase juvenile supervision
Summary
Deputy Director Aaron Friedline told commissioners the county jail held 132 people and that aggravated assaults—driven largely by firearm incidents in Manhattan—are up about 80% year-to-date; RCPD said it will coordinate curfew checks and spot visits with community corrections to better supervise at-risk juveniles.
Aaron Friedline, deputy director of the Riley County Police Department, told the Board of County Commissioners on May 21 that "as of this morning, we were at 132 in the jail." He said the department is coordinating with community corrections to layer patrol curfew checks and spot checks for higher-risk juveniles released on supervision.
"Our aggravated assaults are up like 80% year-to-date," Friedline said, noting the increase is concentrated in Manhattan and frequently involves firearms. He described recent arrests of juveniles who qualified for detention and said some have several years before reaching adulthood, underscoring the department's focus on early intervention.
Friedline said partnerships with community corrections are intended to reinforce parental supervision where judges have allowed leniency. "We're going to layer in some assistance on the patrol side ... doing curfew checks and spot checks," he said, adding that those steps aim to change behavior and reduce repeat incidents.
He also reported department-level items: the law board published a budget that included a 1.5% cost-of-living adjustment for RCPD employees (the published figure was a 1.88% increase overall and is not final), the department is participating in Click It or Ticket enforcement through June 1, and a Citizens Academy pilot will wrap up this week with plans to run additional sessions in the fall.
The commission did not take formal action on the briefing; Friedline's presentation served as an update and an opportunity for commissioners to ask questions about jail population, juvenile supervision strategies and traffic enforcement priorities.
