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Police report: dispatch and arrest totals up; FLOCK cameras cited in three recent arrests
Summary
Wadsworth Police presented May data showing increased calls-for-service and arrests year-over-year, highlighted three recent successful uses of FLOCK license-plate cameras, and outlined a planned, costly replacement of aging taser devices with the Taser 10 in next year’s budget.
In a June 17 Public Safety Committee presentation, Police Chief Dave Dorland said the department’s Emergency Dispatch handled 4,126 calls in May and logged 1,817 Calls For Service, a 6% increase from May 2025. "In May, the Emergency Dispatch Department handled 4,126 calls," Dorland said, adding year-to-date CFS were up 17% compared with 2025.
Dorland also flagged rising arrest and investigative activity. "So far this year there were 31 Domestic Violence related investigations. This was a 140% increase from the same time period last year," he said, and reported 52 arrests in May — a 93% increase from May 2025. He told the Committee the domestic-violence and drug-investigation numbers were difficult to pin to a single cause and may reflect reporting variability, enforcement activity and inter-agency warrants being honored.
The chief highlighted three operational successes tied to the department’s FLOCK camera system, including locating a suspect in an aggravated robbery through an alert that led to a negotiated arrest, resolving a suspected child-enticement report that proved to be a property-manager photographing buildings, and recovering $440 for an elderly owner after camera-based vehicle identification.
Dorland and Safety Director Dan Chafin also previewed a planned equipment purchase: replacement of aging X26/X2 taser units. Dorland described the Taser 10 as a significant capability jump and said the current X2 platform will be phased out as cartridges and batteries become unavailable. "The Taser 10 was a huge leap from the X26," Dorland said, and both he and Chafin told the Committee the device is single-source and expensive, and therefore likely to appear as a capital ask in next year’s budget.
The presentation closed with community-engagement examples, training updates (including bike-patrol certification and taser in-service instruction), and an Officer of the Month recognition for Officer Cory Bolling for several notable investigations in May.
