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Show H i -Police report mere arrests in 1983 ! noted. He said if they can curb drugs it will help in many other areas. Chief Ferre stressed that the community is lucky to have the output they have from the Police Department. Among the things that have helped is the citizen involvement. He said that they get more reports of suspicious things from the public. Chief Ferre said he believes that this shows faith in the department by the citizens. The citizens involvement is one reason why the stats are so good, the chief stated. The department made a total of 519 arrests in 1983 compared with 408 in 1982. Liquor violations were down to 95 compared to 116 for the year previous. The chief said he felt the new drunk driving laws had helped reduce the number of arrests in this area. A break down of Part I crimes showed one rape and there was one rape the year before, also. There was one robbery this year and none in 1982. Assaults totaled 35 and were down from 39 last year. Burglaries showed a 10 percent, increase with 54 compared to 49 in .1982. There were 10 more larcenies in 1983 than in 1982 with a total of ' 261. Vehicle thefts dropped from 15 in 1982 to 13 in 1983 and there were two cases of arson in 1983 and none tine year before. Part II crimes included three attempted kidnaps, eight . sex offenses, seven forgeries, 127 cases of fraud, 64 vandalism, 24 Ii)&session of a controlled substance, seven cases of (attributing a controlled substance, two incidents of producing a controlled substance, ' three possession of di-ug paraphernalia, one child abuse, four cases contributing to the delinquency of a minor, 16 domestic disturbances, two family offenses, two gambline offenses, 24 illegal possession of alcohol, two open container violations, 34 intoxications and one obstructing police. Other Part II crimes handled were 42 warrants, three incidents of discharging firearms, 41 harassing calls, one disturbing the peace, 11 hit and run, 33 DUI, 32 driving on revocation, five driving on suspension, one miscellaneous traffic crime, 15 possession of tobacco incidents, nine trespassing, ' 42 incident reports, one false report, one possession of explosives and one custodial interference. There were 261 thefts and the clearance rate was 47 percent, Chief Ferre said. There were 19 cases of shoplifting, 51 thefts from motor vehicles, 33 thefts of motor vehicle parts and acessories, 32 bicycle thefts, 65 thefts from buildings, one from coin operated machines and 60 other offenses. The total value of items stolen was $73,058. Thirteen cars were stolen, nine recovered for a clearance rate of 69 percent. The value of the cars stolen was $23,275. During 1983 the police department issued 3,097 warnings; 1,251 citations, 126 juvenile arrests, 245 adult arrests, 231 papers served, 345 first reports handled, 42 civic activities, 2,661 vehicles checked, 2,224 observance calls, 94 family fights, 118 noise calls, 90 prowler calls, 89 off duty assists, 819 patrol assists, 1,402 citizen assists, 262 ambulance calls, 66 fire calls, 271 accidents, and 3,146 radio calls. The department had 334 hours of overtime, 262 hours of follow-up time, 2,374 hours working on DUI and 647 hours of radar time. Oik Arrests for adults in both Part I id Part II crimes were up 46 M tcent from 1982 according to the (. 83 year-end report released today Police Chief Mike Ferre. Arrests for juveniles were up ree percent, the chief noted. .Chief Ferre said that the 51 mrcent of Part I crimes cleared for year is outstanding. He said he """uld be surprised to find another " i partment with that good of a 1 : larance rate on Part I crimes. u: i An interesting note made by the rief concerned the graphs iicating monthly rankings for (i.itain crimes. Assaults, for stance, peaked in September but tually started to rise in August id didn't drop - down until jcember. Chief. Ferre said the mmer months when people are t and about and the Chirstmas ;nsion" probably accounted far is rise. Burglaries peaked in August but began to rise in June and didn't drop down again until November. Larcenies were up in July beginning the rise in June and dropping down again in August. Motor vehicle thefts reached their highest point in August. Among the Part II crimes there was an 88 percent clearance rate. The total clearance rate for both Part I and Part II crimes in 1983 was 73 percent while in 1982 it was 70 percent. Chief Ferre said that there were 111 more crimes committed in 1983 than the year before and they cleared 99 more this year. Chief Ferre was concerned about alcohol and drug abuse in the community. He said the true nature of the problem does not show up. He added that he does not have the resources or time to do what they would like with it Much other crime is related to this one thing, he |
