Public Safety made their annual presentation to the City Council on Tuesday evening reporting statistics for the past 12 months.
Fire Chief Dennis Mock reported Public Safety's response time to a fire has dropped 12 seconds from 2007, reporting
Average response time to fire calls
2007 - 2 minutes 22 seconds
2008 - 2 minutes 10 seconds
75% to 80% of fires are extinguished by the Public Safety officer arriving on scene before the first fire truck even arrives, Chief Mock reported to Council. (The City's Public Safety approach, where officers are both qualified police officers and fire can be credited for this extraordinary statistic.)
Fire Department, Fire Chief Dennis Mock
Building Fires 45
Arsons 4
Vehicle Fires 18
Dumpsters 2
Rescues 8
Haz-Mat Calls 5
Bomb Threats 1
Brush Fires 26
Gas Leaks 1
False Alarms 21
Good Faith Calls 23
Fire Inspections and smoke alarm installations are also regularly done throughout the year.
Patrol Division, Major Walter Landrum
Responded to 11,073 calls for service and made 1470 arrests
Breakdown of reports
Thefts 530
Shoplifting 249
Burglaries 209
Assault & Battery 159
Citations Issued 5014
Traffic Crashes 757
Residential/Business Alarms 1014
Since October of 2007 they have also responded to 854 animal related calls.
Criminal Investigations Division, Chief Investigator Frank Green
Reported CID has handled 439 cases and made 195 arrests.
CID cases handled;
Theft
105 cases
32 arrests
30% solve rate
16% National Average
Drug Cases
97 cases
95 arrests
98% solve rate
86% National Average
Burglary Cases
75 cases
11 arrests
15% solve rate
11% National Average
Assault Cases
39 cases
15 arrests
40% solve rate
45% National Average
Property Damage
30 cases
11 arrests
37% solve rate
37% National Average
Sex Crime Cases
18 cases
3 arrests
17% solve rate
37% National Average
Robbery Cases
10 cases
4 arrests
40% solve rate
25% National Average
Miscellaneous Offenses
65 cases
24 arrests
37% solve rate
Training, Sgt Ryan Wimberley
18-20 average number of training hours per person
Includes annual firearms and taser training plus DUI detection and standardized field sobriety testing.
Community Relations, Sgt Ryan Wimberley
Neighborhood Watch
Responsible Vendors
Child Safety Presentations
Career Days
Family Connections
Driver Improvement Clinic, Sgt Ryan Wimberley
Fees collected
Number of Assessments 167 @ $75 $12,525
Number of Students 167 @ $205 $34,235
Critical Evaluation Transfers 22 @ $10 $220
Replacement Certificates 6 @$5 $30
Total Collected $47,010
Sgt Jim Schiffner, Inmate Services
Since October of 2007, Sgt Schiffner estimates they have picked up 51 tons of trash and have retrieved 2147 shopping buggies.
Sgt Schiffner reported inmates under his charge handle many tasks throughout the entire City including cutting grass and a multitude of special projects.
