{"id":22078,"date":"2024-12-02T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=22078"},"modified":"2024-12-02T14:46:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:46:49","slug":"police-calls-average-965-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/police-calls-average-965-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Police calls average 965 a month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Decatur Police Department responded to 870 calls in October, an increase of 44 calls from the previous month, according to a monthly activity report posted by the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The calls involved a mix of emergency and non-emergency responses including, but not limited to, traffic stops, traffic-related criminal offenses, vehicle accidents, and a variety of other traffic-related concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 870 calls also included property crimes, crimes against a person(s), and long-term investigations. Also, non-criminal issues such as VIN (vehicle inspection number) checks, civil disputes, animal complaints, vehicle unlocks, and neighbor complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BG-visits-PD.jpg?resize=640%2C722&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BG-visits-PD.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BG-visits-PD.jpg?resize=266%2C300&amp;ssl=1 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>SRO Andrew Elwell &amp; Koda with visitors from B&amp;G club<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through October, Decatur police had responded to a total of 9,651 calls for service this year, an average of 965 calls per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its summary, the PD noted: \u201cThe department worked to manage these calls efficiently while focusing on building community trust and maintaining response times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the continued support from our community, and we are here to respond to your needs. Every call is important, and our team is dedicated to ensuring a prompt and effective response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VISITORS: A group of youngsters from the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Adams County recently visited the police station on Seventh St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They didn&#8217;t come empty handed, arriving with cards and treats for the officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department noted that the \u201cenergy level really spiked when they realized (K-9 officer) Koda was at the club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com The Decatur Police Department responded to 870 calls in October, an increase of 44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-22078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-community"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22080,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22078\/revisions\/22080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}