{"id":23642,"date":"2025-01-28T14:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=23642"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:27:25","slug":"decatur-pd-handled-11441-calls-in-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/decatur-pd-handled-11441-calls-in-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur PD handled 11,441 calls in ’24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Decatur Police Departmen handled 11,441 service calls last year, an average of 953 calls per month and an average of 31 a day, according to a report issued by Chief Kevin Gerber at the January 21 meeting of city council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe breakdown is not of every single call type, these are just the higher numbers that I felt the public would be interested in,\u201d he said in releasing the report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top five categories were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic stops, 2,715;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assisting someone, 1,480 (in-person and via phone calls combined, for civil issues, criminal investigations and more);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building checks, 1,121;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIN (vehicle inspection numbers) inspections, 633 (395 golf carts, 140 UTVs);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlocking vehicles, 418.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 567 calls were for traffic-related issues, according to the report, within the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abandoned vehicle, attempt to locate, funeral escort, parking complaint\/problem, property-damage traffic accident, personal-injury traffic accidents (387 combined traffic accidents), reckless driving, radar traffic enforcement, suspicious vehicle, traffic control, traffic hazard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACADEMY UPDATE: Gerber also told council that the department’s new recruit, Dallas Creager, is doing well in his training at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creager, 26, was hired by Decatur’s board of works and safety at its Jan. 7 meeting; he was sworn in and left for Plainfield that night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The native of Bluffton and graduate of Southern Wells High School has been a member of the Geneva Police Department since last May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His academy class is scheduled to graduate April 25, then he will join the Decatur PD and begin a year of field training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creager’s hiring will bring the Decatur PD up to full force once again: 20 officers, including Gerber and Deputy Chief Jeff Brite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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