{"id":30339,"date":"2025-10-23T15:38:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=30339"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:38:49","slug":"decatur-pd-calls-hold-then-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/decatur-pd-calls-hold-then-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur PD calls hold, then drop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WZBD.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Decatur-PD-logo.jpg?resize=358%2C415&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20983\" style=\"width:246px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Decatur-PD-logo.jpg?w=358&amp;ssl=1 358w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Decatur-PD-logo.jpg?resize=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Calls for service to the Decatur Police Department held steady in August from the previous month, then decreased in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department reported that 1,295 calls for service were received in August, just two more than in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in September, calls fell to 1,015, a drop of 280 from the prior month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calls for the first nine months of total 10,525, an average of 1,170 per month, according to the department&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The calls include 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, the report said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number also includes property crimes, crimes against a person(s), and long-term investigations as well as non-criminal issues such as, VIN (vehicle inspection number) checks, civil disputes, animal complaints, vehicle unlocks, and neighbor complaints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Calls for service to the Decatur Police Department held steady in August from the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,21],"class_list":["post-30339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30339","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30340,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30339\/revisions\/30340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}