Traffic stops increase for April ’23

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2022 to 65 reports in April of 2023.

Calls from citizens needing assistance are trending down, with 94 this past April, 196 last year, and 237 in April 2021.

Calls for animal complaints dropped by over half compared to April last year, with 31 this April, and

66 in April 2022.

Domestic assault and disputes also went down, with 27 this past April, 37 in April 2022 and 46 in April of 2021.

Only 83 custodial arrests were made this past April while there were 116 last year and 149 in April 2021, and drug citations for marijuana de-

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clined as well, with only three in April 2023, 12 in April last year and 15 the year before.

While arrests for firearms went up seven this year, there were four arrests in April 2022 and two in 2021, and arrests for knives trended down with only one in April this year, six last year and 12 the year before.