Many cars went off the road in January, according to police statistics for the month.
The Police Commission reviewed the incident statistics report for January at its meeting Feb. 26. The incidents receiving the highest number of calls from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31 include medical assists, 23; disabled vehicles, 25; DUI, 4; identity theft, five; property disputes, four; domestic incidents, seven; juvenile incidents, four; vehicle complaints, 19; verbal vehicle stops, 60; one-car accidents, 33; two-car accidents, 19; three-car accidents, two; evading, four; narcotics, five; pistol permits, seven; missing property, seven; school security, 57; security checks, 396; suspicious vehicle, 20; and written warnings, 92.
Commissioner Tom Reynolds wondered if the high number of disabled vehicles was due to the weather, and Chief John Roche explained that they involved vehicles that were towed, but not necessarily damaged, due to inclement weather.
“What you have is vehicles going off the road,” he said. “They need to be towed out.”
Some incidents that received only one call from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31 were burglary, credit or debit card, death, larceny from vehicle, juvenile in custody, four-car accident, robbery, suspicious mail, subpoena, and youth gathering.
The Police Department’s K-9 unit was used twice in the month, according to the report.