January incidents up 8.5 percent

RBC — The combined incidents for the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office and the Meeker Police Department continued on trend logging another increase during January 2009, with an 8.5 percent increase in activity from 2008.
Total incidents received through the communications center increased to 1,046 in January 2009, up from 957 in January 2008. The number of calls for service decreased slightly for the sheriff’s office with 250 incidents in January 2009, down from 264…