Weekly Call Review: July 30 – Aug. 5, 2018

July 30 – Aug. 5, 2018
The dispatch center processed 594 phone calls this last week, receiving 21 911 calls, answered 62 calls for Meeker Police Department (MPD) and placed 149 outgoing phone calls. A total of 166 calls for service were created, 69 for the Sheriff’s Office, 96 for MPD, and eight calls for Meeker Fire and Rescue. (Please note the department breakdown of calls reflects a different number because of incidents with multiple agency response). There were five vehicle crashes. One additional wildland fire was reported.
The Sheriff’s Office conducted 19 traffic stops issuing one citation and MPD had 42 stops issuing four citations. Highway 13 south had six traffic stops with one DUI arrest.
Other calls for the Sheriff’s Office included eight agency assists, four animal calls, three civil papers served, four citizen assists, three civil issues, two DUI’s, two motorist assists, three suspicious incidents, three traffic complaints and one each: alarm, business check, disturbance, domestic violence, fire ban violation, BLM fire, harassment, shooting, traffic accident, traffic hazard, unattended death, VIN inspection and warrant arrest.
MPD calls included four agency assists, one 911 misdial, two alarms, six animal calls, 12 business checks, three citizen assists, two juvenile problems, five motorist assists, seven suspicious incidents, four VIN inspections and one each: child abuse, disturbance, MIP, parking violation, property and theft.
There were seven calls for Meeker Fire and Rescue including one medical transfer, one hay fire, two smoke reports and three ambulance requests.
There were two assists with Colorado State Patrol.
Rio Blanco Detentions facility booked in eight and released nine. Two arrests for Rangely PD and six from RBSO. There are currently 13 inmates in the facility.
There were two DUI arrests.