YPD Recap
Between June 27th and July 4th, we had 2,142 calls for service that came into our dispatch center, which generated 214 police reports. Here is a list of some of the calls for service that we handled: • 911 calls –1,003 • Alarm calls – 52 • Assaults - 7 • Burglaries – 26 • Criminal damage – 20 • Disorderly conduct/Disturbances – 57
• Domestic disturbances – 28 • Fraud – 10 • Noise disturbance – 17 • Reckless driver - 19 • Runaway juveniles/Offense – 7 • Sex Offenses - 3 • Shoplifts/Thefts – 48 • Shots fired – 8 • Stolen vehicles – 13 • Suspicious subject/Incident/ Vehicle – 142 • Traffic accidents – 56 • Trespass - 23 Our Animal Control Unit responded to 145 calls for service and our officers made 250 traffic stops, issuing over 73 citations. Here is a sample of our calls... These two...wow…these two apparently bored teenagers decided to walk around and shoot at several vehicles with a BB gun causing lots of damage. What a beaver-built water retainer shame that this is what some kids think is fun. But let someone peg their bike with a BB gun and, OMG, the sky is falling. If they do not straighten out, I see some jammies in their future for sure. You have got to be kidding me...
This guy, let’s call him Slim, decides to break into a house one night. Let me just put this out there. Yuma is a small town in the South West nestled in a state where people can own, and often carry, guns. If you are going to rob someone or burglarize a residence here, there is a strong chance that someone will be armed on the streets or in their home. This information is not a secret. Anyway, Slim decides to break a window and enter a house that is not his. Yeah, nothing screams, “I’m breaking into your home” like glass hitting the floor. Slim picked a house where the resident was home and armed. If I were Slim, I would not buy a lottery ticket anytime soon. As soon as Slim recovers from his ... lapse in judgement ... he may trade his robe with an air conditioned rear view and sticky bottomed socks for the orange jammies and flip flops.
In this line of work you get to hear all sorts of reasons for why someone breaks the law and sometimes you get to hear that one reason, that just ... well ... leaves you shaking your head.
This lady, let’s call her Meg, was caught shoplifting from a local department store. Meg said in the past she heard employees accuse her of being a shoplifter, so if they were going to accuse her of it, she may as well do it. Yeahhhhhh, that’ll show them won’t it? You sure got the last word on that as you were issued your orange jammies and flip flops.