Raindogblue

Street Deaths

 

In 2018, in the city, 92 transients died on the streets:

10 were homicides

9 were suicides

53 percent of the deaths were drug and alcohol related.

 

Of the deaths from substance abuse: 

55 percent were caused by meth,

47 percent were related to opioids,

31 percent involved alcohol.

 

 

 

Car Thefts

 

 

Nationwide, car theft numbers are up 10%.

 

Statewide, car theft numbers are up 53%.

 

In the Metro, care left numbers are up 86%.

 

 

 

 

 

Taser Numbers

 

 

In 2008, officers in the department deployed tasers 378 times.

 

In 2018, officers used tasers 46 times.

 

So far, in 2019, officers have deployed the taser 25 times.

 

I accounted for 3 of those incidents.

 

 

 

 

Traffic Fatality Update

 

The pond's traffic death count is up to 43.

 

 

Twitter

 

Per the department, you cannot report crime or request police services via Twitter. 

 

 

Red Light

 

Per the American Automobile Foundation, in the last decade, 12.9 percent of all deaths caused by red light runners were pedestrians and cyclists in the state. It's the third highest in the nation.

 

 

34, 33

 

In 2018, the pond had

34 traffic fatalities.

As of today, we're at 33.

 

 

 

 

30

 

Traffic related deaths are up to 30 for the year. 

 

 

In Good Hands

 

Why are there no many road related fatalities in the pond?

The driver's rank in the bottom 10 percent of all drivers in the largest 200 cities in the country.

 

 

 

Bites

 

The department's K-9 unit has a 10 percent bite to capture ratio.