Police, Fire Stats Reported

The Public Safety Commission received the Montville Police Department’s report of November calls, at the committee’s December meeting.

Motor-vehicle-collision calls

• 17 calls concerning general motor vehicle collisions
• 17 car-deer collisions
• 9 collisions with injury
• 8 calls concerning motor vehicle vs pedestrian
• 1 collision attributed to DUI

Criminal activity

• 4 burglary calls
• 2 trespassing calls
• 4 loitering/curfew violation calls
• 5 vandalism calls
• 3 calls alleging vandalism of town property
• 22 larceny calls
• 2 robbery calls
• 24 breach of peace complaints
• 29 disorderly conduct calls
• 4 calls concerning unlawful discharge of weapons
• 6 calls concerning harassing phone calls

Motor vehicle-related calls

• 14 for disabled behicles
• 8 for driving while under the influence
• 9 concerning road hazards
• 17 general motor vehicle complaints
• 155 selective enforcement incidents

Overall, the department received 7,386 calls in November, and made 580 arrests. To see the police department’s monthly reports, click here

Fire calls

In November, according to the fire marshal's report, fire departments in town responded to 202 calls.

• Montville – 73
• Mohegan – 69
• Oadkale – 35
• Chesterfield – 21
• Out of town – 4

Among the incidents, three were fire calls, 147 were EMS calls, and 10 were calls about vehicle accident with injuries. To see the fire dispatch logs, click here.

Though the December report has not yet been released, the statistics for the 2010-2011 fiscal year were released Wednesday at the Public Safety Commission meeting:

• 14,571 incidents
• 7,393 service reports
• 1,193 investigations
• 718 written warnings for motor vehicle violations
• 3,229 summonses
• 626 arrests
• 504 motor vehicle accidents
• 161 DWI arrests