Crime & Safety

Police, Fire Calls Reported

January and February totals

The Public Safety Commission received the Montville Police Department’s report of January and February calls, at the commission’s most recent meeting.

To date in 2012, the department has had:

  • 3,365 total calls for service
  • 81 arrests
  • 8 juvenile arrests
  • 485 of those calls have come through the Connecticut State Police at Troop E
  • 475 have come through the Montville Police Department
  • 82 have been reported by walk-ins
  • 2,322 have been called in by officers
  • Motor-vehicle collision calls (January)
  • 32 calls concerning general motor vehicle collisions
  • 9 car-deer collision calls
  • 2 collisions with injuries
  • 1 DUI collision
  • Motor vehicle collision calls (February)
  • 51 calls concerning general motor vehicle collisions
  • 5 car-deer collision calls
  • 7 collisions with injuries

Criminal activity (January)

  • 3 burglary calls
  • 6 trespassing calls
  • 2 vandalism calls
  • 3 calls of vandalism to mailboxes
  • 4 calls of vandalism to parked vehicles
  • 21 larceny calls
  • 24 breach of peace calls
  • 20 calls for disorderly conduct
  • 5 calls for harassing phone calls
  • 3 calls about unlawful discharge of weapons
  • 6 animal complaints
  • 1 untimely death
  • 8 emergency committals
  • 3 sexual assault complaints

 

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Criminal activity (February)

  • 5 burglary calls
  • 10 trespassing calls
  • 7 vandalism calls
  • 1 vandalism to mailbox call
  • 9 calls of vandalism to a parked car
  • 12 larceny calls
  • 17 breach of peace calls
  • 25 disorderly conduct calls
  • 6 harassing phone call calls
  • 3 calls about unlawful discharge of weapons
  • 5 animal complaints
  • 3 untimely deaths
  • 13 emergency committals
  • 2 sexual assault complaints

 

Motor vehicle-related calls (January)

  • 6 abandoned vehicles
  • 26 disabled vehicles
  • 6 DUI calls
  • 16 road hazard calls
  • 14 motor vehicle complaints
  • 130 selective enforcement incidents

 

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Motor vehicle related calls (February)

  • 4 abandoned behicles
  • 12 disabled vehicles
  • 8 DUI calls
  • 3 road hazard calls
  • 8 motor vehicle complaints
  • 82 selective enforcement incidents
 

Fire calls

In January, according to the fire marshal’s report, fire departments in town responded to 201 incident calls.

They included:

1 building fire

148 EMS calls

5 vehicle accidents with injuries

3 spills of oil or other combustible liquid

9 general cleanup following vehicle accidents

3 smoke scare/odor of smoke

 

In February, they responded to 212 calls.

They included:

3 passenger vehicle fires

4 brush, or brush and grass fires

167 EMS calls

5 vehicle accidents with injuries

6 general cleanup following vehicle accidents

 


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