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FIGURE 8-3: Percentage Calls per Day, by Category
Note
: The figure combines categories in the following table according to the description in Chart 8-1.
TABLE 8-3: Calls per Day, by Category
Category
No. of Calls Calls per Day
Accidents
489
1.3
Alarm
1,164
3.2
Animal calls
728
2.0
Assist
259
0.7
Check/investigation
2,259
6.2
Crime–persons
1,003
2.7
Crime–property
778
2.1
Disturbance
1,387
3.8
Juvenile
38
0.1
Medical
319
0.9
Miscellaneous
1,662
4.6
Prisoner–arrest
516
1.4
Suspicious person/vehicle
2,512
6.9
Traffic enforcement
7,555
20.7
Total
20,669
56.6
Note:
The focus here is on recorded calls rather than recorded events. We removed events with zero time on
scene and directed patrol activities.
Arrest
Assist
Crime
General
Investigations
Medical
Suspicious
Traffic
38.9%
18.8%
1.6%
16.6%
11.8%
8.6%
1.3%
2.5%