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March 2016
PRIOR LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY STATISTICS
March
2016
March
2015
CHANGE TOTAL
YEAR TO
DATE 2016
TOTAL
YEAR TO
DATE 2015
CHANGE
Homicide 0 0 0 0
Assault 6 7 -14% 21 18 +17%
Robbery 0 1 -100% 1 3 -67%
Burglary 3 7 -57% 5 11 -55%
Theft 46 37 +24% 130 90 +44%
DWI 11 15 -27% 21 31 -32%
Disorderly
Conduct/Disturbing
the Peace
3 6 -50% 12 14 -14%
Harassing
Communications
5 4 +25% 18 16 +13%
Criminal Damage
to Property
19 13 +46% 31 26 +19%
Domestic Violence 28 19 +47% 59 63 -63%
Vehicle Lock-outs 12 18 -33% 36 46 -22%
Motor Vehicle
Accidents
42 31 +35% 116 128 -9%
Traffic Stops 374 525 -28% 1026 1482 -31%
Total Incidents 1029 896 +15% 2832 2511 +13%
The incident case reports listed are just a sampling of the 24 crime index categories included in the
Uniform Crime Report and therefore the totals of the selected categories will not add up to the total
number of incidents shown on the last line above.
The police department is two officers and 1 sergeant short in patrol. 3 new officers started on January
4th and are continuing to train assigned with a senior officer. These shortages along with a 21% increase
in calls over last year, have made the month very busy for the officers even though February is
traditionally one of our slower months for calls. This shortage is the major reason why traffic stops are
down by 34%, as the officers are just too busy covering calls and unable to work as much traffic
enforcement.
A continued mild winter has helped to keep accidents down, down by 24% over last year. We assisted
other agencies with two pursuits that came through Prior Lake, one in which officer deployed stop sticks
which led to the vehicle stopping and an arrest by Scott County, and the other in which a carjacking
suspect crashed and we assisted in taking him into custody for Bloomington PD. Of note on the DWI
calls was one in which a pregnant female was arrested after initial screening showed she was more than
twice the legal limit.