At the April 25 Commissioner’s Court, Sheriff Dan Butts and EMS Director Shannon Griffin presented their department reports for March.
Butts reported that the Sheriff’s Office responded to 513 calls for service and traveled 21,918 miles.
Their average response time for priority calls was 17 minutes, 35 seconds.
They had 11 felony arrests, 7 misdemeanor arrests, 36 agency assists and 9 public assists.
They investigated 35 property crimes and 77 crimes against persons.
They had 64 animal related calls.
They were the primary responders in the city limits 13 times.
Total incoming/outgoing calls at the Sheriff’s Office was 6,288.
There were 891 incoming 911 calls. There were 8 Grand Jury indictments, 13 felony cases filed, 27 warrants served, and 15 civil documents served. 43 people were booked into jail with an average inmate population of 59, of those, 4 were contract inmates.
They had 13 out-ofcounty transports.
Judge Richard Evans questioned the high number of responses within the City.
Butts stated, “Over the month, when they don’t have someone available, we end up getting the call, and some months are higher than other months. If it’s something we can hand back off, we will do that. If it’s a crime that we have to put an investigation into immediately, then we do that. If it’s something that can wait and they can handle it when they come back on duty, we can hand those off.”
Griffin reported that they responded to 269 calls for service, covering 13,161 miles.
Their average tone to en route time was 1.07 minutes and the average tone to on scene time was 9.14 minutes.
They received and deposited $101,539.56 in billing revenue and received a $16,018.38 STRAC 911 funds.
