Neillsville City Council Hears Reports from the Neillsville Police Department
Monday, February 3rd, 2020 -- 7:40 AM
-The Neillsville City Council heard several report from the Neillsville Police Department at their meeting last week.For the monthly report, in December, the department had 99 total reports/cases, 71 service calls, 21 traffic citations, 24 traffic warnings, 6 crash investigations, 2 ordinance citations, 9 adult arrests, 2 cases referred to the district attorney, 4 juvenile cases, 41 parking citations and 20 business checks. The business checks is a new duty that Neillsville’s new police chief, Jim Mankowski, has added because it’s “easier to solved a locked door than a burglary.” Officers will be making night checks and they’ll be stopping at businesses during the day too to make sure everything is okay. The council then heard the Annual Report from the department. For 2019, they had 1,407 reports/cases, 1,004 service calls, 531 traffic citations, 744 traffic warnings, 74 crash investigations, 148 ordinance citations, 132 adult arrests, 24 cases referred to the district attorney, 91 juvenile cases, 415 parking citations and 20 business checks.
Also for 2019, the department had 36 impaired drivers arrested. 18 of them involved alcohol consumption and 18 involved illegal drugs, with those numbers broken down into 12 involving marijuana, 5 involving methamphetamine and 1 was another illegal drug. Five people refused to give a sobriety test. The highest blood alcohol content for a person arrested for drunk driving was .354 and the lowest was .045. The average for the city in 2019 was .157, which is close to twice the legal limit. Chief Mankowski also provided some information for residents regarding guidelines when it comes to interacting with police officers. The information included what you should do if you’re stopped on the street, in a car, at your door, if stopped for questioning and what you should do if you’re arrested.
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