How to resolve AdBlock issue? The Lakeport Police Department presented its 2024 statistics report last Tuesday during the Lakeport City Council meeting.
The data shows a decrease in traffic offenses and most types of crimes, except for assaults.
“We have a slight increase in reported assaults for the year,” reported Sgt. Ryan Cooley.
The data shows 39 reported assaults in 2024, an increase from 10 in both 2022 and 2023. However, that 2024 number remained low when compared with 2021’s 90 cases.
Cooley then highlighted decreased police response time to non-emergency calls and cold calls, decreased cases in stolen vehicles, domestic violence, arrests, driving-under-the-influence, traffic collisions and suspended cases.
For the use of force, “The 2024 year showed 0 uses of force reportable to the California Department of Justice,” read the 2024 Use of Force Analysis Report.
“Nearly 50% increase in lesser uses of force that includes the pointing of firearms or less lethal devices,” Cooley said.
Although it was just passed in November, Cooley mentioned that the implementation of Proposition 36 has brought about “collaboration between the law enforcement stakeholders.”
City Manager Kevin Ingram added that the District Attorney’s Office was going to be “a critical piece on that.”
“We've already started to put the pieces into place to kind of start getting some of that communication in order,” he added.
Ingram also asked the public to call the police when in need.
“You got a shoplifter in your shop and there’s nothing we can do — that has changed,” Ingram said. “We do need people to kind of bring those calls and attention in, start the log, start the process, get things moving, where we can kind of enact some of those pools that come out of Prop. 36 so we're learning as we're going.”
Lake County News has put together five most important data sets across the past four years, drawing raw data from the police department’s staff report.
A: Crimes
The total number of crimes at 159 came to the lowest in 2024 in four years. Larceny, assault, and domestic violence were the most common crime types in Lakeport for the year. The number of assault cases in 2024 were four times higher than in 2022 and 2023, but remained far lower than 90 cases in 2021.
B: Traffic related
All types of traffic-related offences, including DUI arrests, reduced significantly from the previous year. To note, 2023 was a year with particularly high numbers across the board.
During council comments, Councilmember Kenny Parlet pointed to the correlation between the increase in traffic stops — from 916 in 2023 to 1027 in 2024 — and the “huge decrease in traffic accidents.” The number of traffic collisions dropped to 28 in 2024 from 66 in 2023.
C: Police activities
D: Police response time
In 2024, response time to non-emergency and cold calls were both brought down to five minutes or sooner for the first time.
E: Arrests
Misdemeanor arrests came to lowest in the past four years, more than 50% down from 2023. Felony arrests also decreased slightly compared to the previous year, but stayed higher than that of 2021 and 2022. Total arrests dropped to the lowest in the four-year period.
In addition, Lakeport police officers made 230 events of foot patrols in 2024. Councilmember Brandon Disney noted that it’s the first time that this data was recorded.
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