It was a busy year full of accomplishments for the South Milwaukee Police Department in 2011.
Check out a good summary of the department’s work in its 2011 Annual Report, which was received by the South Milwaukee City Council on Tuesday.
See the report here.
Among the highlights for the department last year:
- The department received re-accreditation from the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group – 14 years after the department became the first one in Milwaukee County to obtain this honor. See my previous post here.
- Police partnered with the A Child is Missing Alert Program, a nonprofit organization that assists law enforcement in the early search and recovery of missing children and the disabled and elderly. This participation allows the department to activate an alert system, sending a message via phone when needed.
- The police department collected and safely disposed of 158 pounds of medicine as part of a program it instituted in 2010.
- The department also upgraded its radio communications equipment in 2011, purchasing mobile and portable radios and control bases in compliance with national requirements.
- And the department continued to serve the community through its Drug Abuse Resistance Education and bicycle safety programs. Details are in the report.
The report also includes crime data from 2011, and there is some good news there, too.
- Total calls for service fell slightly in 2011 to 23,172, down from 23,561 a year earlier.
- Violent crime stayed static in 2011, with 16 incidents reported, the same as in 2010.
- Property crime was down 13.7%, with 513 incidents reported. Burglary reports fell from 119 to 77, and thefts fell from 434 to 410.
- Arrests were down significantly, from 1,166 to 715.
- Clearance rates improved, from 34.4% in 2010 to 36.9% in 2011.
Thanks again to all the great work our police department does … and please post your comments below.
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