Crime & Safety
By the Numbers: February 2012 Crime Statistics
Police Chief Ernest Brown presented a report of criminal activity during February in Darien.
There were 89 arrests in Darien during the month of February, Chief Ernest Brown wrote in a report released last week. It was an increase of one over January, during which the made 88 arrests.
The demographics of people who were arrested break down as follows:
- 79 adults
- 10 juveniles between the ages of 15-17
- 47 percent were between the ages of 18-30
- 31 Darien residents
- 58 nonresidents
Officers wrote case reports for 196 incidents. Some of the offenses include:
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- 10 related to domestic incidents
- 5 residential burglaries
- 4 aggravated assaults
- 9 retail thefts
- 5 identity thefts
- 5 criminal trespasses to vehicles
- 5 drug-related offenses
Overall, there were 2,256 calls for police service. Citations were issued in 366 of the cases. Sundays were busiest, with 79 total citations reported. Eighty-five percent of the citations were written during traffic stops.
The DU-COMM dispatch center provided the statistics for Brown's report.
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