Professor Joseph Ferrandino and his staff at IUN have provided us with thier first glimpse of thier analysis of the crime issues facing our community. It is fascinating as to how quickly they were able to assemble the data and bring issues and concerns to our attention. Maps and charts have begun to arrive and we continue to develop strategies as to the efficient use of the resources available to us.
We anticipated that an increase in traffic enforcement would result in a reduction in calls for service, that is, proactive enforcement would reduce the number of reactive calls. For the first 2 months of the year, our officers increased their self initiated activity by nearly 76 %, as a result, calls for service from the public decreased by nearly 9%. Clearly the more active we remain, the less issues the community will face.
As always, we rely on the public to keep us informed and invite them to use our anonymous tip line at 219-391-8500
Mark J. Becker
Chief of Police
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