Grants Pass police officers and firefighters were active during the first full week of March.
According to the Weekly Report filed by Grants Pass City Manager Aaron Cubic, police officers responded to a total of 310 calls for service in addition to 131 calls initiated by officers last week, resulting in 17 arrests, 29 citations, 20 warnings and two highly-intoxicated people being lodged at the Sobering Center.
Cubic also reported that officers conducted a total of 29 traffic stops in the city and made eight referrals to the Oregon Department of Human Services.
The GPPD Community Response Team made a total of 137 contacts with potential troublemakers while arresting one person, citing 29 people and warning 20 others. The CRT unit also trespassed 15 individuals, posted 67 new transient camps and removed trash from seven campsites.
Grants Pass Fire & Rescue responded to a total of 111 calls last week including 48 for emergency medical service, four for fire or smoke, eight lift assists, eight rescue situations, eight assists to other agencies and eight false alarms. Firefighters also conducted 20 business inspections, led one education/prevention program, assisted the public six times and properly installed one child car seat.
The 9-1-1 Dispatch Center fielded a total of 1,125 emergency calls in addition to 442 calls for non-emergency service.
