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Grants Pass Police & Firefighters Logged Busy Week of Activity Protecting Community

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Grants Pass police officers and firefighters logged a busy week of activity while protecting the community.

According to the Weekly Report filed by Grants Pass City Manager Aaron Cubic, police officers responded to a total of 604 calls for service along with 296 officer-initiated calls that resulted in 50 arrests, 32 citations, 85 warnings and five highly intoxicated people being lodged at the Sobering Center.

Cubic also reported that officers made a total of 115 traffic stops in the city and they made 27 referrals to the Oregon Department of Human Services.

The GPPD Community Response Team (CRT) made contact with a total of 170 potential troublemakers while arresting four people, citing 51 more and warning 30 others. The CRT unit also trespassed 32 individuals, posted 100 transient camps and removed trash from five campsites.

Grants Pass Fire & Rescue responded to a total of 97 calls last week including 43 for emergency medical service, three reports of fire or smoke, 14 lift assists, seven rescue situations, eight assists to other agencies and four false alarms. Firefighters also performed 20 business inspections, led four education/prevention programs, assisted the public twice and properly installed two child car seats.

The 9-1-1 Dispatch Center fielded a total of 1,025 emergency calls last week in addition to 664 calls for non-emergency service.
Posted on 4/15/24 7:00AM by Sam Marsh