Grants Pass police officers and firefighters logged a busy week of activity to close out the month of June.
According to the Weekly Report filed by Grants Pass City Manager Aaron Cubic, police officers responded to a total of 724 calls for service last week along with 215 officer-initiated calls that resulted in 47 arrests, 33 citations, 35 warnings and one highly-intoxicated person being lodged at the Sobering Center.
Cubic also reported that officers conducted a total of 47 traffic stops in the city and they made 15 referrals to the Oregon Department of Human Services.
The GPPD Community Response Team (CRT) contacted a total of 238 potential troublemakers while arresting six people, citing 33 more and warning 47 others. The CRT unit also trespassed 17 individuals, posted 100 transient camps and removed trash from one campsite.
Grants Pass Fire & Rescue responded to a total of 106 calls last week including 39 for emergency medical service, nine reports of smoke or fire, 10 lift assists, six rescue situations, 12 assists to other agencies and four false alarms. Firefighters also performed 16 business inspections, led five education/prevention programs, assisted the public eight times and properly installed two child car seats.
The Grants Pass Communications Center fielded a total of 1,263 emergency calls in addition to 831 calls for non-emergency service.
