Grants Pass police officers and firefighters logged a busy week of activity to close out the month of February.
According to the Weekly Report filed by Grants Pass City Manager Aaron Cubic, police officers responded to a total of 541 calls for service along with 218 officer-initiated calls last week that resulted in 23 arrests, 31 citations, 46 warnings and three highly-intoxicated people being lodged at the Sobering Center.
Cubic also reported that officers conducted a total of 62 traffic stops in the city and they made 28 referrals to the Oregon Department of Human Services.
The GPPD Community Response Team (CRT) made a total of 57 contacts with potential troublemakers while arresting three people, citing seven more and warning 20 others. The CRT unit also trespassed nine individuals, posted 48 transient camps and removed trash from 15 campsites.
Grants Pass Fire & Rescue responded to a total of 103 calls last week including 43 for emergency medical service, three reports of fire or smoke, eight lift assists, four rescue situations, four assists to other agencies and five false alarms. Firefighters also performed 21 business inspections, led three education/prevention programs, assisted the public 10 times and properly installed one child car seat.
The Grants Pass 9-1-1 Communications Center fielded a total of 1,018 emergency calls last week in addition to 639 calls for non-emergency service.
