During the month of August, officers worked on 39 criminal offense cases, made 10 criminal arrests, wrote 43 traffic tickets and worked 10 accidents.

The following is a break down of other details worked on by officers during the month:  3 tours of duty, answered 142 dispatched calls, gave out 32 verbal warnings and 5 written warnings, answered 7 calls for roadside assistance to motorist, worked on 13 followups on active cases, went on 112 calls that did not require reports to be taken, conducted 136 residential vacation checks for local residents, worked 8 escorts, assisted other departments in the area including Illinois State Police and Piatt County Sheriff's Department a total of 15 times, assisted on 6 ambulance calls and 8 fire department calls, worked 10 public service details, responded 11 times on 911 calls, conducted 19 foot patrols in the downtown area, and did 3347 business building checks in town.

Most common details reported in August were criminal trespass to motor vehicles, theft from motor vehicles, ordinance violations and criminal damage to property.

Officers and I were busy attending meetings and training: Staff meeting, Monticello Celebration meeting, Rotary, court and States Attorney meetings, Chamber, Piatt County Mental Health and Kirby Hospital.  The new officers are doing very well at the Police Academy and FTO with Officer Griswold graduating from Police Academy on September 9, 2010 and Officer Nolin more than half way through Field Training.

It was a very busy month for everyone in the department.  This concludes the report for August.

Respectfully submitted,

John D. Miller
Chief of Police