The St. Thomas Police Service is on track for a record-breaking year.
However, it’s a dubious record at best.
Just before midnight this past Sunday, the service passed the 20,000 calls for service mark for the year. That’s a full month sooner than last year.
And, as of 9:30 Wednesday morning, the service had responded to 20,134 calls.
At this pace, city police are on track to post a record-breaking year of incidents requiring a police response.
A quick comparison of the total incidents recorded on December 31st at 11:59 p.m. in recent years:
- 2022: 20,682 incidents
- 2021: 21,924 incidents
- 2020: 22,173 incidents
Police note many of these incidents require hours of officer attention and further follow up in the days after.
Not included are other daily responsibilities such as court appearances, focused patrols and community engagement.
