NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
March 9, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
2005
OCSO CRIME STATISTICS
OKALOOSA
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 174-THOUSAND CALLS FOR SERVICE
IN 2005, AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 476 CALLS PER DAY. THAT’S UP FROM
JUST OVER 170-THOUSAND CALLS IN 2004.
HERE’S
A SAMPLE OF WHAT KEPT DEPUTIES IN DEMAND IN OUR AREA:
TRAFFIC
STOPS
28, 903
ASSISTING CITIZENS
11, 127
SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE OR CARS
4, 733
BURGLARIES
1,715
CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT
866
THE
CALLS PER GEOGRAPHIC AREA RANGED FROM 830 IN MILLIGAN TO 33,608 IN DESTIN AND
56,247 IN THE FORT WALTON BEACH AREA.
FOR
A COMPLETE RUNDOWN ON THE STATISTICS: LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE AT www.sheriff-okaloosa.org.
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