The Estevan Police Service (EPS) continues to see a slight decline in its call volumes for 2018.
According to figures released at the Oct. 17 meeting of the Estevan board of police commissioners, the EPS received 6,168 calls for service through Sept. 30, which is a three per cent decrease from the 6,327 calls for the first nine months of the previous year.
The EPS had 786 calls in September, which was down from 825 for the same month in 2017.
Last month the EPS had 12 crimes against people, with 10 assaults and two sexual crimes. There were 13 crimes against people the previous year.
So far this year, there have been 97 crimes against people, with assaults (76), sexual crimes (17) and assaults causing bodily harm (four) accounting for the activity.
The EPS had 42 crimes against property in September, compared to 28 the previous year. The crimes for this year included 23 thefts under $5,000, 15 incidents of mischief or willful damage, three break and enter incidents to a residents and one theft over $5,000.
So far this year, the EPS has responded to 274 crimes against property, with 148 thefts under $5,000 and 77 mischief or willful damage incidents. There have also been 19 break-and-enter incidents, 18 thefts of a motor vehicle, 11 thefts over $5,000 and one theft of a vehicle classified as other.
There were three Controlled Drug and Substances Act charges in September, with all three for possession. There were five in September 2017.
In the first nine months of the year, the EPS has had 64 CDSA charges, with 56 for possession and eight for trafficking.
Thirteen Criminal Code traffic violations were issued, with all for impaired driving or exceeding the legal blood alcohol limit. It was the same number as the previous year.
A total of 109 traffic violations have been issued this year, with 105 related to impaired driving and four for dangerous driving.
