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Fdl police scanner7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Lamb says while he shares in that outrage, the movement across the country to defund police has been disheartening and demoralizing to those in the profession and has created a nationwide shortage of police recruits.įortunately, he said, Fond du Lac is a community that has shown great support for its police officers. ![]() ![]() In solidarity, Fond du Lac police officers walked with residents who participated in protests and peace rallies held in the city. Anti-police sentiment causes added stressĪnti-police rhetoric and outrage followed the death of George Floyd while in police hands on May 25 in Minneapolis. “Our enforcement efforts entail a variety of measures in an effort to address the problems everything from education, to warnings, to citations/arrests as circumstances are deemed necessary,” the chief said. Officers are currently working with a group of primarily younger teens that have been causing some problems in and around the Hamilton Place and Military Road area - a combination of blocking streets and sidewalks, disorderly language and behavior, Lamb said. ![]() “But recently we have been able to correct a majority of these problems." "The property changed hands a couple years ago and the relationship with management went by the wayside,” Lamb said. Crime in this neighborhood has dropped by 60%. He pointed to the southeast side of the city, around the Maplewood Commons apartment complex, as a problem area police have successfully addressed. “These are the most troublesome crimes, and a source of concern and complaint for people who live here," the chief said. Property crime totals - the most frequently occurring crimes - attributed to that downward trend, with burglaries down 27 percent (from 892 in 2018 to 707 in 2019) and thefts down 21% (from 892 to 707). Looking back on other 2019 trends, Lamb said the good news is the city's overall crime rate dropped to a new, ten-year low. So far, there have been no cases of COVID-19 reported within the department. It was difficult for officers to use personal protection equipment and officers were often out of commission because of the need to self-quarantine he said. “And until society adds additional medical resources to help these people, the problem will get increasingly worse.”ĬOVID-19 also took its toll on the force, Lamb said, and made it tough to effectively and safely police in the midst of a pandemic. “We get calls when people hit crisis levels,” Lamb said. Lamb told City Council that dealing with mental illness calls in the community remains one of the department’s greatest challenges. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the city in March, the number of police responses to drug overdoses, suicides and suicide attempts have increased. “This is the last city in the state of Wisconsin that you want to engage in illegal drug trafficking.” Mental health suffers under COVID-19 “The message we are sending is clear,” Lamb said. Lamb notes this was the largest seizure of meth in the city’s history.Īnother record drug bust for the city occurred last November, when one-half pound of crack cocaine and one-third pound of heroin with a street value of $55,000 was seized during arrests made in a Detroit-to-Fond du Lac trafficking network. Seven months later, four persons were arrested following an investigation into a Mississippi-to-Fond du Lac meth ring, during which police seized 3.5 pounds of meth valued at $54,000. Approximately 127 pounds of cocaine with a street value of $9.6 million was trafficked through this network, Lamb said. In January 2019 the ringleader of a 31-person cocaine distribution conspiracy network that operated from Chicago to Milwaukee to Fond du Lac was taken into custody. Over the past six and half years, 488 people have been arrested by Fond du Lac police for felony drug trafficking and related offenses. The majority of these shootings are drug-related, Lamb said, and reflect what he calls an epidemic of gun/drug crimes in the U.S. Both men have since been charged - one with attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Approximately a week ago another shooting incident occurred near Morris and 12th streets, the chief said.Įarlier this summer, two individuals in broad daylight got into a gun fight in the middle of Bank Street. Most recently, on a Saturday night, shots were fired by an irate, intoxicated person near Second and Portland streets. Since January 2019, police have been called out 44 times to investigate serious gun threats - 15 in which shots were fired. In his crime report to Fond du Lac City Council last week, Lamb reported domestic and aggravated assaults are up as much as 70%, and incidents involving guns and drugs - as well as calls for mental health crises - spiked last year.Īnd that upward trend continues to keep officers busy this year. FOND DU LAC - Violent crimes in the city are up 45% and the Fond du Lac Police Department remains in dire need of more officers, according to Chief Bill Lamb. ![]()
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