Holidays typically require heightened awareness and work from local law enforcement agencies, and this was true for the Trigg County Sheriff’s Office during November.
In last week’s fiscal court meeting, Sheriff Aaron Acree told magistrates he and his deputies handled 514 total complaints in the month — an average of 17 per day.
Of those:
— Seven were accidents with injuries
— 27 were accidents without injuries, many of which were deer
— Three were calls to assist other agencies
— 39 were attempts to serve papers
— Eight were calls for domestic disturbances and/or violence, an increase, he said, that typically comes this time of year
— 37 were extra patrol requests
— Two were for burglary complaints
— 30 were for reckless driver complaints
— And 76 traffic stops were made, which resulted in four arrests and 33 verbal warnings
Of that list, Acree noted he was pleasantly surprised there were fewer burglaries reported in the stretch.
While it feels like a lot of traffic stops, Acree added increased patrols and some grant funding helped make such possible.
High-crash zones, however, have been hard to discern. There were 34 total collisions in November, about one a day, but Acree said they occurred in several different places.
Between Acree and eight deputies, 42 cases were opened — two of which, he said, may result in federal charges.
A full report for 2023 will come to the fiscal court in January.
