In its annual crime report for 2018, the Dunwoody Police
Department reported that while overall crime rose only slightly for the year
and consisted of mostly property crimes, the category of violent crimes against
people rose significantly, led by an increase in armed robberies.
According to the Dunwoody Police Department’s annual report,
released Tuesday, officers responded to 2,137 serious crimes, including
homicide, rape and aggravated assault and property crimes such as burglary and
larceny. That’s about a 2 percent increase from 2017, though most of the
increases stemmed from violent crimes, according to the report.
Violent crimes against people, which includes murder, rape,
robbery and aggravated assaults, rose to 78 in 2018, a 30 percent increase over
2017. Included in that category, there was a 56.5 percent increase in armed
robberies, from 23 cases in 2017 to 36 in 2018, and the number of reported
rapes more than doubled, from four to nine. There were two homicides in the
city last year, up from one in 2017.
The top property crime was larceny, with more than 1,800
incidents reported last year.
Officers made 2,004 arrests in 2018, an 11.5 percent decrease
from 2017. The top offenses that resulted in arrests were shoplifting, failure
to appear in court and drug offenses, according to the report. About 86 percent
of the people they arrested were not Dunwoody residents.
And don’t forget about traffic citations — the top violations
were speeding, following too close and having an expired tag.
Some other interesting stats from the 2018 report: Officers
responded to 59,506 calls for police service, almost 3,000 of which stemmed
from alarms. Officers filed more than 5,300 incident reports and gave out more
than 7,900 citations.
The police department also responded to 19 overdoses, three of
which were fatal.
The department said there were 105 use-of-force incidents,
though there were no excessive force complaints. “Use of force” is defined as
the display of a firearm or Taser in a confrontational manner, the deployment
of a firearm or Taser, physical force beyond soft hand contact, and the
destruction of a rabid or seriously injured animal.
Eleven complaints were filed last year against 13 officers,
three of which were sustained after internal reviews.
“Both of these stats reflect our commitment to excellence and
fair and impartial policing,” Grogan wrote.
Dunwoody, located in the northern tip of DeKalb County, has a
population of nearly 50,000; its police department was founded almost exactly
10 years ago.
With a crime rate of 42 per one thousand residents,
Dunwoody has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all
sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of
becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 24.
Murder
1
Rape
6
Robbery
22
Assault
34
Total Violent Crime 63
Burglary
136
Theft
1775
Vehicle Theft
92
Total Property Crime 2003
2018 Total incidents reported 2066
Most
crimes in Dunwoody are limited to commercial centers and apartment complexes.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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