The Ada County Sheriff’s Office said that 2026 was one of the busiest 4th of July periods on record, with this year marking the highest total number of incidents entered into the department’s Computer-Aided Dispatch system.
Between 12 a.m. on July 4 and 6 a.m. on July 5, Ada County dispatchers entered 1,765 incidents into the system. For comparison, ACSO said during this period in 2025, they entered 1,613 incidents, and back in 2022, they entered 1,171 incidents.
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