CALDWELL — Caldwell’s chief of police, Rex Ingram, gave a presentation to the city council last Tuesday updating the community about the police department’s activities and public safety. With a population just under 80,000 — up from just over 50,000 a decade ago — Caldwell employs about 1.12 officers for every 1,000 residents. This figure is 1.2 for Canyon County as a whole, and 1.5 statewide, according to University of Idaho Extension data from 2021. “Caldwell has never been safer than it is today,” Ingram said. “Just because population grows does not mean that crime is going up.” He…..