Local agencies share early New Year’s Eve patrol numbers

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Local law enforcement agencies have shared their preliminary numbers from New Year’s Eve patrols.

From 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 to 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office documented 43 incidents, including calls for service, traffic stops, business checks, driving complaints, fireworks complaints, agency assists and crashes.

Traffic-related incidents:

  • Traffic Stops: 11
  • DUI Arrests: 0
  • Crashes: 2
    • 1 noninjury
    • 1 minor injury
  • Total Arrests: 4
    • 1 drug violation arrest
    • 2 other arrests
    • 1 juvenile arrest

The sheriff’s office also reported an illegal discharge of a firearm in the Oaklawn area.

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In Wichita, police conducted a DUI assignment overnight, reporting the following:

  • DUI arrests: 2
  • DUI Investigations: 4
  • Citations: 9
  • Stops: 14

“This does not capture all stops or arrests across our 166-square-mile jurisdiction or our population of 400,991 people,” WPD said on Thursday. “Our crime analysis staff will pull arrest numbers on Friday.”…

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