Police Log - Sutton MA Police Department
January 03, 2011 - January 9, 2011
This is the first week that I've received the full printout of the police log to look at. It's quite fascinating how much our police force does for us! Let me know if there's any other information you're interested in!
Based on the raw data, here is the breakdown of what the police worked on this week. There were 267 items on my report (which had a few things removed).
The number of events the police handled on each day of the week:

A breakdown of the types of events they handled this week, with the most frequent ones on the left:

A 209A is a restraining order. COD is Cop On Duty / Court Duty. It's listed in relationship to the Uxbridge Court House and typically involves an officer appearing at court in relationship to testifying about tickets / arrests / etc.
The same figures in a pie chart, which helps to demonstrate that motor vehicle issues were by far the most common event the police dealt with:

Please let me know if you'd like to see any other views of the police log data!
Interesting Items
Of course this means they're intersting by my definition :) I have to choose somehow!
Mon 1/3/11
09:59 Boston Road - C.B. unlicensed operation of motor vehicle
Wed 1/5/11
10:05 Rte 146 - D.D. straight warrant / arrest
Thu 1/6/11
01:18 Rte 146 - T.C. license suspended / arrest
07:53 Barnett Rd - larceny under $250
09:15 Putnam Hill Rd - fire investigation
10:16 Rte 146 - K.K. marijuana possession under one ounce
15:00 Douglas Rd - larceny over $250
17:09 Rte 146 - larceny under $250
Fri 1/7/11
13:37 Rte 146 - M.F. registration remoked / citation
15:28 Old Mill Road - burglary / b&e
Sat 1/8/11
02:01 Central Turnpike / Lincoln Road - D.L. lanes violation / no inspection sticker / negligent operation / OUI / arrest
11:24 Horne Dr - chimney fire
22:55 Central Turnpike - larceny over $250
Sun 1/9/11
08:52 Purgatory Rd - chimney fire
Please let me know what other things you'd like me to report! No reports of deer collisions this week, that's great news!
The Raw Data
Here are the numbers these charts and reports were drawn from! I have to hand enter these into Excel from a 12 page paper printout, so I apologize if I miscounted something by accident.
CATEGORY | Count | Percentage |
MOTOR VEHICLE | 83 | 31.1% |
AREA CHECK | 49 | 18% |
RADAR | 22 | 8.2% |
BUSINESS CHECK | 18 | 6.7% |
911 | 14 | 5.2% |
GENERAL | 7 | 2.6% |
HOUSE ALARM | 7 | 2.6% |
SUSPICIOUS | 7 | 2.6% |
INFORMATION | 5 | 1.9% |
BAR CHECK | 5 | 1.9% |
COD | 4 | 1.5% |
FIRE | 4 | 1.5% |
STOP SIGN WATCH | 4 | 1.5% |
TRAINING | 4 | 1.5% |
SCHOOL BUS WACH | 3 | 1.1% |
ASSIST OTHER AGENCY | 3 | 1.1% |
DISABLED VEHICLE | 3 | 1.1% |
OFFICER FIELD | 2 | 0.7% |
POWER | 2 | 0.7% |
CHILD | 2 | 0.7% |
LARCENY > 250 | 2 | 0.7% |
LARCENY < 250 | 2 | 0.7% |
ASSIST CITIZENS | 2 | 0.7% |
209A SERVED | 2 | 0.7% |
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE | 1 | 0.4% |
ERRATIC OPERATOR | 1 | 0.4% |
COMMUNITY POLICING | 1 | 0.4% |
ABANDONED VEHICLE | 1 | 0.4% |
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS | 1 | 0.4% |
TRESSPASS | 1 | 0.4% |
VANDALISM | 1 | 0.4% |
SUICIDE ATTEMPT | 1 | 0.4% |
ILLEGAL DUMPING | 1 | 0.4% |
TRANSPORT | 1 | 0.4% |
MEDICAL ASSIST | 1 | 0.4% |
Please let me know what other things you'd like me to report!
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