Annual Report shows persons crimes down, frauds spike in Lacombe
Last year was a busy one for the Lacombe Police Service.
In the 2017 Annual Report presented to Lacombe city council on Monday, Chief Lorne Blumhagen says the number of calls for service they received last year rose 18 percent over 2016 and 19 percent above the past five-year average.
“We are happy to report that decreases were noted in the areas of Property Crimes (-22%) and Family Disputes (-11%) which had seen substantial increases in 2016,” Blumhagen noted in the report.
Overall persons crimes in Lacombe were down 30 percent in 2017.