Police Calls Up 20 Percent Last Week
Lower Merion police responded to about 461 calls the week of June 18 in the Ardmore, Merion, Wynnewood area, up from 386 calls the previous week, department records show.
Lower Merion police responded to 461 calls the week of June 18 throughout Ardmore, Merion Station, Wynnewood and Haverford, up from 386 the week of June 11, and an increase of 100 calls from the week of May 21, department records show. The increase in calls from June 11 to June 18 signifies a 19.4 percent jump.
A version of the department's most recent report, sorted by the type of incident and culled of incidents throughout the rest of Lower Merion, is attached to this article.
Patch also has reported some incidents from the week of June 18 that were relayed in a police briefing. Included was a string of thefts from vehicles in Ardmore and Wynnewood.
From June 18 to June 22, the police calls (which do not necessarily indicate arrests were made or charges filed) included:
- 5 burglaries, three using force
- 1 attempted suicide
- 4 domestic disputes
- 2 DUIs
- 2 reports of drug possession
- 11 fires
- 1 reported rape, on June 21 around 12:37 a.m., on the 400 block of W Lancaster Ave. in Haverford
- 11 car accidents with property damage
- 2 cases of fraud
- 19 thefts from vehicles, and 6 attempted thefts from vehicles
Bob Guzzardi
8:11 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
In a community of more than 58,000, this is a remarkably small number of 911 calls. The rape is very disturbing though and an anomaly. What happened?
Amanda Mahnke
8:34 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Bob, these records were just recently posted and so I haven't put a call into police about it yet, but I will be doing so today. It was not mentioned by police during the press briefing last week.
Richard Kramer
4:39 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Bob,
I don't tink this includes Gladwyne, Villanova, Rosemont, Bryn Mawr, Penn Valley, Belmont Hills, Bala Cynwyd, & Penn Wynne.
Amanda Mahnke
4:44 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Yes, Richard, that is correct (except Penn Wynne is included here). This is for Ardmore, Merion, Wynnewood, Penn Wynne and Haverford, primarily. The incidents in the rest of Lower Merion/Narberth have been removed; you can view that police activity on Bryn Mawr Patch and Bala Cynwyd Patch.
Richard Kramer
5:01 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Thanks Amanda.
The point being that the geographical area being discussed here doesn't include all of the Township. This specific area does not hold all 58,000 residents. So the statement that this is low call volume is misleading.
Also, I didn't read that the calls were all 911 calls. Does the 461 represent just 911 or does it also include calls for general service?
Amanda Mahnke
12:45 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
"Police calls" in this context means police activity—places and situations the police responded to, which includes everything from 911 hangups to thefts to noisy parties to raccoon incidents. You can look at the locations and descriptions of the activity in the PDF attached to the photo gallery—apologies, because that PDF should have been attached with the original article (it somehow was not).