Kosciusko Police Release Annual Statistics
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Fifteen fatal traffic accidents in Kosciusko County during 2002 claimed the lives of 17 people.
According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department 2002 Annual Report, five of those accidents, or 29 percent, were alcohol related.
Overall, alcohol-related accidents measured 4 percent, with 48 of 1,309 accidents investigated by the KCSD (including fatalities) deemed to involve alcohol.
In an attempt to combat the number of alcohol-related accidents, Kosciusko County sheriff's deputies made 159 drunken driving arrests. A total of 576 such arrests were recorded among the law enforcement agencies serving the county, including Indiana State Police and Department of Natural Resources.
Thirty-four of all drunken driving arrests by KCSD personnel were made by Deputy Tim Carpenter, with the second highest number - half as many - by Deputy Shawn Castillo. These officers, as well as many of the other officers credited with drunken driving arrests, work third shift (11 p.m. to 6 a.m.) when most drinking and driving incidents take place.
Warsaw Police Department officers made 134 drunken driving arrests; ISP, 88; Syracuse Police Department, 71; Winona Lake Police Department, 57; and North Webster Police Department, 34.
Fifty-four of the 1,309 accidents occurred at 12 intersections in Kosciusko County.
Coined the "Dirty Dozen," the intersections where accidents most frequently occur are: U.S. 30 and CR 800W (seven); Packerton Road and CR 400S, CRs 150W and 400N, CRs 100E and 350N and Old Road 30 and Ind. 13 (five each); Levi Lee Road and Ind. 15, CRs 700S and 700W, Ind. 25 and Ferguson Road, Armstrong Road and CR 200E, U.S. 30 and CR 250E and Ind. 19 and CR 1350N (four each); and County Farm Road and CR 300S (three).
The top 12 roads where accidents occurred (not necessarily intersections) were: Ind. 15, Ind. 13, U.S. 30, Ind. 19, Ind. 25, Old Road 30, Packerton Road, Armstrong Road, County Farm Road, CR 700W, Ind. 14 and CR 1350N. Thirty-seven percent of all accidents in Kosciusko County occurred on these roads in 2002.
The greatest number of accidents (225) took place on Fridays, with the hour between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. throughout the week having the most accidents recorded (102).
Kosciusko County's top crimes in 2002 were thefts, assaults and burglaries, according to the annual report released by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department.
Two of those three were among the lowest percentage of cases solved, with 46 of the 699 thefts (7 percent) and 20 of the 200 burglaries (10 percent) considered cleared. However, 73 percent (155 of 213) of the assaults were solved.
While only five armed robberies were investigated by KCSD officers, three of those, or 60 percent, were cleared.
Other statistics from the Uniform Crime Report, which lists FBI reportable crimes included in the annual report, are auto theft (three of 31 solved); homicides (two of two solved); forcible rapes (zero of five cleared); and arsons (one of four solved).
A record of 911 calls totals 21,382 for 2002, with the greatest number of 911 calls (9,863) coming from cellular telephones. Outside the city of Warsaw, from which 5,752 911 calls were received, the highest number of 911 calls came from Syracuse (947), North Webster (801), Pierceton (659) and Milford (545).
The total number of 911 calls in 2002 was an increase of 15 percent from 2001.
The total number of Computer-Aided Dispatch System calls answered by dispatchers in the Kosciusko County Central Dispatch Center was 46,190 - an increase of 7 percent from 2001. This includes calls for police, fire and emergency medical service.
The total number of EMS calls - including all in-county ambulance services, Akron EMS, LifeMed EMS, Nappanee EMS, South Whitley EMS, other out-of-county EMS and Samaritan helicopter - was 6,790. This is a 6 percent increase from 2001, when there were 6,404 EMS calls.
Fire department calls totaled 2,647, a 12 percent increase from 2001.
Statistics from the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force include 20 arrests for marijuana, 16 for cocaine, 13 for methamphetamine possession or dealing, 11 for visiting or maintaining a common nuisance (any place commonly associated with drug use), five for methamphetamine laboratories and one for miscellaneous/other drugs.
A notation on the DTF report states that methamphetamine labs were the biggest problem during 2002. One hundred drug cases were opened.
Officers also seized 9.75 grams of cocaine, eight doses of stimulants, 76 pounds of marijuana, 4 ounces of methamphetamine and $6,032 in property. [[In-content Ad]]
Fifteen fatal traffic accidents in Kosciusko County during 2002 claimed the lives of 17 people.
According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department 2002 Annual Report, five of those accidents, or 29 percent, were alcohol related.
Overall, alcohol-related accidents measured 4 percent, with 48 of 1,309 accidents investigated by the KCSD (including fatalities) deemed to involve alcohol.
In an attempt to combat the number of alcohol-related accidents, Kosciusko County sheriff's deputies made 159 drunken driving arrests. A total of 576 such arrests were recorded among the law enforcement agencies serving the county, including Indiana State Police and Department of Natural Resources.
Thirty-four of all drunken driving arrests by KCSD personnel were made by Deputy Tim Carpenter, with the second highest number - half as many - by Deputy Shawn Castillo. These officers, as well as many of the other officers credited with drunken driving arrests, work third shift (11 p.m. to 6 a.m.) when most drinking and driving incidents take place.
Warsaw Police Department officers made 134 drunken driving arrests; ISP, 88; Syracuse Police Department, 71; Winona Lake Police Department, 57; and North Webster Police Department, 34.
Fifty-four of the 1,309 accidents occurred at 12 intersections in Kosciusko County.
Coined the "Dirty Dozen," the intersections where accidents most frequently occur are: U.S. 30 and CR 800W (seven); Packerton Road and CR 400S, CRs 150W and 400N, CRs 100E and 350N and Old Road 30 and Ind. 13 (five each); Levi Lee Road and Ind. 15, CRs 700S and 700W, Ind. 25 and Ferguson Road, Armstrong Road and CR 200E, U.S. 30 and CR 250E and Ind. 19 and CR 1350N (four each); and County Farm Road and CR 300S (three).
The top 12 roads where accidents occurred (not necessarily intersections) were: Ind. 15, Ind. 13, U.S. 30, Ind. 19, Ind. 25, Old Road 30, Packerton Road, Armstrong Road, County Farm Road, CR 700W, Ind. 14 and CR 1350N. Thirty-seven percent of all accidents in Kosciusko County occurred on these roads in 2002.
The greatest number of accidents (225) took place on Fridays, with the hour between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. throughout the week having the most accidents recorded (102).
Kosciusko County's top crimes in 2002 were thefts, assaults and burglaries, according to the annual report released by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department.
Two of those three were among the lowest percentage of cases solved, with 46 of the 699 thefts (7 percent) and 20 of the 200 burglaries (10 percent) considered cleared. However, 73 percent (155 of 213) of the assaults were solved.
While only five armed robberies were investigated by KCSD officers, three of those, or 60 percent, were cleared.
Other statistics from the Uniform Crime Report, which lists FBI reportable crimes included in the annual report, are auto theft (three of 31 solved); homicides (two of two solved); forcible rapes (zero of five cleared); and arsons (one of four solved).
A record of 911 calls totals 21,382 for 2002, with the greatest number of 911 calls (9,863) coming from cellular telephones. Outside the city of Warsaw, from which 5,752 911 calls were received, the highest number of 911 calls came from Syracuse (947), North Webster (801), Pierceton (659) and Milford (545).
The total number of 911 calls in 2002 was an increase of 15 percent from 2001.
The total number of Computer-Aided Dispatch System calls answered by dispatchers in the Kosciusko County Central Dispatch Center was 46,190 - an increase of 7 percent from 2001. This includes calls for police, fire and emergency medical service.
The total number of EMS calls - including all in-county ambulance services, Akron EMS, LifeMed EMS, Nappanee EMS, South Whitley EMS, other out-of-county EMS and Samaritan helicopter - was 6,790. This is a 6 percent increase from 2001, when there were 6,404 EMS calls.
Fire department calls totaled 2,647, a 12 percent increase from 2001.
Statistics from the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force include 20 arrests for marijuana, 16 for cocaine, 13 for methamphetamine possession or dealing, 11 for visiting or maintaining a common nuisance (any place commonly associated with drug use), five for methamphetamine laboratories and one for miscellaneous/other drugs.
A notation on the DTF report states that methamphetamine labs were the biggest problem during 2002. One hundred drug cases were opened.
Officers also seized 9.75 grams of cocaine, eight doses of stimulants, 76 pounds of marijuana, 4 ounces of methamphetamine and $6,032 in property. [[In-content Ad]]