May 29, 2023
 
  We have uploaded the weekly report to our website, you can find it at www.lytletx.org/police Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Current Weekly Report. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at richard.priest@lytletx.org  Today, Monday, May 29th, is a city holiday. All offices are closed in observance of Memorial Day.
 
Help Us With TXDOT Sidewalk Grant Letters of Support! 
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TxDOT’s 2023 Transportation Alternatives (TA) Call for Projects Letter of Support
The City of Lytle is applying for TxDOT’s 2023 Transportation Alternatives (TA) Call for Projects. The City will be applying for grant money for the installation of sidewalks along Main Street from Somerset to McDonald Street and on McDonald Street from Main Street to the east of the Lytle State Bank. The City needs your help with letters of support. Below is a link to a sample that you can complete and email back to the City Administrator by June 2, 2023, at matthew.dear@lytletx.org. If approved the sidewalks could be 100% covered by the grant and make Lytle more walkable and safer for its residents.
  Sample Letter of Support
2023 Proposed Sidewalks
 
 
    Time for some Lytle PD news that you can use, maybe? Last week your officers handled 47 calls for service and conducted 123 traffic stops. The result of those stops was 94 citations and 29 warnings. 
     Property Crimes: We had two property crimes reported last week. #1 – Lytle Loft Storage reported a burglary of a storage unit, the event occurred on May 20th. Attempts are still being made to contact the owner of the contents. #2 – H.E.B. Plus reported a theft of approx. $40 worth of snacks. In today’s world that could be a couple of candy bars and a soft drink. 
     Arrests: We only had one arrest last week. A 20-year-old male was taken in on a warrant for criminal trespass. He was given a trespass notice at H.E.B. and decided to return. Video placed him in the store and a warrant was obtained. He was located when officers responded to a report of squatters in an abandoned house. 
 
    The city’s surplus auction will be this Saturday (June 3rd) at the Lytle Police Station. Lots of stuff, including 5 retired city vehicles. Two of those are police SUVs. The event will run from 9 AM–Noon. It will be a silent auction with bid sheets, we did this a few years ago and it was very successful. I might even throw in a cool certificate of authenticity certifying that the police vehicle was used to “stop speeders, haul people to jail, and pick up fast food” But, maybe not in that order. If you are a taxpayer, you most likely already helped pay for some of these items, you just didn’t get to keep them at your house. Now this is your chance to bring it home!
 
-Richey