Lytle Alerts
Lytle Police Chief's Weekly Report - December 2, 2024
December 2, 2024
I 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 “Current Weekly Report.” If you have any questions, you can email me at richard.priest@lytletx.org There will be a Tornado Warning Siren Test on Wednesday, Dec. 4th at Noon. We test the siren every 1st Wednesday of the month at noon.
When it comes to the holidays, it is usually very busy or very slow. Normally there is not much in between. Last week we landed on the “very slow” side, and we don’t have any complaints about that. Officers only handled 32 calls for service! Your officers conducted 59 traffic stops, those stops resulted in 23 citations and 36 warnings.
Only one property crime was reported this week! A complainant reported that an envelope containing $2,400 was taken from his vehicle. He had stopped at a business, and when he got back in his vehicle it was gone. We believe some crook got a Christmas bonus.
There were two arrests last week. Both were DWI arrests, a 25-year-old female and a 33-year-old female. Both were stopped for speeding on Main St. Ofc. John Cortez made both arrests, excellent job John! Thanks for keeping our streets safe.
Ofc. Anthony Lopez and Ofc. R. Garcia completed a 40-hour police bicycle patrol course. This was put on by the San Antonio College First Responder Academy, which is located just a few miles north of us on IH-35. These are physically demanding classes; they peddle a lot of miles and learn all kinds of skills. This included firearm training as well. November is a good time since it is normally cooler. Taking this class during the summer qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment. Good job guys! Welcome to our bike patrol team.
I usually avoid Black Friday shopping, at least for the past 25 years or so. I usually work the day after Thanksgiving. This year I took off and ended up in Montgomery County at the Woodlands Mall. It’s a huge, nice mall and has been for many years. I figured Black Friday wouldn’t be that bad, I mean you can get about anything online and avoid the hassle. Well, it was packed. I mean like there were almost no parking spots! But as busy as it was everyone was very courteous, and it renewed my faith in humanity (okay, that is a little dramatic, but you get the point). Even though I had a good time, I think I will wait about 25 more years (if I am still around) before I hit a mall on Black Friday again.
Join us for our annual Hayride event on Saturday, Dec. 14. Other festivities are planned for our downtown entertainment district (that is what I call it) for that night as well. Help make the hayride a success, if you live along the route you are encouraged to decorate your house. Here is the rundown of the route: We will leave the Community Center (Priest Blvd.) and turn at city hall; we go down past H.E.B. and turn on the access road. We then make a quick right onto Lytle-Somerset St. and then a right onto S. Somerset St. We then turn left on Main St. and take a right onto N. Prairie St. We go all the way up N. Prairie St. until we reach FM 2790 N. We turn back south towards the high school, then take a left onto Blume Dr. We exit Blume Dr. and then hit Main St., and head back to the Community Center. If you don’t understand those directions, you can always stop by the P.D. and I will tell you the same thing, but I can bet it will be more confusing in person.
When will the IHOP open? I am not sure, but it is the number one question that I get.
-Richey
I 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 “Current Weekly Report.” If you have any questions, you can email me at richard.priest@lytletx.org There will be a Tornado Warning Siren Test on Wednesday, Dec. 4th at Noon. We test the siren every 1st Wednesday of the month at noon.
When it comes to the holidays, it is usually very busy or very slow. Normally there is not much in between. Last week we landed on the “very slow” side, and we don’t have any complaints about that. Officers only handled 32 calls for service! Your officers conducted 59 traffic stops, those stops resulted in 23 citations and 36 warnings.
Only one property crime was reported this week! A complainant reported that an envelope containing $2,400 was taken from his vehicle. He had stopped at a business, and when he got back in his vehicle it was gone. We believe some crook got a Christmas bonus.
There were two arrests last week. Both were DWI arrests, a 25-year-old female and a 33-year-old female. Both were stopped for speeding on Main St. Ofc. John Cortez made both arrests, excellent job John! Thanks for keeping our streets safe.
Ofc. Anthony Lopez and Ofc. R. Garcia completed a 40-hour police bicycle patrol course. This was put on by the San Antonio College First Responder Academy, which is located just a few miles north of us on IH-35. These are physically demanding classes; they peddle a lot of miles and learn all kinds of skills. This included firearm training as well. November is a good time since it is normally cooler. Taking this class during the summer qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment. Good job guys! Welcome to our bike patrol team.
I usually avoid Black Friday shopping, at least for the past 25 years or so. I usually work the day after Thanksgiving. This year I took off and ended up in Montgomery County at the Woodlands Mall. It’s a huge, nice mall and has been for many years. I figured Black Friday wouldn’t be that bad, I mean you can get about anything online and avoid the hassle. Well, it was packed. I mean like there were almost no parking spots! But as busy as it was everyone was very courteous, and it renewed my faith in humanity (okay, that is a little dramatic, but you get the point). Even though I had a good time, I think I will wait about 25 more years (if I am still around) before I hit a mall on Black Friday again.
Join us for our annual Hayride event on Saturday, Dec. 14. Other festivities are planned for our downtown entertainment district (that is what I call it) for that night as well. Help make the hayride a success, if you live along the route you are encouraged to decorate your house. Here is the rundown of the route: We will leave the Community Center (Priest Blvd.) and turn at city hall; we go down past H.E.B. and turn on the access road. We then make a quick right onto Lytle-Somerset St. and then a right onto S. Somerset St. We then turn left on Main St. and take a right onto N. Prairie St. We go all the way up N. Prairie St. until we reach FM 2790 N. We turn back south towards the high school, then take a left onto Blume Dr. We exit Blume Dr. and then hit Main St., and head back to the Community Center. If you don’t understand those directions, you can always stop by the P.D. and I will tell you the same thing, but I can bet it will be more confusing in person.
When will the IHOP open? I am not sure, but it is the number one question that I get.
-Richey