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Lytle Police Chief's Weekly Report - December 9, 2024
December 9, 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 regular scheduled city council meeting tonight at city hall. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM. This should be the last one of 2024.
Calls were up a bit from last week when we only had 32 calls. This week we made it to 47, that’s still low but 32 is “rock bottom” low. Officers conducted 82 traffic stops. Of those 82 stops, 31 were citations and 51 were warnings.
Only one property crime was reported again this week! A 2018 Ford F250 was broken into at Best Western Plus. Nothing was taken, but the damage was estimated at $600.
Only one arrest last week! It only made it into this week’s report by 35 minutes. Ofc. R. Garcia stopped a vehicle on Wisdom Rd. on Sunday at 11:25 PM. The passenger was found to be in possession of a controlled substance, the 48-year-old female was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail.
We recently assisted our Lytle I.S.D. campuses with lockdown drills. As always, they do a fantastic job safeguarding our children. It’s nice to see a well-oiled machine in action.
It’s time! This Saturday, Dec. 14th, is Lytle’s Annual Christmas Lighting and Santa’s Hayride. The event will be held at the Lytle Community Center located at 19031 Priest Blvd. We will start loading the trailers at 5:30 PM. Admission is $1 per person or 1 canned good. There will also be activities in downtown Lytle. Stop by the Shops at Lytle to visit Santa’s Workshop with events for the kids including an Ornament Workshop, North Pole Post Office, and Gingerbread Bakery. Other businesses in the DLEADD (Downtown Lytle Entertainment And Dining District) will be having events, food, or other activities. For now, it looks like the Bakery Pub, Tommy Joe’s BBQ, and the 702 Tejas will be the hot spots that evening. So, make the rounds and check them out. They are all within walking distance. Disclaimer, DLEADD is something I made up so don’t expect to find any info. about it on the web. I’m sure somebody can produce something better.
Did you know that a recent change in the law made Texas Peace Officers' licenses and training records available online to the public? You need to register, and you can access them from the TCOLE main website, https://www.tcole.texas.gov. You can search by name or agency, and you can see what the training and tenure of your local peace officers are like. Transparency is good, and this is a neat tool.
-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 regular scheduled city council meeting tonight at city hall. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM. This should be the last one of 2024.
Calls were up a bit from last week when we only had 32 calls. This week we made it to 47, that’s still low but 32 is “rock bottom” low. Officers conducted 82 traffic stops. Of those 82 stops, 31 were citations and 51 were warnings.
Only one property crime was reported again this week! A 2018 Ford F250 was broken into at Best Western Plus. Nothing was taken, but the damage was estimated at $600.
Only one arrest last week! It only made it into this week’s report by 35 minutes. Ofc. R. Garcia stopped a vehicle on Wisdom Rd. on Sunday at 11:25 PM. The passenger was found to be in possession of a controlled substance, the 48-year-old female was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail.
We recently assisted our Lytle I.S.D. campuses with lockdown drills. As always, they do a fantastic job safeguarding our children. It’s nice to see a well-oiled machine in action.
It’s time! This Saturday, Dec. 14th, is Lytle’s Annual Christmas Lighting and Santa’s Hayride. The event will be held at the Lytle Community Center located at 19031 Priest Blvd. We will start loading the trailers at 5:30 PM. Admission is $1 per person or 1 canned good. There will also be activities in downtown Lytle. Stop by the Shops at Lytle to visit Santa’s Workshop with events for the kids including an Ornament Workshop, North Pole Post Office, and Gingerbread Bakery. Other businesses in the DLEADD (Downtown Lytle Entertainment And Dining District) will be having events, food, or other activities. For now, it looks like the Bakery Pub, Tommy Joe’s BBQ, and the 702 Tejas will be the hot spots that evening. So, make the rounds and check them out. They are all within walking distance. Disclaimer, DLEADD is something I made up so don’t expect to find any info. about it on the web. I’m sure somebody can produce something better.
Did you know that a recent change in the law made Texas Peace Officers' licenses and training records available online to the public? You need to register, and you can access them from the TCOLE main website, https://www.tcole.texas.gov. You can search by name or agency, and you can see what the training and tenure of your local peace officers are like. Transparency is good, and this is a neat tool.
-Richey