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Lytle Police Chief's Weekly Report - December 16, 2024
December 16, 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 “Current Weekly Report.” If you have any questions, you can email me at richard.priest@lytletx.org
Lytle P.D. responded to or handled 52 calls for service and conducted 60 traffic stops. Of those 60 stops, 28 were citations and 32 were warnings.
We didn’t have any property crimes reported last week! Let’s keep that streak going.
There were four (4) arrests last week. #1- While officers were attending training at the Horace Fincher Annex (Priest Blvd.), an 18-year-old male stopped and said he was lost. He provided the officers with a paper with his DL on it when they ran it, he came back with an active warrant out of Comal Co. for tampering with evidence. He was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail. #2 – A traffic stop on N. Benton and Laredo St. resulted in a 19-year-old female being cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. #3 – Ofc. Initiated a traffic stop for speeding on Main St. (88 in a 55!). A short pursuit ensued, and the driver of the motorcycle was arrested for evading arrest or detention in a motor vehicle and unlawfully carrying a weapon. The 26-year-old male was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail. #4 – A disturbance at the Stripes C-Store resulted in the arrest of a 31-year-old male for public intoxication. He was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail.
As the fireworks season approaches … remember fireworks are prohibited in Lytle by city ordinance. It is dry and fireworks pose a significant fire risk. Our officers will be out and about, and we will take enforcement action if needed. The other side is that I am not naive enough to think that a few officers on patrol will eliminate the “popping” of fireworks. It is all about safety, I will leave it at that.
On the topic of fireworks, our friends out at Animal Care and Control have a message to get out as well. Fireworks can be stressful for your pets! It’s a good time to have current contact information on your pet’s collar and or update the microchip information.
I am pleased to announce that six of our officers completed a 24-hour Mental Health Peace Officer course last week. Camino Real Community Services (our local mental health authority) provided the training free of charge! We hosted it at the Horace Fincher Annex and in addition to our six officers, there were two Atascosa Co. Deputy Sheriffs and two officers from the Pleasanton Police Department. In today’s world, it is hard to get people to agree on anything. But agreeing that mental health is a problem is maybe one thing that unites us all. We deal with people in mental health crises regularly, it is very real. It doesn’t matter how much or little money, your education level, the color of your skin, or what language you speak. Special thanks to Stephen Moore, Camino Real’s Law Enforcement Liaison, he was the instructor and did an excellent job!
While I hold no official capacity to deem an event a success, it is my opinion that our Hayride and Downtown activities were a success. Numbers from the hayride indicate there were about 1,000 people who attended! Downtown was packed with people and the weather was good, although we did pick up a little mist on our last of the three hayride “runs.” Ofc. A. Lopez and I deployed on our new electric-assisted bicycles and boy did it make a difference. We were able to cover the route with ease and move quickly around congested areas. On the safety side, I consider the hayride pass or fail. If nobody falls off a trailer … it’s a pass, this year we passed. As a bonus, I didn’t fall off my bicycle either!
-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 “Current Weekly Report.” If you have any questions, you can email me at richard.priest@lytletx.org
Lytle P.D. responded to or handled 52 calls for service and conducted 60 traffic stops. Of those 60 stops, 28 were citations and 32 were warnings.
We didn’t have any property crimes reported last week! Let’s keep that streak going.
There were four (4) arrests last week. #1- While officers were attending training at the Horace Fincher Annex (Priest Blvd.), an 18-year-old male stopped and said he was lost. He provided the officers with a paper with his DL on it when they ran it, he came back with an active warrant out of Comal Co. for tampering with evidence. He was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail. #2 – A traffic stop on N. Benton and Laredo St. resulted in a 19-year-old female being cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. #3 – Ofc. Initiated a traffic stop for speeding on Main St. (88 in a 55!). A short pursuit ensued, and the driver of the motorcycle was arrested for evading arrest or detention in a motor vehicle and unlawfully carrying a weapon. The 26-year-old male was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail. #4 – A disturbance at the Stripes C-Store resulted in the arrest of a 31-year-old male for public intoxication. He was booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail.
As the fireworks season approaches … remember fireworks are prohibited in Lytle by city ordinance. It is dry and fireworks pose a significant fire risk. Our officers will be out and about, and we will take enforcement action if needed. The other side is that I am not naive enough to think that a few officers on patrol will eliminate the “popping” of fireworks. It is all about safety, I will leave it at that.
On the topic of fireworks, our friends out at Animal Care and Control have a message to get out as well. Fireworks can be stressful for your pets! It’s a good time to have current contact information on your pet’s collar and or update the microchip information.
I am pleased to announce that six of our officers completed a 24-hour Mental Health Peace Officer course last week. Camino Real Community Services (our local mental health authority) provided the training free of charge! We hosted it at the Horace Fincher Annex and in addition to our six officers, there were two Atascosa Co. Deputy Sheriffs and two officers from the Pleasanton Police Department. In today’s world, it is hard to get people to agree on anything. But agreeing that mental health is a problem is maybe one thing that unites us all. We deal with people in mental health crises regularly, it is very real. It doesn’t matter how much or little money, your education level, the color of your skin, or what language you speak. Special thanks to Stephen Moore, Camino Real’s Law Enforcement Liaison, he was the instructor and did an excellent job!
While I hold no official capacity to deem an event a success, it is my opinion that our Hayride and Downtown activities were a success. Numbers from the hayride indicate there were about 1,000 people who attended! Downtown was packed with people and the weather was good, although we did pick up a little mist on our last of the three hayride “runs.” Ofc. A. Lopez and I deployed on our new electric-assisted bicycles and boy did it make a difference. We were able to cover the route with ease and move quickly around congested areas. On the safety side, I consider the hayride pass or fail. If nobody falls off a trailer … it’s a pass, this year we passed. As a bonus, I didn’t fall off my bicycle either!
-Richey