According to the latest Newtown Township Press Release, the Newtown Township Police Department is operating “routinely” during the current coronavirus pandemic. Hopefully certain precautions are being taken to protect police officers who interact with the public on a daily basis.
The March 20-26, 2020, weekly call report from the Newtown Police Dept shows that officers responded to 261 calls for service versus an average of 364 per week from 9 Jan 2020 through 12 Mar 2020 – a drop of 28%. As noted in the report this is due to “COVID-19 restrictions” mostly regarding traffic citations.
I noticed two interesting items in the latest weekly call report that I have not seen before:
- 12 Foot Patrol Reports, and
- 0 Traffic Citations!
What's up with that? More...