Stoughton by the Numbers: How Many Arrests? How Many Fires?

The recently published 2012 Annual Town Report, compiled by Reggie Medeiros-Kowalczykowski, executive assistant to the Town Manager, looks back at the previous year in Stoughton. 

The 285th Town Report includes summaries from the various town departments.

Here's a look at statistics from the Stoughton Police and Fire Departments, according to data from the 2012 Annual Town Report (click here to see the report in full):

STOUGHTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

• 5,230 incidents
• 24 structure fires
• 0 civilian casualties or serious injuries as a result of these fires
• 418 motor vehicle crashes with injury
• 2,200 patients transported by SFD ambulances 
• 5 elevator rescues 
• $111,600 in revenues generated by the SFD through permit fees/inspections

STOUGHTON POLICE DEPARTMENT 

• 23,504 calls for service (up 1.3% from 2011) 
• 1,114 arrests (up 2.1% from 2011)
• 1,650 incident reports (down 5.8% from 2011)
• 3,108 citations (up 21.8% from 2011)
• 9 new officers hired (two transfers from other departments - Matt Farwell and Dan Carmichael - and seven recruits recently graduated from the Boston Police Academy - Tom Covino, Mike Medina, Al Medeiros, Dave Hoadley, Heather Cheever, Tim Hansler, Dan Barber)