De Queen, Ark., police responded to 5,389 calls in 2017, up from 4,613 in 2016, according to the year-end report from De Queen Mayor Billy Ray McKelvy.
The breakdown includes: 1,308 citations, 253 misdemeanor arrests, 95 felony arrests, 17 DWI arrests and 2,036 warnings.
Police also made 5,084 security checks, up from 4,300 the previous year, McKelvy said.
Officers recovered $9,596 worth of stolen property.
"This is a lot of numbers. I think it's relevant that overall calls were up in 2017 over 2016. Fewer tickets were written in 2017, over the previous year. But security checks are up, The police chief asks officers to do these security checks , which I believe are good preventive action," said McKelvy.
De Queen has an estimated population of 6,565.
All officers received 26 hours of training and qualified with their firearms four times during the year. Some of the training included active shooter class, criminal interdiction and basic police service dog handlers, he said.
One De Queen officer completed the field training officer program. Officers also offered a 56-hour jailer school and a 110-hour auxiliary police officer class.
"The animal control officer has continued to pick up loose dogs. He made an effort to locate homes for impounded dogs using social media. Some animals have been given to other shelters, which would accept them," McKelvy said.
"We did get a drug (detection) dog. Kilo is a Belgian Malinois. He's been in on several drug searches and was used for tracking as recently as this week. Officer J.J. Lopez is the handler," he said.
De Queen police are monitoring 11 registered sex offenders and all are currently up to date on registration. Three offenders are incarcerated, he said.
McKelvy writes an annual State of the City report about each department, but the police department is the largest department in the city with 14 sworn officers and three noncertified employees.
Scott Simmons is the police chief.