2016 record number of calls for Mansfield Fire Department

Mansfield mayor Tim Theaker has recently released his 2016 state of the city.  Theaker says it was a record year for the fire department in terms of calls for service with 10,395, that’s over 28 calls per day (more than one/hour.) The bulk of these calls were for EMS transports which generated over $1.7 million in cost recovery for the department.

The Mansfield Police Department in 2016 handled 36,854 calls for service receiving 160 citizen compliments for outstanding work in the community, which was an increase of 61.6% from 2015.

Officers arrested 4,952 people and saw overall crime decrease by 2.9% compared to 2015. Assault offenses were drastically decreased by 28.5%. Personal injury crashes decreased by 13.6% and property damage crashes decreased by 3.7%. There were two fatalities and three homicides in 2016.

The Detective Bureau Domestic Violence Officer was assigned 783 cases and assisted in arresting 269 suspects on felony and misdemeanor charges. The detective assigned to assist Children’s Services and the Sex Crime Unit was assigned 150 cases.