Crime & Safety
Wellesley Police Make 17 Arrests in December
Call stats show that Police made 6 more arrests in December than in November (11). Number of break-ins the same for both months, two each.
[Update: The Wellesley Police recently released a news video on their YouTube channel which illuminates some of the calls with more official information. See the video, right, for more. Feb. 11]
On average, people were calling the Wellesley Policewere called about 2,090 times in November (roughly 70 calls per day) and 1,974 in December (about 64 calls a day)--for everything from medical emergencies to break-ins.
According to stats released by the Wellesley Police Department, there were 17 arrests in December and 11 in November. Police also responded to two break-ins in the two months: one commercial and one residential in November, both in December were residential.
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See the full call stats, and definitions on the Wellesley Police website.
The Police site has also pulled together an interactive map (see screenshot above) showing the locations of all crashes reported to the police department during the same two-month period. The crashes are also separated by severity, with yellow icons for more minor crashes and red for more severe ones.
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