ANNUAL REPORT 2003

For your review we present the 2003 annual report for the Beverly Hills Department of Public Safety. Generally, total calls for service increased by 7.2% for 2003 over requests in 2002 (4,946 from 4,615). A broad overview and discussion of the past year's activities follows.

Part A - Index Crimes are represented by Murder, Forcible Sexual Offenses, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Home Invasion, Larceny, Auto Theft and Arson. For 2003, these crimes increased by 17% from 2002 incidents (129 from 110). Crimes of Robbery and Aggravated Assault decreased while Larcenies and Stolen Vehicles increased; Home Invasion stayed the same. Statistics for these eight categories are reported to the FBI through the State of Michigan and will be published nationally in August 2004.

Part A - Non Index Crimes are represented by Assaults, Kidnapping, Vandalism, Weapons Offenses, Forgery/Fraud/Embezzlement, other Sex Offenses, Narcotics, etc. For 2003, these crimes were virtually unchanged from 2002 incidents (130 from 128). While assaults, frauds, and vandalism decreased, there were increases in narcotics offenses and arrests.

Part B crimes saw a decrease in 2003 of 6.5% from 2002 incidents (185 from 198). There were increases in OUIL cases (from 41 to 52); other liquor law violations doubled from 9 to 18 cases. Areas seeing decreases included Disorderly/Vagrancy and Obstructing/Resisting Officers. Overall, arrests were up by 22% (368 from 301).

Total traffic accidents in the village were up marginally by 1.1% from 2002 crashes (352 from 348), with property damage crashes decreasing (323 from 331) and personal injury crashes increasing for the year (29 from 17); there were no fatal crashes in the Village in 2003.

Fire emergency calls decreased 32% in 2003 (113 from 146). There were no civilian fire fatalities this year in the Village. Emergency Medical calls-for-service also decreased in 2003 by 17% over 2002 requests (313 from 378).

Alarm calls-for-service, a majority of which were false in nature, decreased again in 2003 by 7.5% (625 to 578). The Village Council passed an updated alarm ordinance which became effective for enforcement January 1, 2003. This new opportunity for communication with residents and business owners allowed some service records to be updated and, in some cases, services terminated. This category will receive continued scrutiny for a hoped-for continuing downturn at those locations which have been of a nuisance nature in the past.

Thank you for this opportunity to communicate this information and for your support of the Public Safety Department and its personnel over the past year.

The complete 2003 Annual Report is available in pdf format.

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