JPDJamestown (CSi) 2013 crime statistics for Jamestown are down compared to 2012.

The Jamestown Police Department released its annual report for 2013.

Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger says he is seeing some upward trends related to the population increases in western North Dakota.

Jamestown Police responded to 16,661 calls for service in 2013, down 3 percent from 17,188 in 2012.

Edinger said he attributes the drop to available housing having peaked, and turnover in he police department.

“We can’t add any population until we add housing, so that’s why we’re leveling off,” he said.

Warrant arrests in 2011 were at 261up almost 35 percent to 352 in 2012. In 2013, there were 486 warrant arrests, up 38 percent from last year.

Edinger said a good number of the warrant arrests were for people from the Oil Patch who came to Jamestown.

Down was the number of DUIs, There were 130 DUIs in 2013, down 43 from 2012 when there were 173.

Edinger said DUI enforcement is one area where the turnover rate of police officers has had an impact.

There was increase in speeding citation. In 2011, 191 speeding tickets, were issued. That number dropped to 94 in 2012 and jumped to 232 in 2013. Edinger said most of the increase is attributed to more enforcement efforts and more people traveling to the western part of the state to work in the Oil Patch.

Two other areas where increased population in other parts of the state are impacting Jamestown are in sex offender registrations and commitments to the North Dakota State Hospital. Sex offender registration went from 465 in 2012 to 545 in 2013. Edinger said this number is a little misleading in that when a sex offender registers in Jamestown, his registry is checked each month.

The Annual Report is available on line

www.jamestown nd.org/files/police/2013_annual_report.pdf.