Sheriff Ken Murphy released a monthly report of activity in August for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies responded to 891 calls for service which is a 2% increase from August of 2012.
191 calls for service were for traffic stops last month. The Sheriff’s Department also received 75 calls for suspicious activity, 33 for theft and 29 for residential and business alarms.
9-1-1 was accidentally dialed or hung up on 55 times.
Franklin County Deputies made 50 arrests in August.
Police made 11 OWI arrests, six arrests for marijuana possession, and served nine warrants. Other arrests were made for a variety of reasons; ranging from minor consumption to public indecency.
There was an average of 58 prisoners housed in the Security Center throughout the month of August. The maximum capacity at the jail is 75 inmates.
Murphy also noted that deputies drove a total of 27,953 miles last month. A transport officer drove a total of 3,447 miles by making 13 prisoner transports to and from the Department of Corrections facilities in both Indiana and Ohio.
Eight pieces of real estate were sold at the Sheriff’s auction and there were 90 civil process papers served.
