Department Statistics

Animal Control Unit (ACU) – With the exception of holidays, two animal control officers patrol our streets daily during the hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. In the event an ACU officer is not available, all animal calls for service are directed to the patrol division. The ACU managed 81 percent of all animal-related calls for service (2,087 of the total 2,588). The unit experienced a seven (7) percent increase in service calls from their 2021 service calls (1,948 to 2,087). ACU information on p. 25.

K9 Unit – The unit’s patrol and narcotics deployments decreased 6 percent (60 from 64 in 2021) due to a couple of police service dog injuries and illnesses. Narcotics deployments totaled 25 with patrol deployments totaling 35. Additional K9 Unit information is found on p. 24.

Property and Evidence Unit – This unit houses thousands of pieces of property and evidence for CRPD. Between 2021 and 2022, a 28 percent increase was identified in the number of property and evidence intakes. The number of disposed property decreased significantly by 85 percent (4,853 to 751) from 2021.*

• Intakes include all items booked into the property and evidence unit. Evidence includes items tying the suspect to both the crime and the victim.

• Disposed property refers to the methods used to dispose of property or evidence and includes items returned to owners, sent to auction, or destroyed. Prior to any article being disposed, the case is researched, and a two-step review process is completed ensuring each item is disposed correctly.

*Following the 2020 Covid stay-at-home orders, disposed property levels returned to normal once the backlog of older evidence was disposed of appropriately.

Traffic Unit – The Traffic Unit strives to handle 50 percent of all traffic crashes occurring in the Town of Castle Rock’s jurisdiction. During the year, the Traffic Unit investigated 58 percent of all public roadway crashes, which reflected a 6 percent decrease from 2021.