John Colson:
"....According to a statistical report on crime in the county, sheriff's deputies responded to more than 31,400 calls for service in 2011, compared to 28,200 in 2010 and 26,000 in 2009.
But over the same time period, actual criminal court cases resulting from those calls for service dropped from just under 2,100 in 2009, to approximately 1,800 in 2011.
Vallario reported that in 2011 there were 213 cases of assault, 210 thefts, and 90 drunk driving cases.
In 2009, the statistics show, there were 245 assault cases, 298 cases of theft and 95 drunk driving charges.
Over the same three-year period, sexual offenses fluctuated from 37 in 2009, 33 in 2010 and 35 in 2011.
Vallario's statistical analysis of the sex-offense data show that in 2009, not quite a third of all sexual offenses were classified as “unlawful sexual contact,” a less serious charge than the remainder, which were classified as “sexual assault.”
By 2011, the percentage of unlawful sexual contact had fallen to less than 6 percent, leaving the remainder as sexual assaults.
Drug offenses also have fallen off, from 114 in 2009 to only 88 in 2011.
“Cocaine has still been our dominant drug,” Vallario said, explaining that the county has not had the same level of trouble with crystal meth as other areas...."
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