LINCOLN POLICE then & now - City of Lincoln & Lancaster County

C R I M I N A L A R R E S T S A N D C I T A T I O N S
M ISDEMEANOR CITATIONS 2009 2010 D IFFERENCE
C ONSUMING ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC 1,481 1,477 - 0.3 %
M INOR IN POSSESSION 2,000 1,542 - 22.9 %
A SSAULT 1,865 1,875 + 0.5 %
T RESPASS 1,047 1,064 + 1.6 %
T HEFT 1,009 1,001 - 0.8 %
D ISTURBING THE PEACE 1,477 1,463 - 0.9 %
P ROPERTY DAMAGE 760 733 - 3.5 %
R ESISTING ARREST 379 315 - 16.9 %
H ITCHHIKING 0 0 0 %
U SING IDENTIFICATION OF ANOTHER 16 5 - 68.7 %
P OSSESSION OF MARIJUANA 1,371 1,191 - 13.1 %
O THER 12,551 11,872 - 5.4 %
T OTAL 23,956 22,548 - 5.9 %
F ELONY ARRESTS
F ELONY ASSAULT 271 183 - 32.5 %
B URGLARY 207 148 - 28.5 %
C HILD ABUSE 10 23 + 130 %
R OBBERY 73 81 + 10.9 %
S EXUAL ASSAULT ON A CHILD 26 38 + 46.1 %
S EXUAL ASSAULT - 1ST DEGREE 27 29 + 7.4 %
T ERRORISTIC THREATS 67 69 + 3.0 %
U SE OF A WEAPON TO COMMIT A FELONY 86 100 + 16.3 %
O THER FELONY ARRESTS 1,520 1,582 + 4.1 %
T OTAL 2,287 2,253 - 1.5 %
In 1915, the Lincoln
Police Department’s
arrests included:
Adultery 6
Chicken Stealing 1
Dope Fiend 13
Insulting Women 13
Highway Robbery 3
Safe Blowing 2