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

In 1929, during “ The
Noble Experiment ” or
prohibition, officers
documented the amount
of liquor confiscated:
297 gallons of hooch
246 gallons of beer
62 gallons of wine
322 gallons of liquor mash
169 gallons of beer mash
U N I T S T A T I S T I C S
T E C H N I C A L I N V E S T I G A T I O N S U N I T
2009 2010 D IFFERENCE
T ECHNICAL INVESTIGATION CASES 281 257 - 8.5 %
L IQUOR & VICE CASES 175 129 - 26.3 %
F ORGERY CASES INVESTIGATED 518 678 + 30.9 %
F ORGERY CASES CLEARED 269 384 + 42.7 %
F RAUD CASES INVESTIGATED 147 214 + 45.6 %
M ISDEMEANOR ARRESTS 51 85 + 66.7 %
F ELONY ARRESTS 149 256 + 71.8 %
ASSISTS TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES 229 984 + 329. 7 %
D OLLAR LOSS INVESTIGATED $4,660,466 $5,196,251 + 11.5 %
I NFORMATION REPORTS 165 172 + 4.2 %
P RESENTATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY 11 4 - 63.6 %
A SSISTS TO LPD OFFICERS 529 1,263 + 138.7 %
V I C T I M /WI T N E S S U N I T
T OTAL INCIDENTS ELIGIBLE 7,834 6,777 - 13.5 %
V ICTIM SERVICES 31,675 27,152 - 14.3 %
AVERAGE NUMBER OF VICTIM SERVICES 4.09 4.01 - 1.9 %
P ROTECTION ORDER ASSISTS 485 459 - 5.4 %
V OLUNTEER HOURS DONATED 203.75 394 + 93.4 %