SALEM – The police department received more than 10,000 calls in 2025.

As part of her annual state of the city address Tuesday, Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey presented an overview of the police department’s activity last year, which included 10,457 calls to dispatch. The majority of those calls came in by phone with 4,792, followed by radio with 3,129 calls, and the 911 emergency line taking the final podium spot with 1,745. 

October had the highest concentration of calls with 978, with the 4 p.m.-12 a.m. shift receiving the highest concentration of the department’s three eight-hour shifts, while 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. was the busiest of the 12-hour shifts. October was also the busiest month for patrol activity with 607 of the 6,198 total reports in 2025.

Patrolmen issued 1,059 warnings, 10 parking tickets, and 47 OVI citations in 2025. The department filed 980 charges across 763 incidents, 381 of which resulted in arrests. The number of custodial arrests in the city decreased in 2025 with 382 in total, 63 less than 2024’s total of 445. Those arrests included 181 adult men, 70 adult women, 18 male juveniles, 9 female juveniles, and 104 individuals who were not identified due to being joint agency arrests. Those joint agency arrests included: 58 with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, 20 with the Perry Township Police Department, 10 with the Ohio State Highway Patrol; eight with the Goshen Police District; and one arrest each with the Lisbon Police Department, Youngstown Police Department, Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office, Columbiana County Drug Enforcement Task Force, the United States Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the United States Department of Homeland Security.

The breakdown of incidents reported in 2025 included: three reported abductions, 28 missing persons, 357 alarm calls, 162 animal complaints, 381 crashes without injury and 41 with injury, 58 criminal damaging complaints, 76 fights and assaults, 152 domestic disputes; 176 disputes with no threats or violence, 69 menacing complaints, 98 fire related calls, 110 complaints of fraud or identity theft, 21 solicitors, 38 OVIs, 3 underage consumptions, 10 narcotics complaints, 194 delinquent juveniles, 17 endangered children complaints, 309 lockouts, 307 mutual aid calls, 253 wellness checks, 77 harassment complaints, 155 noise complaints, nine calls for a person with a gun or knife, 146 warrant checks, 90 person at risk complaints, 621 suspicious person or incident complaints, 183 thefts, 226 lost property complaints, two robberies, 197 trespassing complaints, and 1,727 traffic offenses.

In 2025, there were no reported transients, shootings, stabbings, or homicides.

The police department participated in 14 community policing events, including health fairs, K-9 demonstrations, and educational presentations on several safety topics. The department estimates that it directly engaged 3,800 people during these events.

mahart@mojonews.com