Here is the snapshot of Lytle P.D. activity from last week. … Your officers handled 46 service calls which were 19 calls less than the prior week. Officers conducted 55 traffic stops. Of those 55 stops, 36 resulted in citations and 19 were warnings.
There were ZERO property crimes reported last week!
Lytle P.D. officers made 4 arrests last week. #1 – Sgt. Hanson responded to a road rage incident that began on IH-35 and ended up in the Stripes parking lot. The investigation led to the arrest of a 25-year-old female for DWI (felony with child). He was assisted by Sgt. D. Lopez and Ofc. J. Cortez. #2 – A traffic stop by Ofc. J. Cortez for speeding on the service road of IH-35 resulted in the arrest of a 21-year-old female for DWI. He was assisted by Ofc. A. Lopez. #3 – Officers R. Garcia and L. Diaz responded to Harbour St. for a family disturbance. A 46-year-old male was arrested for Assault Causing Bodily Injury. # 4 – A report of a wrong-way driver on FM 2790 resulted in Ofc. A. Lopez arresting the 28-year-old female for DWI (felony with child). Our officers are doing an excellent job of getting intoxicated drivers off the streets, and I am proud of their hard work and dedication in these complicated cases.
Arresting an impaired driver can save someone’s life; it is that simple. It is a lot less stressful and a lot less work to arrest someone who shoved a family pack of chicken breasts down their pants. Which in most cases is not a life-or-death matter unless they undercook it.
I spent two days last week at ALERRT training in Hondo. This is a newly mandated training course on active shooters with an emphasis on the school environment. This is not a lecture class; it was hands-on. We used guns that fired simunitions, a realistic marking round that will sting and bruise if you get hit with it (which I did). We had all kinds of protective gear with many different scenarios. I must thank Chief Soza from Hondo PD. Chief Soza set this up and provided the instructors. Thanks also to Sheriff Randy Brown (Medina Co.) who provided a slew of instructors. There was also an instructor from Castroville PD, so thanks to Chief Kohler as well.
Over the past month or so, they held 6 – 2-day classes across Medina Co. This ensured that our local officers were provided the training we needed; we also were able to train with area officers that we would be working with in the event of a serious incident. A bonus was that since the class was “local”, it cut down on travel time and expenses. In all, 8 of our officers cycled through the training. It was very eye-opening; the training was very high-quality. Two things I took away from the course: #1- I’m not as physically agile as I was 25 years ago, and I wasn’t very agile back then. #2 – Hondo has some good lunchtime options.