Policing Hudson--Now and Then

Chief Ed Moore and Lieutenant David Miller provided a lot of statistics at last night's Common Council Police Committee meeting, at the request of the new committee chair, Dewan Sarowar. They reported that there were 8,862 calls for service in 2019, the lowest that's been seen in the past few years. There was a time when calls for service were up at 10,000 to 12,000 a year, but even at the current rate, the number of calls for service in Hudson is comparable to the number of calls for service in the remainder of the county. There were 685 arrests resulting in 1,062 booking charges. (An arrest can result in more than one charge.) In 2019, the Hudson police officers issued 1,366 traffic tickets--down a bit from the number issued in 2018 but double the number issued in the past.  

Chief Moore also reported that the department has hired two new employees: a new account clerk, who will start her job on February 3, and a replacement police officer, who will join the force on February 6. 

Coincidentally, soon after returning home from the Police Committee meeting last night, I discovered this item in the Hudson Evening Register for January 28, 1870, reporting two new hires for the Hudson Police Department 150 years ago.

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