Most crime numbers in Dauphin peaked in 2011 or 2012 and have trended downward since then with a few bumps.

The RCMP released their policing report from October to December has been released.

Crime trends are down slightly compared to last year.

Only assaults in Dauphin went up compared to last year’s stats for the quarter.

Charges are less than the number of calls on the data because the amount of calls includes calls that don’t warrant a charge, not enough evidence is found, and calls that are assisting the public.

In 2018, charges were down 273 from the previous year.

Sergeant Nolan Suss, commander for the Parkland Detachment area, says they deal with false alarm calls as well.

There is a system in place to deal with people who call too much.

Suss says whenever a 911 call gets hung up they have to respond to the call.