Owensville Police Department (OPD) Police Chief Scott Griffith reports that during the month of February officers responded to a total of 447 dispatched calls, traffic stops and other assigned situations. They conducted or assisted with a total of 100 traffic stops.

A total of 29 cases were handled, taken or investigated by an officer including allegations of possession of a controlled substance, stealing, property damage and ordinance violations leading to misdemeanor and felony charges. Others are still open and being investigated.

A total of 20 summons were issued through the city court and a total of 15 walk-ins occurred at the OPD facility.

Results of traffic stops conducted in February included five arrests, seven citations, 58 warnings, five with no action taken, seven with a disposition of other, handled by officer or complete and four with an unknown disposition.

Tickets included four each for no license and failure to register or expired plates, three each for dog at large and for displaying plates of another, two for driving while suspended or revoked and one each for failure to obey traffic control device, vicious animal, no insurance and seat belt.

Owensville Code Enforcer Jeff Arnold reported two vehicle violations and one trailer on the street violation with five enforcement violations resolved with a warning during the month of February.