2020.12.14 Public Safety Commission Packet

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Arrests Overall in 2019, the Maplewood police department arrested 1,519 people. These arrests are broken down into two separate categories; Summoned/Cited and On -view arrest/taken into custody. Summoned/cited means the suspect was issued a citation for the offense and will need to appear in court at a later time. Taken into custody/on-view arrests means the suspect was normally booked into jail or a juvenile detention center. The number of summoned/cited suspects was 603 and the number taken into custody was 916. 2019 saw an overall reduction in the number of arrests by 21.2% from 2018 however, it was still above the 2017 arrest. The majority of arrestees continue not to reside in the City of Maplewood. 162 of the 224 juveniles arrested are known to live outside the city and five did not have permanent addresses or were unknown. For adults the trend continues, 451 of the 692 adults arrested lived outside the city or have unknown addresses. Out of the 916 custodial arrests, 68% did not live in the city. Arrests Totals 2019 1111 2018 2017 - 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Below is an overall representation of arrests related to race and the type of arrest that was made. Overall Whites and Blacks had the most action taken against them. When including all types of arrests (both custodial and summoned), Whites were arrested 652 times and Blacks were arrested 614 times. Together they represent 83% of arrests in the City of Maplewood. Arrest Type Race Total Arrest American Indian or Alaska Native 13 Asian 88 Black or African American 377 Unknown 58 White 380 Arrest Total 916 Summoned American Indian or Alaska Native 16 Asian 41 Black or African American 237 Unknown 37 White 272 Summoned/Total 603 Grand Total 1 1519 141 Page