Safford Police Department Reports 90 Incidents
The Safford Police Department handled 90 reported incidents between 6 a.m. September 29 and 6 a.m. October 1, according to the department’s latest incident report. The two-day report includes traffic stops, school patrols, welfare checks, domestic-violence calls, assaults, animal complaints, thefts, DUI investigations and other calls for service. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Among the more significant incidents was a welfare check Tuesday morning involving a person who was reportedly refusing to leave a residence and was bleeding. An officer requested medical assistance after the person was found to have cuts and abrasions on an arm. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Police also investigated an animal-welfare complaint after a medium-sized white-and-tan dog was reportedly chained without food, water or shelter. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
An order-of-protection violation was reported Tuesday afternoon. The reporting party said a person covered by an order of protection had entered her workplace several days earlier. She did not see the person but was alerted by another individual who reportedly saw him inside the store. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Tuesday afternoon, officers responded to an assault report in which one male was reportedly punched by another male. The alleged assailant reportedly left the area in a blue or purple Mustang. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
That evening, police received an unwanted-subject complaint from a woman who said her brother was at her mother’s residence, had reportedly been using drugs, stealing from their mother and acting belligerently. She said she was afraid to return home while he was there. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
A suspicious-person complaint later that evening involved a man who reportedly knocked on a residence door and shook the door handle for approximately 15 minutes. The man had left by the time police were requested to check the area. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Police conducted two DUI investigations during the reporting period. One Tuesday night was initially classified as a traffic stop before being changed to DUI, and another early Wednesday morning was similarly changed from a traffic stop to DUI. A blood draw was also recorded in connection with one of the investigations. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
An ATV complaint Tuesday night involved a buggy reportedly being driven around a park while revving its engine and doing donuts in the roadway near 20th Avenue and Golf Course Road. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Early Wednesday morning, police took a domestic-violence report after a man was reportedly assaulted by his brother. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Later Wednesday morning, officers responded to a disorderly-conduct complaint involving a family member who was reportedly becoming aggressive and had allegedly possessed a baseball bat. The caller reported that the man had knocked a phone from her hand. The situation was subsequently cleared. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
A criminal-damage complaint Wednesday involved a report that a person struck the side of a truck with a metal weight-lifting bar. The person reportedly left the area and was believed to be nearby. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Police also received a fraud report involving alleged identity theft. The reporting party said her husband was a victim of identity theft. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
A suspicious-person complaint Wednesday evening involved a report that someone in a white Dodge pickup had stopped while a resident was walking a dog and allegedly attempted to take the dog. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
The report also documents numerous school patrols, traffic stops, citizen assists, court escorts, fingerprinting requests, animal complaints and other routine police activity throughout the two-day period. 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted 10-01-26 SPD Report_Redacted
Total reported incidents: 90.
