Merced Police
Department
2021 Crime Report
Merced City Council Meeting
April 4, 2022
Department
Staffing
• Sworn – 98 positions
• Patrol 7 Sgt & 46 officers
• Investigations – 1 Sgt. & 12 Det.
• DART – 1 Sgt. & 5 officers
• Traffic – 1 Sgt. & 5 officers
• GVSU – 1 Sgt. & 4 officers
• School Res. Officers – 6 Officers
• Management – 7 (Chief, 3 Cpts., 3 Lts.)
• Merced Community College – 1 Sgt.
• Task Force – 1 officer
• Professional – 40 positions
• Dispatchers – 15
• Records – 11
• Code Enforcement – 3
• Animal Control – 2
• Property & Evidence – 2
• Parking Enforcement Officers – 2
• Community Liaison – 1
• Communications – 1
• Crime Analyst – 1
• Background & Training – 1
• Admin Analyst – 1
Greater
Community
of Merced
2020 Population = 88,120
2021 Population = 90,971
Student Influence
• UC Merced approx. 9,000 students
• Merced College approx. 13,000 students
County Seat Influence
• Regional services
• Daytime population
Department Workload
• In 2021, every 6 minutes an officer was on scene
• 29.6% or 23,500 were “On-View” incidents
2020 2021
Incidents 73,375 79,027
Priority Response 36,230 37,594
911 Calls 61,927 65,206
Outgoing Calls 35,841 39,013
Average Response Time 4 min, 51 sec 5 min, 7 sec
Medical Aid Calls 889 936
Top 10 Dispatch Call Types
2020 2021
Disturbance 8,316 8,551
Susp. Circ./Person 5,070 4,762
Animal Related 3,437 4,108
Alarm 3,419 3,374
Municipal Code Violations 3,193 2,529
Misc. Penal Code Violations 2,603 2,867
Domestic Violence 2,594 2,513
Theft 2,426 2,415
Motor Vehicle Collisions 1,951 2,516
Civil Disputes 1,807 1,827
Universal
Crime
Reporting
(UCR) Data
MPD
Response by
Council
District
Incidents by
Council District
District 1 – 12,900+
District 2 – 10,400+
District 3 – 24,700+
District 4 – 9,500+
District 5 – 13,300+
District 6 – 7,800+
District 1
16%
District 2
13%
District 3
32%
District 4
12%
District 5
17%
District 6
10%
Investigations
Division
10 Detectives
Total Cases Assigned to Detectives – 2,731
Current open cases - 477
Property Crimes – 1,148
Crimes Against Persons – 1,316
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Tips Investigated – 37 Sexual Assaults - 169
Cellular Devices Analyzed – 125
Misc.
Information
4,600 arrest were made in 2021
756 people were booked for felony offenses
268 people were cited for felony offenses (Zero Bail)
329 guns were logged into evidence
5,330 pieces of evidence were logged
Stolen Vehicles (18/19 – 444, 19/20 – 511, 20/21 – 646) Quality of
Life
DART (4 Police Officers)
• 856 contacts with people experiencing homelessness
• 111 people accepted services
• 760 Clean-ups of varying size
Code Enforcement (3 Professional Staff)
• Abandoned & Blight Vehicles – 118 vehicles abated
• 2,275 cases opened – 95% stemming from community
complaints
• 90 cases of substandard housing issues
Animal Control (2 Professional Staff)
• 4,120 calls for service
• 1,533 animals sheltered (722 dogs, 775 cats, 36 other) • 170 citations
Traffic Concerns
• Officers responded to
2,667 vehicle collisions
• Total Collisions Reports
Completed – 1,519
• Total Injured – 673
• Fatal Collisions – 11
• DUI – 325 Arrests
• Parking Citations – 4,103