They shared numbers from the past two years, which show destruction of property and vandalism cases went up in 2021, with 351 cases versus 332 the year before.
"It also does amber alerts, silver alerts missing endangered people, missing children," said Lt. Jeremy Hansen with Tooele City Police.Lt. Hansen says they commonly take between ten to fifteen calls per officer per shift during the summer months. He says officers will log on at the beginning of their shift and it will send them a text message or an email, which will notify them of an alert or hit on a license plate or vehicle description.
"I just think it's good that they're doing that, so we feel safer in our community because we shouldn't feel unsafe," said Gossett.