Latest police logs show Citrus Heights started off the new year with a spike of 10 arrests on New Years Day, following another 10 arrests on Dec. 31st. Arrests ranged from several DUI incidents to warrants and domestic violence, while other calls included fireworks complaints and sounds of shots fired.
A Sentinel review of the seven most recent incident logs show a total of 1,090 incidents listed from Dec. 28, 2023 to Jan. 3, 2024, down from 1,131 during the prior seven-day period.
Categories of note are included below, along with comparison data from the prior week:
- Animal control: 43 (up from 26)
- 911 hangups: 26 (down from 37)
- Code enforcement: 13 (down from 17)
- Traffic accidents: 33 (up from 30)
- Vehicle violations: 198 (down from 215)
- Theft: 36 (down from 40)
- Homeless-related: 30 (up from 24)
- Vandalism: 7 (up from 4)
- Violent/threats: 35 (up from 21)
- Disturbance: 82 (down from 91)
- Suspicious circumstances: 138 (down from 166)
Arrests by date. Most active arrest day(s) this period: Sunday/Monday. Most active arrest day(s) prior week: Saturday
- Wed., Jan. 3rd: 5 arrests
- Tues., Jan. 2nd: 3 arrests
- Mon., Jan. 1st: 10 arrests
- Sun., Dec. 31st: 10 arrests
- Sat., Dec. 30th: 8 arrests
- Fri., Dec. 29th: 6 arrests
- Thurs., Dec. 28th: 6 arrests
See full police logs on the city’s website: click here.
Citrus Heights police resumed publishing of daily incident logs in March 2023. The department notes that its logs “are not intended as a full and complete list of all police activity,” with some information not displayed for legal reasons, such as arrests of minors. As such, police advise that summary totals based on public logs may differ from weekly incident and arrest totals posted by police on social media.
The department notes on its website that: “All arrested suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty. Additionally, the original crimes, nature of offenses, and charges may be amended or dismissed as further information is made available.”
*Editor’s note: The category of “violent/threats” includes all incidents listed as either: assault, brandishing a weapon, criminal threats report, domestic violence and shots into dwelling/vehicle.
