The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 473 calls for service across the region. According to the department’s monthly activity report, Pioche registered the highest call volume with 145 incidents. Other areas included Caliente with 110 calls, Alamo with 105, Panaca with 49 and the Hiko/Rachel area with 45. Deputies also conducted 150 traffic stops during the month.

The most frequent types of service were administrative or civil, including 47 office reports and 38 paper services. Deputies also responded to 34 medical emergencies and 30 requests for citizen assistance. Other significant activity included 27 instances each of 911 hangups and suspicious person reports and 23 calls for traffic hazards.

Further calls included 19 animal problems, 19 court assignments and 19 property or business checks. Deputies handled 17 motorist assists, 16 school details, 14 VIN inspections, 13 fire responses and 12 special assignments. They also responded to nine traffic accidents and eight calls each for public relations, trespassing and welfare checks.

Additionally, the department handled six agency assists, six domestic disturbances, five officer investigations, four juvenile problems, four instances of keeping the peace, four property damage reports and four public land issues. There were three calls each for administrative duties, lost property, sex offender registration, test calls, traffic enforcement and training exercises. Deputies responded to two abandoned vehicles, two found property reports, two cases of defacing property and two calls for indigent persons.

Finally, the Sheriff’s Office logged single incidents for an alarm, a natural disaster, disorderly conduct, a dog attack, a DUI, fraud, harassment, a parking problem, theft, a threatening report, a utility problem and one wanted person. In its capacity as the County Coroner’s Office, the department also conducted four death investigations.

The Lincoln County Detention Center booked 10 local arrests in September. The offenses included two charges for driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, two instances of jail housing or serving time and one charge each for stalking, obtaining the personal identity of another for an unlawful purpose, trespass, false imprisonment constituting domestic violence, possession of a controlled substance and a felony arrest warrant.

At the end of September, the jail’s total inmate population was 53, composed of 10 local inmates, 35 contract inmates from the U.S. Marshal Service and 8 from the North Las Vegas Police Department.

Housing contracts with these outside agencies continue to generate significant revenue for the county, totaling $109,869.00 for the month. The U.S. Marshal contract provided $66,732.00 plus an additional $4,857.00 for transport reimbursement, while the North Las Vegas Police contract accounted for $38,280.00.