Police/Fire/EMS

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The Bluffton EMS responded to 31 calls in July according to Jan. Basinger, EMS chief. The log follows:

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Rick Skilliter, Bluffton Police Chief, released police reports of the first six months of 2012 to The Icon.
Bluffton's police department has had 2,851 calls for service during the first six months of 2012. Of those, 949 were calls for building checks.
The department had 87 traffic citations given. In its FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data, Bluffton had 154 reports.
The reports are in separate attachments at the bottom of this story.

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Bluffton Police Department
Public Docket June 30, 2012
June 1
-Police arrested Conrad Zemba Jr for DUS following a traffic stop on Jefferson St. The case is pending in Lima Municipal Court.
June 2
-Officers took a theft report from a Hancock County resident.
-Officers responded to a Citizens Pkwy. business in regards to unknown persons stealing items that were on an outdoor display.
June 3
-Officers assisted in the investigation of a fire at a manufacturing plant on Jefferson St.
June 4

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Here is a photo taken of a tractor-trailer fire by Jeff Laing this morning at 5:25 a.m. at the Beaverdam Interstate 75 exit. The Icon does not have any other detail of the fire at this time.

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Jan Basinger, Bluffton EMS chief provided The Icon with the June EMS runs:

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The years 2011 and 2012 are very similar, according to the chart showing calls to the Bluffton Fire Department.

On Monday, Jon Kinn, fire chief, provided Bluffton council with a 2012 six-month fire run report.

During the first six months of 2011 the department responded to 53 calls. For the same time period of 2012, it responded to 54 calls.

The 2012 chart is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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