The Summerdale Police Department was kept busy in December even though Chief Dwain Riebeling said the holidays were much quieter than he expected.

    In December the police department wrote One03 citations, issued 83 warnings, made 32 incident/offense reports and made 44 arrests.

    The incidences in December included:

    Three incidences involving minors in possession of alcohol,

    One incident of criminal mischief,

    One incident of criminal trespass,

    Three incidences where dogs were permitted to run at large,

    Two incidences involving harassing communications,

    One incident of harassment,

    One incident involving assault,

    One incident involving contributing to the delinquency of a minor,

    One burglary,

    Four incidences of theft of property,

    One incident of attempted theft of property,

    One incident involving the fraudulent use of a credit card,

    One incident of resisting arrest,

    One incident of breaking and entering a motor vehicle,

    One incident of public intoxication,

    Seven domestic reports,

    Five arrests were made for domestic matters,

    10 incidents involved drug possession,

    and there were six accidents in Summerdale.

    The Summerdale Police Department received 313 calls in December and drove a total of 8,216 miles. The police department responded to an average 15 incidents per day last month.