Editor's note: the following was released by Brown County Sheriff John Merchant

(KNZA)--The 2024 year was pretty busy for the Sheriff's Office. Many hours were spent solving a string of burglaries which extended into at least 2 different states and a number of Kansas counties. The hard work and diligence of the officers paid off with accountability, resulting in confessions which would be used to clear up many cases for many different agencies.

Dispatchers handled over 2400 911 calls for the year and over 32,600 non-emergent calls.

I would like to provide our statistics for the end of the 2024 year. We had over 11,600 occurrences for the year, that are broken down as follows:

ACCIDENTS 199

ALARM CALLS 15

ANIMAL CALLS 154

ASSAULT/AGG ASSAULT 2

ASSIST OTHER AGENCY 396

BATTERY 16

BUILDING CHECKS 38

BURGLARY 6

CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE 9

COMMUNITY POLICING,MISC,

SERVICE TO CITIZENS, ETC 715

CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY 13

CRIMINAL THREAT 9

CRIMINAL TRESPASS 7

DISORDERLY 6

DOMESTIC AND MISC DISTURBANCE 43

DRONE DEPLOYMENT 8

DUI/DRUG 143

ELECTRONIC SOLICITATION 7

ESCORT 30

FIRE 30

FORGERY 1

ILLEGAL DUMPING 6

MEDICAL 58

MISSING PERSON 7

OFFENDER REGISTRATION 325

OFFENDER VIOLATION 2

PEDESTRIAN CHECK 63

PHONE HARASSMENT 4

PROPERTY LOST/FOUND 21

PROTECTION ORDER VIOLATION 4

PEDESTRIAN UNDER INFLUENCE 1

RAILROAD 1

RAPE 2

RECKLESS DRIVER 84

ROAD DEBRIS 68

SUBPOENA SERVICE 1639

SUICIDE & ATTEMPT 3

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/VEHICLE 62

THEFT 24

TOWN CHECK 4211

TRAFFIC STOP 2196

TRANSPORT 39

UNATTENDED DEATH 8

VEHICLE CHECK AND LOCK OUT 463

VIN 167

WARRANTS 185

WEAPON CHECK 1

WELFARE CHECK 115

The jail booked in a total of 423 inmates.

As always, I appreciate the cooperation we receive by county residents and am thankful for you alerting us to anything you deem suspicious.

Sheriff John D Merchant

Brown County Sheriff's Office