Warwick Twp. police calls down slightly in 2024, Northern Lancaster County police report shows

When: Warwick Township Board of Supervisors meeting, Feb. 5.

What happened: Northern Lancaster County Regional police Chief Josh Kilgore provided highlights of the 2024 annual report.

Details: Kilgore reported the population served by the department is 40,846, in a 72.9-square-mile jurisdiction, including Warwick, Clay and Penn townships and East Petersburg Borough. In 2024, there were 20,446 calls for service at a 7.31-minute-average response time. There are 35 sworn officers in department, Kilgore said. There were 2,024 criminal arrests and 60 DUI arrests.

More: Kilgore reported there were 242 Part 1 crimes, which include violent crimes such as homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault assault, arson, burglary and theft, with 223 cleared for a 93% clearance rate. There were 394 Part 2 incidents including simple assault, vandalism and forgery, with 390 cleared.

Township stats: Statistics for 2024 in Warwick Township included 8,162 calls for service, 135 criminal arrests, 352 citations, 46 non-traffic citations, and one fatal crash, according to the report. There were 39 warrant arrests, 26 DUI arrests, 121 non-reportable crashes, and 167 reportable crashes. Calls for service were down slightly from 8,452 in 2023. That year there were 142 criminal arrests, three fatal motor vehicle accidents, 326 citations, 17 warrant arrests, 21 DUI arrests, 36 non-reportable accidents, 128 reportable accidents and 2,876 patrol checks, according to the 2023 report.

Quotable: “I cannot stress enough the amount of pride and admiration I have for our team,” Kilgore said. “The relentless hard work, dedication, commitment, and resiliency shown have not been unnoticed or unappreciated.”

Rock Lititz: Supervisors approved a request from Dave Madary of Madary Engineering & Design LLC to add numbers on four buildings on the Rock Lititz campus to assist visitors.

Details: The numbers would be similar to those used at the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Suburban Pavilion to help people find the buildings “We would want them to be large enough to be read from a distance,” said Suzi Meyer, Rock Lititz general manager. n What’s next: The next supervisors meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 19.