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Dispatch watch · Do calls to police go up during Balloon Fiesta?
This year, no. Burqueños called police about as often as any other week. But at night, police stops dropped by two-thirds.
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Dispatch watch · Calls to police from two blocks of Zuni Road more than tripled in August. Most were disturbance calls.
The 5500 and 5700 blocks of Zuni Road SE went from about 4.5 calls a week to about 15 after August 2, while the rest of Zuni Road held flat.
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Dispatch watch · A short street south of Central near Tramway went from 2 police calls a week to 10 this summer. It stayed high through early September.
The 300 block of Whispering Sands Court SE drew 95 calls from July 5 to September 6, nearly all about a suspicious person or a disturbance. The Ledger does not yet know why.