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(Lander, WY) – Calls for service in the Gardens North subdivision near Riverton have decreased in recent weeks following a coordinated effort to address ongoing issues at abandoned properties in the neighborhood, Fremont County Sheriff Ryan Lee reported this week.
Over the past two months, Lee said county officials have been able to establish no-trespassing agreements with the owners of most of the abandoned properties at Gardens North.
As a result, he said no-trespassing signs have now been posted at abandoned homes throughout the neighborhood, giving law enforcement the authority to cite or arrest people who are on those properties without permission.
The measure appears to have been effective, Lee said, noting that “we haven’t had hardly any calls regarding those issues for quite some time.”
Law enforcement still responds to Gardens North on a regular basis, however, Lee added, responding to a characterization from Commission Chairman Larry Allen, who had said it sounded like the “number of calls to that area has subsided – it’s dropped dramatically.”
“I wouldn’t say (that) it’s dropped dramatically,” Lee replied. “But it’s definitely lowered.”
Some of that decrease can be attributed to the onset of cooler weather, Lee said, sharing that, in his experience, “when the weather cools down, things cool down for (law enforcement) as well,” and “our calls begin to subside in the unincorporated areas around the Riverton area – specifically including the Gardens North subdivision.”
He plans to present more detailed call data for the neighborhood during his next report to the commission.
Statistics
Lee’s update this week included information about Fremont County’s inmate population, which stood at 119 as of Monday – “extremely low” and “easy to handle,” he said, noting that the total has reached “upwards of 190 in the past.”
“The population ebbs and flows,” Lee explained, adding, “Last week we were hovering around (the) 150 mark.”
The current inmate population includes 85 people who are awaiting adjudication and 35 people who have already been sentenced, Lee said.
Of the pre-adjudicated inmates, Lee said 52 percent originated out of District Court, 43 percent came out of Riverton Circuit Court, 3 percent came out of Lander Circuit Court, and 2 percent came out of the municipal court system.
Since his October report to the commission, Lee said 405 people have been booked at the Fremont County Detention Center.
Of those, 193 came from the Riverton Police Department, 127 came from the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, 57 came from the Lander Police Department, 20 came from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, five came from the US Marshall, two came from the Shoshoni Police Department, and one from Dubois.
The FCSO has responded to 6,695 calls for service so far this year, Lee said.
From October through November, he said the county received 2,159 emergency calls and dispatched a total of 3,350 calls for service, including 1,934 to law enforcement, 1,068 to emergency medical services, and 244 to area fire departments.
Fremont County Search and Rescue crews have completed 20 missions so far this year, Lee said – up from 17 at the same time last year.
For more information, call the FCSO at (307) 332-5611.