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Mason County Profile 2006
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SHELTON POLICE investigated 371 traffic accidents in 2006, including this one in which a car was driven through the front of the Safeway store. The driver here wasn't injured, only shaken, but 106 people were hurt in 89 injury accidents, including 16 pedestrians.

SHELTON POLICE
MAJOR CRIME REPORTS

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Arson

2

3

6

5

3

Assault

245

293

263

252

268

Burglary

135

150

143

189

175

Homicide

1

0

0

1

0

Rape

18

17

12

12

15

Robbery

9

9

11

13

16

Thefts

822

995

827

882

698

Auto thefts

153

110


ESTIMATED LOSSES
FROM CRIME IN SHELTON

 

2004

2005

2006

Larceny theft

$169,457

$179,298

$147,335

Auto theft

$296,202

$352,377

$303,935

Robbery

$742

$12,665

$1,038

Burglary

$119,488

$138,473

$148,621

Total stolen

$585,889

$682,813

$600,929

Total recov’d

$252,658

$290,472

$328,430


CALLS TO POLICE BY DISTRICT
(2003 not available)

 

2006

2005

2004

2002

Angleside

898

978

802

587

Beverly Heights

178

218

140

120

Capitol Hill

221

244

346

205

Downtown

4,774

5,302

4,949

4,509

Hillcrest

2,090

2,475

2,022

1,873

Manke Addition

8

7

5

15

Moore Hill

8

9

7

5

Mountain View

4,160

4,616

4,368

3,667

Northcliff

119

155

131

93

Terrace Heights

45

39

61

53


CITATIONS ISSUED
BY CITY POLICE

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

Criminal traffic

351

265

277

334

Criminal nontraffic

490

391

478

318

Traffic infraction

895

1,015

1,185

776

Nontraffic infract.

42

47

55

60

Parking

759

1,022

1,277

1,077

Dom. viol. reports

160

155

153

149


TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
ENFORCEMENT IN CITY

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Drunk driving

23

17

19

11

12

Speeding, reckless, negligent driving

12

6

10

10

6

Failure to yield

47

34

45

44

29

Follow too closely

45

55

40

31

28

Disregarding sign or signal

32

14

13

27

16

Defective equip.

6

4

3

0

2


ANIMAL CONTROL
IN CITY OF SHELTON

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

Complaints

397

373

474

400

Citations

27

21

37

39

Licenses

424

444

430

453

Impounds

418

379

377

317

Adoptions, transfers to rescue groups

346

450

349

277

Euthanized

76

62

60

46


TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
IN SHELTON

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total reported

406

406

437

405

371

Injury accidents

85

86

107

86

89

Total injured

107

114

129

99

106

Pedestrians inj.

8

6

12

12

16

Cyclists injured

2

7

5

3

1


PARKING ENFORCEMENT
IN CITY OF SHELTON

  

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Complaints

88

70

109

81

66

Vehicle impound

28

36

57

61

40

Citations

878

730

1,022

1,277

1,049


CASES OF DISEASE
reported in Mason County

 

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

HIV

5

0

2

4

3

1

Camphylobacter

12

11

7

2

5

6

Chlamydia

107

84

91

93

162

110

Giardiasis

11

4

7

6

5

4

Gonorrhea

10

7

7

3

13

9

Hepatitis A

1

3

1

0

0

0

Hepatitis B

1

0

2

1

1

1

Hepatitis C

0

0

4

0

0

0

Herpes, genital

11

13

20

10

20

21

Meningococcal

3

0

0

1

0

2

Pertussis

1

1

1

4

5

0

Salmonellosis

2

3

5

2

2

2

Shigellosis

1

0

1

1

0

1

Tuberculosis

4

0

2

0

0

2

The 2006 state report on those living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) indicates that 21 people in Mason County have been diagnosed with HIV and 78 with AIDS, for a total of 99. There have been no deaths amongst those with HIV and 23 amongst those with AIDS, leaving the state to assume that there are 21 people diagnosed here with HIV and 55 with AIDS. (To be included in these statistics, they must have been diagnosed here, not moved here after having been diagnosed in another county.)


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A Supplement to The Shelton Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 26, 2007