dispatch-calls-2017-18

This data was used for a series based on a Free Press analysis of the 275,670 instances in which Winnipeg Police Service officers were dispatched between Jan. 1 2017 and March 31, 2018.

Stories

Part 1:

Officers are dispatched an average of 600 times a day; the Free Press finds out where they're headed and why

Part 2:

There were just nine days in 2017 without reports of firearms sightings in Winnipeg

Part 3:

When it comes to break and enters, downtown neighbourhoods hardest hit

Part 4:

Mental-health calls strain police resources; experts blame inadequate treatment options