Police calls down in SLT over July 4

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department was kept busy during this year’s 4th of July celebration, although officers said it was a relatively well behaved crowd. 

During the 24-hour period starting at 6am July 4 officers responded to 70 calls for police service.

They included:

18-Disturbance

5-Homeless/transient

1-Traffic collision

6-Battery on person

2-Public intoxication

2- DUI

1-Drowning

2-Domestic Violence.

This compares to a year ago when there were 82 calls for police service.

Those calls included:

23-Disturbance

9-Traffic collisions (7 were from same DUI driver)

6-Domestic violence

6-Battery on person

3- Public intoxication

1-DUI.

“Tahoe is a very cold lake and weather conditions change in an instant. It’s more closely related to being on the ocean then a fresh water lake,” Lt. Shannon Laney said in a statement. “We responded to a drowning (Tuesday that could have been avoided with the use of a life jacket.  Paddle boarders, kayakers are required by law to have a Coast Guard approved life jacket with them.  You will be cited if our marine officers catch you out there without one.”