Menifee Councilmember Bob Karwin discusses new police technology during the Wednesday, July 20, city council meeting. Valley News/Courtesy photo
The Menifee City Council heard the latest police and fire quarterly reports Wednesday, July 20, and on the lighter side honored the 10 young AYSO soccer players who won the boys regional competition.New police Chief Ed Varso, giving his first quarterly report covering April to June, said the city police department took 19,063 calls for service and made 1,582 reports. The department received 879 calls for burglar alarms. The police officers made 278 individual arrests with the majority being domestic violence issues. There were 365 traffic accidents reported with 26 injuries and one fatality.Varso said every effort to reduce the traffic accidents are being made. With that, officers wrote 3,835 citations with some being made by a motorcycle traffic officer returning to duty.“Dr
