Forest Grove Police Department reports receiving more than 10,000 calls in the first half of 2025

The Forest Grove Police Department (FGPD) responded to 10,662 calls in the first six months of 2025, according to their newly-released 2025 midyear report, the first ever midyear report the FGPD has released. However, officials say that this number requires a closer examination in order to really understand what’s happening in the community. 

Between Jan. 1 and June 30, officers have responded to 10,662 calls. Of these, 4,292 came through emergency and non-emergency dispatch, while the remaining 6,380 were self-initiated by officers, such as extra patrol and traffic stops, the mid-year report stated.  

The department’s report provides a breakdown of the overall activity from the beginning of January to the end of June.  

“It’s been busy – we’ve averaged about 60 calls per day, conducted nearly 2,000 traffic stops, and made 277 arrests, all over the course of three shifts, 24/7,” the mid-year report said. 

“A lot of those calls are not criminal,” said FGPD Community Outreach Specialist and Training Coordinator Lauren Quinsland in an interview with News in the Grove. “We live in a pretty safe community. We don’t have a lot of violent calls,” she continued. 

The FGPD says their busiest month was June, where they received an average of 63 calls per day. In the month of March, they received about 52 calls per day, according to the report. 

“Officers also made 277 arrests between January 1 and June 30, however that number includes arrests that resulted in citations as well as trips to the jail,” the report said. 

In addition to the arrests, officers remained busy on the roads, conducting 1,999 traffic stops along with 625 extra patrols. The mid-year report from the FGPD says an extra patrol is “when officers specifically spend time at and around a particular area to address suspicious activity, traffic safety, and/or community concerns.” 

Quinsland says the department’s ability to dedicate time to extra patrols indicates a lower need for response to emergency or violent calls. 

“If you have officers doing extra patrol work, there will be less crime,”  Quinsland said. “The fact that there is not a lot of officers and we are still able to productively respond to calls shows that we’re a pretty safe community,” Quinsland continued.  

Police responded to 125 traffic crashes between Jan. 1 and June 30 , according to the mid-year report. 

The FGPD also responded to numerous calls around suspicious activity.  

“Among the 10,662 calls, the FGPD responded to 634 calls involving suspicious persons, vehicles, or circumstances, as well as [144 thefts, 25 assaults, 33 burglaries, 60 DUIIs, 277 hit-and-runs and 181 disturbances], according to the report.  “Police took 70 calls involving fraud or scams,” the report continued. 

The FGPD reported that “the School Resource Officer was specifically assigned to 209 calls involving incidents that took place involving students in the Forest Grove School District.”

The report continued to state that “of the 10,622 calls, approximately 1,070 calls involved various code complaints and ordinance violations, however that number does not account for graffiti related calls.”

Other calls made within this time frame were in regards to welfare checks and medical emergencies, the report states.   

“Other calls included 431 welfare checks, assisting 47 motorists, and police response to: 74 CPR or other medical emergencies, 73 calls involving behavioral or mental health matters, and 29 overdoses,” said the report.

The FGPD were not always called to respond to emergency situations, the report added. ”Police were also called to assist the public with a myriad of non-criminal or non-code issues more than 540 times,” said the report. “This can include anything and everything from connecting folks with resources, answering questions about scams, or talking with kids about drugs – to lost and found pets, pushing stranded power chairs, carrying groceries, and even fixing plumbing issues,” the report continued. 

For calls related to weapon assaults, real-time criminal activity and CPR calls, which the report says are classified as Priority One calls, response time was approximately 2.7 minutes, according to the report.  “In other words, officers could get to 911 calls for immediate, emergency assistance anywhere in town within less than three minutes,” the report said.

While the FGPD responded to over 10,662 calls between Jan. 1 and June 30, they also celebrated many milestones in the lives of some of their officers. 

“Between January 1 and June 30, the Forest Grove Police Department welcomed three new police officers, bid farewell to one who reached his well-earned retirement, promoted a new captain and a new sergeant, participated in numerous community events, and handed out more than 1,000 junior officer badges,” said the report. 

Quinsland says she hopes the department's first mid-year report reassures the Forest Grove community that the FGPD is doing everything they can to keep their community safe. 

“My hope would be that it shows that the officers are taking a lot of calls, and that we’re doing what we can to keep the community safe,” said Quinsland.