The Reno Police and Reno Fire Departments addressed some common trends they're seeing during their public safety briefing on Thursday.
Reno Police Chief Kathryn Nance says they are seeing many property crimes, business crimes, and also traffic issues.
"The Reno Police Department handled about 25,000 calls for service in 2 months which is a large number of calls," said Nance.
Reno Police responded to over 900 crashes in July and August, which is about the same amount at this time last year.
About 100 DUI arrests were made in those two months as well.
However, Reno Police say they are seeing some improvements too. Specifically on Arlington and Second street, and Lake Street to Valley Road.
"Because of that increased presence, burglaries and robberies decreased from 4 incidents in July of 2023 to 0 incidents in July of 2024," said Nance.
Chief Nance says crime reports in that same area decreased by 12.5% from that same time last year. Citizen initiated calls also decreased almost 10%. Nance says their department seized 700 grams of heroin in downtown alone.
And as for common issues with the Reno Fire Department, they say their biggest focus lately has been wildfires.
Fire Chief Dave Cochran says most fires are human caused and can be prevented.
"Take caution, watch those chains, watch your barbeques, firearm safety of course is important," he said.
The Reno Fire Department responded to 53 wildfires and 25 building fires in July. August had 33 wildfires and 41 building fires.
Chief Cochran says they are constantly giving updates on active fires in the area. They encourage people have a go-bag ready in case of an emergency.
Reno Fire says they're also still investigating the recent fires on Seventh Street.
"We have had a string of arson fires involving cars and structures in the area," said Katie Walker, fire inspector for RFD. "It is an active investigation and we're working really hard to close that out as soon as we can, so hopefully we'll have an update for everybody really soon."
