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Police Alcohol/Drug Related Incidents

Incidents involving alcohol and/or drugs requiring police response have decreased

Incidents requiring a police response that also involved alcohol and/or drugs have decreased from the levels seen prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 12.7% of all police incident reports involved alcohol and/or drugs in 2023 (3,993), compared to 18.2% of police incident reports involving alcohol and/or drugs in 2019.

• In 2023:
  • Drugs were involved in 5.2% of all police incident reports.
  • Alcohol was involved in 6.2 % of all police incident reports.
  • Both alcohol and drugs were involved in 1.3% of all police incident reports.

Notes

Lincoln Police Department.