Commission talks crime with new IPSD director

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD — Ironwood City Commissioners offered some input to new Ironwood Public Safety Department Director Greg Klecker after he reviewed 2017 crime statistics at Monday's regular meeting.

Klecker said the department received 3,751 calls through 911 and for general service. He said 335 criminal or violation-type calls were responded to, or 9 percent of the total.

A total of 91 percent of the calls involved civil complaints or those that didn't result in crimes.

IPSD officers wrote 300 tickets and responded to 47 fire calls, with 19 false alarms....