{"id":152324,"date":"2026-02-05T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152324\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:33:09","slug":"sachse-police-report-drop-in-violent-crime-rise-in-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152324\/","title":{"rendered":"Sachse police report drop in violent crime, rise in calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A light City Council agenda Monday night put the spotlight squarely on the Sachse Police Department\u2019s annual year-end review, which showed fewer violent crimes despite an increase in overall calls for service.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Bryan Sylvester and Assistant Chief Steve Baxter reported that while total crime increased modestly in 2025, violent offenses declined, continuing a trend the department attributes to proactive enforcement and community engagement. Council took no action following the presentation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, total crime rose 6% in 2025. Violent crime declined by 4%, while nonviolent crime increased 11%. The department responded to 841 calls for service, up from 791 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full story, stay informed and support your local newspaper, subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/publisher1.etype.services\/Sachse-News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Sachse News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A light City Council agenda Monday night put the spotlight squarely on the Sachse Police Department\u2019s annual year-end&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-152324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}