LISBON — The Lisbon Police Department recorded reduced numbers of thefts, domestics, vandalisms and overall complaints last year, but traffic citations, stops and warnings increased according to the 2025 yearly report.

“Crashes are less. That reflects on the number of traffic stops and citations issued. Our officers are visible. Our crime numbers are down, too, which is a good thing,” Lisbon Police Chief Mike Abraham said.

He questioned whether there might be a glitch in the system since the number of complaints dropped by 577 from 2,646 in 2024 to 2,069 in 2025 while the number of phone and radio calls increased by 1,032 from 28,704 in 2024 to 29,736 last year.

Traffic stops increased by 267, from 1,925 in 2024 to 2,192 in 2025. Traffic citations increased by 191 tickets for 445 in 2024 to 636 in 2025. Warnings also increased from 1,480 in 2024 up to 6,441 in 2025. Crashes decreased by 31 from 106 in 2024 to 75 in 2025. There were also 53 OVI last year, for operating while impaired, with an additional 80 misdemeanor arrests.

“You can tell that our officers are out on the street performing their duties,” Abraham said.

He again mentioned about crashes being down, saying the streets are safer and officers are patrolling more. With 10-hour shifts overlapping each other, more officers are on the streets during the busier times at night from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m.

“Good that we can provide that kind of service to our residents. I’m glad that we can,” Abraham said.

The department consists of 11 full-time officers and two part-time officers, with a chief, lieutenant, sergeant, two detectives, one school resource officer and the K-9 handler Officer Alan Shaffer and his four-legged partner, K-9 Officer Otis.

From July 2023 to January 2026, Otis performed 199 deployments, with 181 detection deployments and 18 patrol deployments, 75 total arrests and one arrest with a bite. The majority of requests came from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Of the deployments, most were for detection, then assists, warrants, a high risk vehicle stop, burglary, felony and call out. With the seizure incidents, the majority involved methamphetamine, then heroin, cocaine, crack, prescription medications, marijuana and mushrooms. Otis is certified for narcotics, tracking and apprehension.

According to the yearly police department report, thefts dropped from 51 to 32, vandalisms decreased from 12 to 9, domestics/verbals decreased from 39 to 31, stolen/recovered vehicles decreased from 6 to 4, drive offs decreased from 16 to 13 and pink slips issued to force taking a person to a hospital, usually related to a mental health issue, decreased from 14 to 10.

Mental health calls more than doubled, increasing from 11 in 2024 to 26 in 2025. Officers must complete 24 hours of continuing education training every year. Abraham said he has had most of his officers trained for crisis intervention.

“That’s a lot of what we deal with,” he said.

A few other numbers included in the report included 57,473 miles traveled for the year and $19,637 spent on gasoline.