Officials reported a significant decrease in calls for service last month.
On Monday, Chief Ross Buzzuro presented the Ocean City Police Commission with an update on police activity for the month of July. He noted that both officer and citizen calls for service have decreased when compared to July of 2022 and 2023.
“Officer calls for service were down just slightly from last year …,” he told the commission. “They are off significantly from July of 2022.”
When compared to July 2022, Buzzuro noted that officer calls for service decreased by more than 1,000, while citizen calls for service decreased by roughly 200. From 2023 to 2024, officer calls for service decreased by 22, while citizen call for service decreased by more than 700.
“Citizen calls for service, if you look at last year, we are considerably down from last year versus this year,” he said.