FINALLY- POLICE REPORTS FROM THE CITY OF COATESVILLE PD

For several years the  City of Coatesville PD was the only police department I'm aware of that routinely did not provide police reports. I don't know the reason why. The only way to know about the frequent and often violent crimes in Coatesville was by word of mouth. That is, talking to store employees concerning robberies at gunpoint and individuals that were mugged about muggings. I sometimes wrote about those crimes on my blog. 

Even the Coatesville City Council was in the dark concerning crime in Coatesville. The crime in the press was reported by the Chester County District Attorney. 

The police reports do eventually get out as statistics:  

I believe that the lack of routine police reports led some people to believe that some of the local press was unreasonably singling out Coatesville as a bad place to live.

MOST OF CHESTER COUNTY’S VIOLENT CRIME DOES OCCUR IN COATESVILLE. THE REASON PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF COATESVILLE IS NOT HIGH TAXES. IT'S THE VIOLENT CRIME. 

I think that withholding press reports of crime in Coatesville led some Coatesville City Council members and a few residents to believe that reducing the number of Coatesville PD officers was a reasonable way to balance the budget. 

• High taxes are not the reason that people don't want to live in Coatesville. 
• The reason that real estate salesmen avoid mentioning how close a home is to Coatesville is not high taxes.  
• Our high taxes is not the reason many people avoid driving into Coatesville. 

The way to bring developers and more homeowners and a reasonable tax base to Coatesville is to actually reduce the crime here. Cutting back spending on police to reduce taxes will only accelerate the exodus of tax paying residents and store owners. Laying off police made business and developers lay off of Coatesville. 

I like that we are finally seeing police reports in the press from the City of Coatesville PD.

HERE ARE SOME POLICE REPORTS, I BELIEVE I MISSED A FEW:

Man allegedly assaults officer, pins him to SUV
April 3, 2013 | 
Thorndale resident, subdued with stun gun, faces multiple charge
Coatesville police seeking hit-and-run driver
April 1, 2013
Legally parked vehicle was allegedly rear-ended
Police: Knife-wielding man required stun gun
April 2, 2013 |  
Officers said he appeared drug-addled and refused orders to drop weapon
Police describe dangerous use of dinner plate
March 29, 2013 | 
39-year-old Coatesville mother charged with assaulting daughter
SUV’s traveling wrong way got officers’ attention
March 25, 2013 | 
Traffic offense led to drunken-driving arrest, police said
E. Harmony Street not so harmonious Monday night
March 26, 2013 | 
Police seeking public’s help to determine who fired shots
Four defendants taken into custody on warrants
March 14, 2013 |
Coatesville officers chased one city resident on foot before apprehending him
Police seek leads on possible Chestnut St. arson
March 10, 2013 | 
Home burns on same block where mother and son died in Sept., 2012
Coatesville woman: Drug supplier robbed her
March 22, 2013 | 
Two accomplices restrained her as gun-toting dealer took $90, she said
Lab report: Homicide suspect possessed narcotics
March 20, 2013 | 
Police said drugs were found when Dominique Lee was arrested in Nov. on unrelated warrant
City man accused of videotaping naked teen
March 17, 2013 | 
Charges stemmed from investigation into child pornography