LIGONIER â Crime dropped in Ligonier in 2020, even as the number of service calls went up to their highest point in recent years.
But, as it turns out, the increase in calls and incidents is being driven a little bit by more people requesting help but probably more so by better logging software, the police chief said.
âOverall crime is low and we hopefully we keep it that way,â Chief Bryan Shearer said.
In the police department annual report delivered to the Ligonier City Council on Monday, Shearer reported that the department had 26,074 calls for service in 2020, which includes all incidents and documented calls to the department.
LIGONIER â Three neighboring families on Ligonierâs north side discovered white supremacy propaganda and other extremist writing dropped next to their mailboxes on Jan. 24 and Jan. 25, likely tossed out of a vehicle under cover of darkness.
Ligonierâs fliers were very similar to those distributed in nearby Topeka and Shipshewana earlier that same week. The sheets of paper had âWhite Lives Matterâ printed in a large bold font on one side, and an incoherent, prayer-type text on the other side. Each sheet pf paper was folded in quarters and placed inside a plastic sandwich bag with an egg-size rock.
Like the letters in Topeka, no group is identified on either side of the paper.
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LIGONIER â For years, Ligonier residents living in homes on Cadillac Street, El Dorado Drive and Seville Court have been subject to some of the most stringent parking restrictions in the city, but thatâs about to change as soon as January.
Ligonierâs Common Council voted unanimously to loosen parking restrictions in the Southwest corner neighborhood after Ligonier Police Chief and Public Safety Director Bryan Shearer raised the issue at Mondayâs meeting.
Shearer said city ordinances prohibiting those residents from parking on either side of the street or in their front yard has created an environment where any homeowner with guests or visitors is left with little choice but to violate the ordinance.