On 03/03/2011, Officers of the Galveston Police Department conducted a sting targeting convenience stores selling tobacco to minors, in an effort to help minimize the complaints of sales of tobacco to minors. Officer Chris Sanderson organized and led the sting operation.
Officer Sanderson enlisted the aid of a local Galveston teenager to attempt the purchases [...]
These are the Galveston Island Burglary Statistics for 02/11.
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In an ongoing effort to keep citizens informed about their community the Galveston Police Department has compiled monthly crime statistics and comparison charts.
Both may be download below.
Monthly Comparison
On September 10, 2010 at approximately 1600hrs, the Galveston Police Departments’ Vice & Narcotics Unit executed a Search and Arrest warrant at two residential units located at 4808 Avenue P & One-Half. The warrants were pursuant to an investigation conducted by Detective Robert Owens #309 and the narcotics unit. Patrol officers from the Mid-Town [...]
Between May 24th and June 6th, 2010 Galveston Police Officers issued the following citations while working an overtime traffic detail funded by a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation:
398 Seatbelt Citations
207 Child Safety Seat Citations
172 Other Traffic Citations
A total of 777 Citations were written during the Click It or Ticket Campaign.
On 06-13-10 at approximately 6:10 PM, Officer Chris Sanderson of the Galveston Police Department was working on the beach in the West Isle Communities.
While Officer Sanderson was in the area of San Luis Pass, a subject ran up, wet and gasping for breath, stating that someone was in the water drowning and then collapsed from exhaustion. Without hesitation, Officer Sanderson removed his uniform [...]
On 5/22/2010, Detectives of the Galveston Police Department Narcotics Division responded to a call from a concerned citizen that a back-pack had washed ashore on East Beach. Upon arrival, Detectives located the back-pack on the waters edge just in front of the Beach Town Community on East Beach.
Narcotics Detectives recovered a black bag which was [...]
On 5/26/10 at approximately 4:52 pm, Officer’s of the Galveston Police Department’s East Isle Community were dispatched to the 2300 block of Seawall in reference to a female advising that her boyfriend had bit her lip. Upon arrival, Officer Herbert Graves met with the victim, Loretta Ramos, and observed that her lower lip was almost [...]
On May 26, 2010, Detectives of the Vice & Narcotics Division and Mid-Town Patrol Officers conducted a Prostitution Sting in the East Isle Community. Detective J. Quiroga was the assigned case detective for this Operation. Det. Quiroga used undercover female Officers to pose as prostitutes and arrest those subjects who solicit sex in exchange for [...]
On 5/30/2010 at approximately 10:45pm, officers of the Galveston Police Department responded to a report of a large disturbance in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, 6700 Seawall Blvd, in the West Isle Community.
Upon arrival, officers were directed to a Hispanic male who was described as the suspect. Witnesses stated the suspect had hit another [...]
