RHINELANDER, Wis. (WFRV) – Police in northern Wisconsin released their statistics for January 2025, and there were increases nearly all across the board.
The Rhinelander Police Department posted on its Facebook page about how many calls for service the department had during January 2025. Officials say they handled 714 calls for the month which is 132 more than the previous January.
This was a 22% increase in calls for service. The calls reportedly resulted in 64 citations/warnings being issued for 2025, while there was only 16 citations/warnings issued in January 2024.
Officials also mentioned that 129 parking tickets were issued since the Winter Parking Ban that went into effect back in November.
The department’s K9 units were reportedly used ten times in January.
No additional information was provided.
