“K-9 Dave did locate about 8.5 pounds of meth and over 30,000 fentanyl pills in our community,” said Police Support Specialist Candie Smith during the Cottonwood Heights Police Department (CHPD) quarterly report in October. 

That’s only one incident out of the many causing an uptick in CHPD’s crime statistics during the month of September 2025. To break it down:

CHPD’s K-9 Unit assists with major drug seizures across Salt Lake County. (Photo courtesy of Cottonwood Heights)

Out of 57 total reported crimes in September: 38 were thefts, 12 were assaults, four were burglaries, two were rapes, one was a robbery and one was a stolen automobile. 

“That’s kind of on point for this time of year,” Smith said. 

However, those 57 crimes were only a portion of the CHPD’s total calls for service in September. A total of 1,390 calls for service is down from last year’s 1,431 calls for service. However, that’s a spike up from August 2025 with 1,292 calls for service. 

“Code enforcement has been very busy,” Smith said. “They’ve been trying to work with everybody instead of going straight to citations.”

Outside of code enforcement, the CHPD gave out a total of 667 tickets: 350 were traffic citations; 312 were warnings; five were DUIs.

Those numbers, however, are down from August where 461 tickets accounted for 276 traffic citations, 177 warnings and eight DUIs. 

“Accidents are right in line from September of 2024. Last year we had 44: this year we have 43,” Smith said. 

The average response time for a CHPD officer to respond to a Priority 1 call has been four minutes and nine seconds. Responses to Priority 2 calls have been taking a little longer with an average of six minutes and eight seconds. 

Overall, there were three unattended and two attended deaths throughout the city during the entire month of September. 

In other news, Smith talked about winning in softball. “In September, we challenged UFA to a softball game,” Smith said. “(CHPD) Chief (Robby) Russo purchased an award for UFA. It says: Unified Fire Authority Guns N’ Hoses - 2025 Second Place.” 

CHPD won 19 to UFA’s 13.

Lastly, CHPD said farewell to Assistant Chief Paul Brenneman as he retired in the middle of September. 

“He spent over 40 years in law enforcement. He is missed,” Smith said. 

Heat Map for All Property Crime Reports September 2025 (Photo courtesy of Cottonwood Heights)