The Grand Junction Police Department’s newly released April–June 2025 Quarterly Report highlights a busy spring marked by rising call volumes, aggressive traffic enforcement, and expanded mental-health response initiatives.
Parking-lot takeover crackdown
Chief Matt Smith singled out illegal “parking-lot takeovers” as an emerging public-safety threat. Two targeted operations in known hotspot areas produced 64 contacts, 44 citations and nearly 20 arrests for charges that included exhibition of speed, vehicular eluding and reckless endangerment. “These are not harmless meet-ups—they are dangerous and illegal,” Smith wrote, thanking businesses and residents for helping curb the trend.
Workload snapshot
During the three-month period the department handled 20,517 calls for service, collected 5,336 pieces of property and evidence, and completed 2,435 traffic stops that generated 1,098 citations. Officers made 1,087 arrests—243 for felony offenses and 844 for misdemeanors—and investigated 408 traffic crashes, 90 of which involved injuries. The agency also processed 1,208 open-records requests.
Mental-health response grows
The report spotlights the Co-Responder Unit, a team of two officers and four master-level clinicians that pairs law-enforcement presence with on-scene behavioral-health expertise. From January through June the unit has already answered 771 crisis-related calls, a workload the department says has increased amid evolving local service availability.
The department concludes the quarter by reaffirming its commitment to proactive policing and community partnerships as staffing levels climb. “Your vigilance, support and cooperation make a difference,” Smith told residents.
Full report PDF available to download below: