During the month of November 2016, the Saluda Police Department answered 168 calls for service.

There were nine arrests, 67 state citations, 10 city citations, 35 warnings, one accident and one larceny.

Officers completed 13 welfare checks, responded to five alarms, two open doors, 36 suspicious person/vehicles, checked businesses and churches every night, conducted five license checks (one for Saluda and assisted Polk County and Columbus with four) and patrolled 4,198 miles.

– article submitted by Chief Charles Conner