Weekly Blotter | Feb. 20 – Feb. 26

Weekly Police Report
February 20th, 2023 – February 26th, 2023
Calls for Service: 205

TRAFFIC

• Officers issued 1 traffic enforcement action during the week. 

PROPERTY CHECKS

• 117 business checks were made.
• No extra patrols were requested by out-of-town property owners this week.      

INCIDENTS OF INTEREST

• Found Gun (Teresa Court)

On February 20, 2023, officers were dispatched to this location after a cottage cleaner found a handgun while cleaning. The handgun was taken into police custody.  Officers have located the owner of the firearm and are working with him to arrange legal transfer.

• Fraud (Choctaw Court)

On February 24, 2023, a resident of Duck called in reference to his father being targeted in a scam. The scammer told the father, who was in Pennsylvania, that his son had been involved in a vehicle wreck in Duck and had been arrested. The father recognized he was being scammed and terminated the call.

TRAFFIC CRASHES

• No traffic crashes reported this week.

WEEKLY TRAFFIC VOLUME (As determined by ALPR Detections)

ALPR Camera	02-20-23	02-21-23	02-22-23	02-23-23	02-24-23	02-25-23	02-26-23
Northbound: Duck Into Corolla	2,476	2,336	2,522	2,487	2,525	1,409	1,264
Southbound: Currituck Into Duck	2,872	2,329	2,377	2,331	2,321	1,437	1,493
Northbound: SS Into Duck	4,452	4,410	4,724	4,682	4,991	3,017	2,567
Southbound: Duck Into SS	4,776	4,055	4,199	4,032	4,240	2,581	2,834
Total Detections	14,576	13,130	13,822	13,532	14,077	8,444	8,158

• 52.07% of the vehicles that entered Duck, passed through to Currituck County last week.