(LaPorte, IN) - La Porte County Police officers are busier than ever before. Sheriff John Boyd says there was a ten percent increase in calls for service from December to January.

He says calls for service are least double the amount from when he first started with the

sheriff’s office in 1990.

Major reasons include cell phones making it more convenient to call for help and society quick to seek help for situations households used to handle themselves. 

Boyd also says the number of motor vehicle accidents handled by his office last month

was down nine percent from the previous month.