City receives 2025 year-end reports from police, fire/EMS, municipal court and city secretary
January 20, 2026 | Fredericksburg City, Gillespie County, Texas
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City departments delivered annual summaries of 2025 operations and trends.
Police: The police chief reported roughly 27,000 incidents and 12,493 calls for service in 2025, an average response time of 4 minutes, 56 seconds, and a total of roughly 26,415 officer-hours on calls. The department recorded 642 arrests and 532 bookings; driving-while-intoxicated and public-intoxication were leading arrest categories. The chief said 54% of arrests involved visitors and said sustained increases in calls will require staffing and resource adjustments.
Fire/EMS: The Fire/EMS chief reported a 10.2% increase in calls year over year (about 479 additional calls), a 49.7% rise in EMS activity and increased mutual-aid responses. The chief warned that continued growth and recent brush fires during very dry conditions could stress personnel and response capacity.
Municipal Court: Judge Chelsea reported a 41% increase in cases filed in 2025 and highlighted the launch of a youth diversion program (effective Jan. 1, 2025) that has referred more than 40 juveniles to services. Court staff indicated they will add a full-time deputy clerk and court administrator to improve case disposition capacity.
City Secretary and Administration: The city secretary reviewed election-related activity, records-management progress (disposition of 135 boxes), new public-information request invoicing and board-application improvements. Council used the presentations to identify follow-up needs (staffing, data breakdowns and coordination) for upcoming budget and strategic-plan discussions.
Police: The police chief reported roughly 27,000 incidents and 12,493 calls for service in 2025, an average response time of 4 minutes, 56 seconds, and a total of roughly 26,415 officer-hours on calls. The department recorded 642 arrests and 532 bookings; driving-while-intoxicated and public-intoxication were leading arrest categories. The chief said 54% of arrests involved visitors and said sustained increases in calls will require staffing and resource adjustments.
Fire/EMS: The Fire/EMS chief reported a 10.2% increase in calls year over year (about 479 additional calls), a 49.7% rise in EMS activity and increased mutual-aid responses. The chief warned that continued growth and recent brush fires during very dry conditions could stress personnel and response capacity.
Municipal Court: Judge Chelsea reported a 41% increase in cases filed in 2025 and highlighted the launch of a youth diversion program (effective Jan. 1, 2025) that has referred more than 40 juveniles to services. Court staff indicated they will add a full-time deputy clerk and court administrator to improve case disposition capacity.
City Secretary and Administration: The city secretary reviewed election-related activity, records-management progress (disposition of 135 boxes), new public-information request invoicing and board-application improvements. Council used the presentations to identify follow-up needs (staffing, data breakdowns and coordination) for upcoming budget and strategic-plan discussions.
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