May Sheriff's Report, Rich County

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

May 2019

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY NATURE OF INCIDENT
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	4
Alarm	3
Animal Problem	4
Assault	1
Burglary	1
Citizen Assist	9
Citizen Dispute	2
Civil Process	4
Criminal History	2
Dead Body	1
Domestic Disturbance	1
DUI Alcohol or Drugs	1
Fire	4
Fraud	2
Juvenile Problem	1
Medical Emergency	20
Traffic Accident with Damage	9
Search and Rescue	1
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	1
Theft	2
Threatening	2
Traffic Hazard	6
Traffic Violation	1
Transportation of Person/Property	1
Vandalism	2
VIN Serial Number Inspection	10
Weapon Offense	1
Welfare Check	4
Total	100

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY LOCATION
Location	Total Incidents
Garden City	51
Laketown	13
Out of County	2
Randolph	26
Woodruff	8
Total	100

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT IN GARDEN CITY
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	2
Alarm	2
Animal Problem	2
Assault	1
Citizen Assist	5
Civil Process	3
DUI Alcohol or Drugs	1
Fire	2
Fraud	2
Medical Emergency	8
Traffic Accident with Damage	5
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	1
Theft	1
Threatening	2
Traffic Hazard	2
Vandalism	2
VIN Serial Number Inspection	8
Welfare Check	2
Total	51

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT FOR LAKETOWN
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Alarm	1
Animal Problem	1
Burglary	1
Citizen Dispute	2
Fire	1
Medical Emergency	1
Traffic Accident with Damage	2
Search and Rescue	1
Traffic Hazard	1
VIN Serial Number Inspection	2
Total	13

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT FOR OUT Of COUNTY
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	2
Total	2

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT FOR RANDOLPH
Nature or Incident	Total Incidents
Citizen Assist	3
Criminal History	2
Dead Body	1
Domestic Disturbance	1
Fire	1
Medical Emergency	9
Traffic Accident with Damage	1
Theft	1
Traffic Hazard	2
Traffic Violation	1
transportation of Person/Property	1
Weapon Offense	1
Welfare Check	2
Total	26

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT FOR WOODRUFF
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Animal Problem	1
Citizen Assist	1
Civil Process	1
Juvenile Problem	1
Medical Emergency	2
Traffic Accident with Damage	1
Traffic Hazard	1
Total	8

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT BY AREA
Area	Citations	Violations
Garden City	27	40
Laketown	2	2
Randolph	10	10
Woodruff	4	4
Total	43	56

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT BY VIOLATION
Description	Total
Operating Vehicle Without Insurance	1
No Proof of Insurance	1
Failure to Register or Expired	2
Fail to Stop/Respond at Command	1
Driving under the Influence	1
Open Container/Drinking Alcohol	1
Speeding	30
Fail to Observe No Passing Zone	1
No Valid License Never Obtained	1
Fail to Notify of Address Change	1
Possession Controlled Substance	1
Possession of Drug Paraphernal	2
Possession of Firearm Restrict	1
Assault	2
Aggravated Assault	1
Criminal Mischief	1
Theft	3
Obstructing Justice	1
False Information (Personal)	1
Disorderly Conduct	2
Intoxication	1
Total	56

TOTAL TRAFFIC WARNING REPORT BY AREA
Area	Warnings	Violations
Garden City	3	3
Laketown	1	1
Randolph	2	2
Total	6	6

TOTAL TRAFFIC WARNING REPORT BY VIOLATION
Description	Total
Speeding	6
Total	6

Good Stuff

Terms
By John Brown

In less than three minutes, you can amaze your friends, cut through a lot of political blather, and clearly assess what’s being proposed over the next eighteen months as the presidential campaign heats up.

How?

By understanding the simple taxonomy below. 

Every day folks in the media make accusations and claims about socialism, Sweden, Venezuela, capitalism, and the United States. Unfortunately, a lot of the time it’s clear they’re a bit muddled. So let’s cut through the confusion. 

Whether you’re an independent, Democrat, or Republican, you’ll want to know these three terms.

SOCIALISM

The state owns and directs huge portions of the economy. The government in these schemes is the old-fashioned Soviet, Mao, and Nazi style dictatorships.

These types of socialists did so much good in the 20th century. No other scheme was better at piling up dead bodies. Millions and millions of them. 

An interesting tidbit. Did you know that “Nazi” is the abbreviation in German of “Nationalsozialistische”? That word means “National Socialist”. It comes from the name of Hitler’s political party, the “National Socialist German Workers' Party” or "Nationalsozialistische der Deutsche Arbeiters Partei.”

Nobody running for president today is advocating for this type of government.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM

The state owns and directs huge portions of the economy. The government in these schemes is supposed to be democratic, which means you should be able to vote the bums out and put other bums in. Venezuela supposedly uses this model, although some wonder if it is a true democracy or a sham one.

For those who like socialism, this is supposed to be the good way of doing it as opposed to the bad way of the old fashioned authoritarians. I will let you determine whether the “good” scheme actually leads to any better economic outcomes than the “bad” one.

SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

You rely on lots and lots and lots of capitalism (private ownership and direction of companies in a free market) to fund government social programs. The funding is done via high tax rates. You have elections and can vote the bums out and put other bums in. This is Sweden.

A lot of people in the current presidential race are advocating for this type of government. Although, if they say that any system that allows billionaires to exist is immoral, you will need to scrutinize that candidate carefully because Sweden’s system allows billionaires. It may be that candidate actually wants some form of democratic socialism.

One last point. If you think about it, the United States and Sweden are similar types of governments. They’re on the same continuum. The difference is that the United States is simply much less of a welfare state than Sweden is.

There you have it. Three terms you are going to hear a million times over the next eighteen months.

Amaze your friends by actually knowing what they mean.

Be proud of your knowledge.

And use it to carefully consider the candidates.

Bear Lake Lilacs Are Blooming

Photo by Lauriann Wakefield, Little Starling Photography

Public Notice

Public Notice

The Bear Lake Regional Commission is seeking approval of its proposed

budget for the 2019/2020 year at its next regularly scheduled meeting

to be held June 26, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Garden City Convention Center,

69 North Paradise Parkway, Bldg. B, Garden City, Utah.  

A copy of the

proposed budget may be obtained by contacting the Bear Lake Regional

Commission during regular business hours at 435-946-2198.

Firework sales and discharge dates

No fireworks are allowed on Sweetwater Hillside.  Check with all HOA 

before discharging fireworks.