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Ellensburg Police Department 2024 Annual Report Highlights

Friday, July 10, 2026

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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) reported a 5% decrease in incident reports filed in 2024 compared to 2023, with 16,018 total reports, according to the department's 2024 Annual Report presented to the city council on March 3, 2025.

EPD noted a significant increase in mental health referrals, rising from 171 in 2015 to 497 in 2024, a 191% increase over 10 years. However, the department reported a 35% decrease in suicidal calls from 2018's high of 148 to 96 in 2024, and a 70% reduction in confirmed suicide attempts from 47 in 2015 to 14 in 2024.

The department also reported no controlled substance overdose deaths in 2024, a notable improvement from nine in 2023. Officers administered NARCAN six times to opioid overdose victims and joined the Washington State Department of Health's Leave-Behind program, distributing eight NARCAN kits to at-risk individuals.

📄 Source: Local Government — https://www.ci.ellensburg.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/23346/2024-Annual-Rpt-Council-Presentation

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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) reported a 5% decrease in incident reports filed in 2024 compared to 2023“16,018 incident reports filed (5% decrease from 2023).”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) reported 16,018 total reports in 2024“16,018 incident reports filed (5% decrease from 2023).”
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The Ellensburg Police Department's 2024 Annual Report was presented to the city council on March 3, 2025“2024 Annual Report Council Presentation Chief Ken Wade March 3, 2025 Introduction 2024 in review.”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) noted a significant increase in mental health referrals“In 2015, the Ellensburg Police Department made 171 mental health referrals. During calendar year 2024 that number has increased to 497, a 191% increase over 10 years and it is continuing to grow.”
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Mental health referrals rose from 171 in 2015 to 497 in 2024“In 2015, the Ellensburg Police Department made 171 mental health referrals. During calendar year 2024 that number has increased to 497, a 191% increase over 10 years and it is continuing to grow.”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) reported a 191% increase in mental health referrals over 10 years“In 2015, the Ellensburg Police Department made 171 mental health referrals. During calendar year 2024 that number has increased to 497, a 191% increase over 10 years and it is continuing to grow.”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) reported a 35% decrease in suicidal calls from 2018's high of 148 to 96 in 2024“In 2018, the highest year, the department responded to 148 suicidal calls. During 2024, we were down to 96 calls, a 35% decrease.”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) reported a 70% reduction in confirmed suicide attempts from 47 in 2015 to 14 in 2024“Calls involving a suicide attempt, where officers found evidence that an actual effort to commit suicide occurred, decreased dramatically in 2024, with only 14 calls, a 70% reduction from 2015, where we experienced our highest year, responding to 47 suicide attempts.”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) reported no controlled substance overdose deaths in 2024“During 2024, there was not a single reported controlled substance overdose death. In 2023 we had 9.”
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There were nine controlled substance overdose deaths in 2023“During 2023 we had 9.”
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Officers administered NARCAN six times to opioid overdose victims“During 2024 officers administered NARCAN 6 times to subjects who overdosed on an opioid.”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) joined the Washington State Department of Health's Leave-Behind program“We joined the Washington State Department of Health, Leave-Behind program in October and provided 8 boxes of NARCAN to individuals we came into contact with likely to be exposed to an OD.”
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The Ellensburg Police Department (EPD) distributed eight NARCAN kits to at-risk individuals“We joined the Washington State Department of Health, Leave-Behind program in October and provided 8 boxes of NARCAN to individuals we came into contact with likely to be exposed to an OD.”