Lately you may have noticed an increase in crime news, as indeed it seems that after a drop due to COVID-19, crime is heading back up in Pulaski County, . Sheriff Jeff Richwine told the county commissioners Monday that calls were down by about 75 percent during the coronavirus shutdown.
“That’s slowly coming to an end,” he said. “The last two weeks, it’s probably pretty close to where we were before the pandemic. Why that is, I don’t know. I don’t know if it’s because we’re loosening up, people are getting out, or what, but the arrests and stuff are starting to pick up.”
Richwine said the number of jail inmates had dropped down into the low 60s, and one high-risk inmate had been released due to COVID-19 concerns. The sheriff said he plans to talk with the judges and prosecutor about returning to normal operations, if the governor moves to the final stage of his Back on Track Indiana plan on July 4. Precautions will remain in place, though.
Richwine said the few county jails that he knew of that had COVID-19 seemed to be able to isolate people effectively, while the Indiana Department of Correction had more trouble.
