By Joelyn Hansen I guess since the Apocalypse didn't happen, you get to read this post highlighting the Idaho Falls Police Department's good news of 2012. Aside from the many arrests and crime fighting, we've done this past year, I thought it would be good for us to remember some of those events that perhaps we've forgotten about. We've given out honors, welcomed new folks to the department

As Police Chief, what I’m going to say may sound controversial but here it goes: 1.      I don’t like the idea of criminals and the mentally ill having guns, but knowing that the police response will take minutes when seconds count, I do like the idea of responsible citizens having guns – people like school principals. 2.      Where you stand

Last night, there was an armed robbery at the Midget Market and with the help of technology and excellent police work; we made an arrest five hours later. Just before 7:00 p.m. the suspect set a bottle of wine on the counter and pulled out a revolver while demanding cash.  He left the wine bottle and sunglasses at the scene.  Oops. CSI lifted prints, scanned them into our local database

By Joelyn Hansen It's that time of year when we see spikes in our vehicle burglaries. Between Nov. 5 and Dec. 2, we had a reported 28 incidents. Some of those incidents involved multiple cars. Since Dec. 2, we've had a few more since the Dec. 2. In many of the cases, the vehicle door was left unlock leaving it an easy targets to criminals. Luckily, we've made a couple of arrests, including