Sometimes when you’re scoping out a bunch of information it can help to look at the numbers from a different angle.

And since I’ve been doing this daily police blotter for a little while I figured it might make sense to gather a month worth of data and see if I could learn anything.

Now, it’s important to remember that the Lawrence Police Department’s activity logs don’t list every single call to service officers respond to in a given day, but it’s a good starting point.

In addition please keep in mind that each incident within the logs only offers a short description of the call and many change after the fact as police continue their investigations. Not every call results in citations or arrests.

With that all in mind, here’s what I found for the month of October:

Over the 31-day month, Lawrence police officers responded to at least 7110 individual calls to service. This averages out to 229 calls a day for the month.

The top five calls break down like this:

• Traffic stops — 1,287 calls, approximately 18 percent of the total, averaging 42 per day.

• Requests to speak with officers — 947 calls, approximately 13 percent of the total, averaging 31 per day.

• Animal-related calls — 378 calls, approximately five percent of the total, averaging 12 per day.

• Auto accidents — 336 calls, approximately five percent of the total, averaging 11 per day.

• Parking violations — 325 calls, approximately five percent of the total, averaging 10 per day.

In the activity logs each call to service also lists how many officers responded to the scene. An Oct. 8 shooting call in the 2500 block of W. Sixth Street had the highest number of officers who responded at 22.

If you’ll recall, the Oct. 8 shooting left one man – Jeffery Lamont Calvin – injured and arrested.

What we do know about the incident so far is that the call stemmed from an instance of domestic violence. According to Douglas County Jail booking logs Calvin was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery – a second charge within five years – and intimidation of a witness or victim. He posted a $7,500 bond on Oct. 14 and was released from jail, the logs say.

Another shooting was reported on Oct. 15 in the 700 block of Iowa Street where Rhoads said one man was shot in the foot. He suffered nonlife-threatening injuries, she said.

Rhoads would not provide additional details surrounding the incident, citing an open investigation into the matter.

Here are a few other tidbits I found interesting:

• For the month there were two calls to investigate a death. Rhoads said neither death was the result of foul play.

• Last month, however, there was a homicide in the 400 block of Ohio Street. And this seems like a good time to say I’ve been keeping an eye on it and on Monday, Rhoads said there are no new updates in the case.

• Seven robberies – either armed or strong armed – were reported within the month. Several of which led to arrests. In fact, the third and final suspect in a North Lawrence armed robbery was arrested on Wednesday.

• There were also 12 total sex crime reports in October. Due to the nature of the incidents, details are often strictly limited. However, we do know that the four most recent reports have not yielded any arrests.

• And last but not least, there were seven indecent exposure calls for the month. I don’t have any specific comments on that statistic other than to shake my head.