Weekly Blotter | April 12 – April 18

Jeffrey E. Ackerman, Chief of Police

Weekly Police Report
April 12, 2026 – April 18, 2026
Calls for Service: 269

TRAFFIC

• Officers issued 43 traffic enforcement actions during the week. 

PROPERTY CHECKS

• 149 business checks were made. No unsecured doors were found.

• 18 extra patrols were requested by out-of-town property owners this week.      

INCIDENTS OF INTEREST

• Larceny (Duck Road)

On April 12, 2026, officers recovered two abandoned bicycles that were reported stolen earlier in the day. The bicycles were returned to their owner.

• Lost Child (Duck Landing Lane)

On April 14, 2026, an officer on patrol encountered a 3-year-old boy walking around by himself. It was later found that the boy snuck out of the family’s rental home a few minutes prior to the officer locating him. The child was reunited with his family.

• Suspicious Condition (Duck Road / Sea Oats Trail)

On April 17, 2026, officers received a wanted person ALPR hit on a vehicle. The registered owner of the vehicle was wanted on several felony warrants out of Virginia. Officers located the vehicle and conducted an investigatory traffic stop. The estranged husband of the wanted person was found to be operating the vehicle. No enforcement action was taken.

TRAFFIC CRASHES

• No traffic crashes were reported this week.

WEEKLY TRAFFIC VOLUME (As determined by ALPR Detections)

ALPR Camera	4/12/26	4/13/26	4/14/26	4/15/26	4/16/26	4/17/26	4/18/26
Northbound: Duck Into Corolla	2190	3049	3347	3352	3765	3960	3542
Southbound: Currituck Into Duck	3064	3097	3174	3200	3343	3405	2980
Northbound: SS Into Duck	4349	5765	6251	6263	7018	7359	6332
Southbound: Duck Into SS	5260	5492	5755	5651	6055	5909	5455
Total Detections	14863	17403	18527	18466	20181	20633	18309

• 53.5% of the vehicles that entered Duck passed through to Currituck County last week.