Victoria police were kept hopping well into the new year with more than 130 calls including assaults and grossly drunken behaviour.
Nineteen of those people rang in the new year behind bars in Victoria jails.
Over a 12-hour period stretching to 5:30 a.m. today, police attended to fights, impaired drivers, a sudden death that is not considered suspicious, an overdose, an unfounded report of shots fired, and six unwanted people who had to be ejected from wherever they were celebrating — house parties and private residences, police said.
The most serious call came just after 5 p.m. Tuesday when Victoria police raced to the 500-block of Johnson Street after a report of a stabbing.
Police found an 18-year-old man suffering from slashes to his face and hand.
The man was taken to hospital but he has not co-operated with their investigation, said Const. Mike Russell. Victoria police detectives continue to try to find out who stabbed the man.
On the West Shore it was a relatively quiet night for police with just three people locked up overnight related to being intoxicated, West Shore RCMP Corp. Raj Sandhu said.
The following is a breakdown of the 119 calls for service responded to by Victoria police, issued by Russell this morning:
Assault - 18
Fights – 16
Assist Police / Fire / Ambulance – 14
Impaired – 5
Man down - 2
Disturbance – 11
Check Well-being – 8
Sudden death - 1
Abandoned 911 – 14
Intoxicated in Public – 7
Collision - 2
Alarm – 4
Shots Fired (unfounded) – 1
Mischief – 2
Traffic - 3
Other - 3
Assist General Public - 3
Bylaw – 2
Unwanted person – 6
Breach of court order – 2
Overdose - 1
