Information on calls seeking help at Ameristar Casino
UNITE HERE Local 1 analyzed East Chicago Police and Fire Department records of calls seeking help at Ameristar Casino. We found that 237 calls seeking help at Ameristar were made during a one-year period from Sept. 1, 2016 to Sept. 1, 2017.
The records showed:
- 42 calls for “medical assistance”
- 23 reports of a “disturbance“
- 8 reports of “H&R accidents”
- 6 reports of theft
- 3 reports of a “fight”
- 1 report of a “man with a gun”
We don’t know how the Police and Fire Department responded, or what the officers discovered if they did.