Drug arrests reached a record high in Jim Thorpe Borough in 2014, according to Mayor Michael Sofranko.

During a year-end report delivered to council Thursday night, Sofranko said 63 people were charged with drug-related offenses.Not only did that number set a record, it blew past totals out of the water."We've probably had seven or eight in a year before," Sofranko said. "It's the thing I'm most proud of in regards to our department this year."In past months, Sofranko and Borough Police Chief Joseph Schatz said personnel had been shifted around to allow officers, specifically officer Matthew Swartz, to focus on drug investigations."There is a drug problem in Jim Thorpe," Sofranko said. "Is it as bad as some of the inner cities? No. But, we don't live in Mayberry anymore. Our police are doing a good job trying to keep the quality of life where it is at."The police department released other statistics for 2014.It filed 120 nontraffic citations, 949 traffic citations, and 236 criminal charges. Officers patrolled 57,743 miles and logged 4,238 incidents into the department's alert system.In 2014, the borough generated $98,613.87 through parking tickets, lot rent and fines from citations."That equates to 1 mill in taxes," Sofranko said.For December 2014 alone, officers filed five criminal charges; one each of identify theft, forgery, simple assault, stalking and persistent disorderly conduct.The department also investigated three incidents at Jim Thorpe Area High School, two disorderly conduct calls and a harassment situation.