I just looked up Bessemer, AL, and the answer is indeed demographics.
I once had to replace a camera in the holding area of the Bessemer Police Dept. Got there 8 AM on a Tuesday morning and was told I’d have to wait until they processed all of the arrestees who were in the tank. I didn’t get in until almost lunchtime because they had more than a dozen who had been arrested on a TUESDAY night.
That’s about a month’s worth in my local town of slightly higher population than Bessemer.