Police department report for January 2015

Traffic Contacts: 233
Parking Contacts: 131
Vehicle Inspections: 32
Vehicle Unlocks: 40
Crash Investigations: 35
Public Assists: 174
Assist Other Agency: 78
Crimes Against Persons Report: 5
Crimes Against Property Report: 14
Other Reports: 22
Arrests: 22
Warrants: 5
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges: 11
Crimes Against Persons Charges: 3
Crimes Against Property Charges: 2
Other Charges: 6
Animal Calls: 25
Total Calls for Service: 1265
Total Calls for Service for the year: 1265
Training:

• All officers attended MATS (Multi-AgencyTraining Seminar) during the month. This training is for all Johnson County officers. It was 2 days and consisted of CPR, Haz Mat, Blood Borne Pathogens, Diversity Training, Sexual Assault Response Protocols, Mental Health and Veteran Affairs, and Law Update.  (18 officers- 298 hours-16 hours each).
• The officer on the Johnson County Dive team participated in ice diving at SouthSlope’s pond. (8 hours)

Public Relations

• Chief Venenga presented information about the NLPD for the North Liberty Optimist Club.
• The Department competed with other city departments for the Severson Challenge. Food and personal items were collected for the NL Food Pantry. The officers evicted me from my office and created a can structure desk in the hallway. We had great overall participation from the police department.
• The Citizen Police Academy started and 10 of the applicants are North Liberty Residents. The academy will run for 11 weeks and I am excited about the level of commitment from the North Liberty Community.  Officer Santiago sponsored one student to attend the academy and the department also sponsored another high school student.
• An officer attended the grand opening for Walgreens.
• The chief attended the ICCSD Core management team meeting with discussions about the youth diversion program and disproportionate contact with minorities. Also a discussion was held about needs and resources available in our area.

Equipment:

• Repair was needed on an older in car Digital Video Recording (DVR) device. This was sent back to the company.
• Defibrillators were checked and updated under the maintenance contract. We currently have five defibs.

Enforcement:

• Snowmobile complaints were received by the department for curfew violation during the first outing and snowmobiles off of the clearly marked trail. A resident’s complained that snowmobiles were in their front yard on 3 different occasions.
• After the first heavy snow, 69 snow emergency tickets were issued city wide. The officers and records staff received multiple inquiries about the ordinance and educated on the 2 inches or more of snow as well.
• Multiple officers spent time following up on two runaways this month.
• The department received multiple calls, complaints, concerns, and available resources for animal care in North Liberty and available resources in Johnson County.

Department Admin:

• The 2014 Annual Stats were completed for the department and each officer.
• MMPI and backgrounds were completed on four potential candidates.
• Two conditional job offers were made to Benjamin Campbell and Ricardo Vazquez. One is for the COPS officer position and the other is a replacement for the officer that left in December.  Both are uncertified officers and accepted the offer. We hope to get them registered and approved to go to the 9 week Hawkeye Police Academy starting March 9^th.
• Officer Bryan Davis was expected to be deployed next month, but the mission was cancelled.
• Evaluations for 2014 were completed for all employees and 2015 goals were collected from all employees.
• The Taser policy was researched, reviewed and updated. The changes will be reviewed department-wide next month.
• Budget needs and recommendations were made before council.
• One Sergeant was on light duty and has been cleared to return to work for a non-work related injury. A second Sergeant is on light duty for the next few weeks until he is cleared.