Police Report for September 2019

Traffic Contacts: 572
Parking Contacts: 21
Vehicle Inspections: 27
Vehicle Unlocks: 23
Crash Investigations: 24
Public Assists: 388
Assist other Agency: 97
Crimes Against Persons Report: 12
Crimes Against Property Report: 9
Other Reports: 54
Arrests: 47
Warrants: 5
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges: 32
Crimes Against Persons Charges: 6
Crimes Against Property Charges: 1
Other Charges: 29
Animal Calls: 43
Total Calls for Service: 2,504
*Total Calls for Service for the year: 21,406

Training:

• Bomb squad, dive team, canine, and SERT training was attended by members this month (40 hours)
• Department completed handgun and rifle qualification/training for all members. (168 hours)
• Officer Minick continues with his weekly field training. He works one on one with another officer each shift.
• Chief attended a training conference in Ames presented by the Iowa Chief’s Association and covered CBD, the Marshalltown Tornado response, the Parkland shooting, and the ILEA progress update.
• Investigator attended the Iowa Law Enforcement Intelligent Network Conference in Des Moines. (40 hours)

Public Relations:

• Officers spent time on the rooftop of Dunkin Donuts to raise money for Special Olympics. Across the state, the law enforcement and Special Olympics partnership raised $31,024.75 with over $750 coming from our department.
• North Liberty ranked number 36 out of 50 for the best cities to live in the US by USA today. This included cities over a population of 8000 and the violent and property crimes rates per 100,000 residents across the country. The crime stats were taken from 2016-2017 UCR reporting.
• Invited to a neighborhood block party on Molly Drive and were able to show off the patrol car, provide tours, and visit with residents.
• Officer Sammons provided a safety presentation to preschoolers at an in-home daycare on Jaro Way.
• Officers conducted a safety presentation at an in-home daycare in Golfview.
• Officers continue to work the University and Liberty High School football games (paid for by those entities). Two officers were also utilized, along with the street department, for traffic control for the Liberty HS homecoming parade.

Equipment:

• We had several issues with the department not being able to access the internet. Found the switch was bumped and lost its configurations again.  Lots of time spent troubleshooting this failure.
• We also found that one of the air conditioners outside units was not working. We were advised it was burnt out and possibly struck by lightning.  This was the same time as our internet issues and we are working with insurance to cover the repairs to replace the unit.
• Continue to work with our records management software (Tac10/ Global Public Safety) on issues with mapping for our cars. This is a feature JECC can use to monitor our locations but Tac10/Global have been unable to configure it so it works accurately. We have worked on this for about a year and will be requesting our money back so we can invest in a mapping system that works.

Enforcement:

• Officers spent the state funds for the GTSB program for the year on traffic safety. We were awarded a grant for the next fiscal year.

Department Admin:

• After 4 years with our department, Officer Ric Vazquez resigned and completed his exit interview with HR. He is leaving to pursue a career as a firefighter with CRFD. He will be missed by this department and we wish him luck in his new career.
• Continuing with progress meetings and last-minute changes to the building construction of the new police station.
• The Iowa Police Chief’s Association requested the Chief become the member representative for the organization on the ILEA council. Paperwork was submitted to the Governor’s office for that appointment.