Police Reports for November 2019

Traffic Contacts: 598
Parking Contacts: 43
Vehicle Inspections: 36
Vehicle Unlocks: 20
Crash Investigations: 27
Public Assists: 442
Assist other Agency: 104
Crimes Against Persons Report: 9
Crimes Against Property Report: 15
Other Reports: 50
Arrests: 53
Warrants: 8
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges: 33
Crimes Against Persons Charges: 5
Crimes Against Property Charges: 13
Other Charges: 32
Animal Calls: 47
Total Calls for Service: 2,423
*Total Calls for Service for the year: 26,416

Training:

  • Bomb squad, dive team, canine, and SERT training was attended by members this month (40 hours)
  • Two officers attended O/C recertification at ILEA. (16 hours)
  • One Officer attended interview and interrogations school in Moline (40 hours)
  • Tactical Team Member attended the national conference with the joint team members in Illinois. (16 hours)

Public Relations:

  • Officers conducted ALiCE drills at North Bend Elementary with all staff.
  • Officers Sammons taught Alice at Geico for their staff members on two separate days.
  • Chief, LT, and Investigator attended the Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) open house at their new location in Iowa City.
  • Child Safety Seat inspector conducted 3 checks this month.
  • Officers were at the City’s take flight event handing out swag.
  • Accepting applications for the Citizen Police Academy that will start in January.

 

Equipment:

  • Replacement and repair quotes were obtained for our air conditioning unit that was struck by lightning. Our insurance deductible was just under the repair costs.

Enforcement:

  • Officers worked traffic enforcement projects in the construction zones for roads that were closed and roadways recently open.
  • Due to complaints of speeding, officers worked traffic enforcement on new roads that were closed and now open.

Department Admin:

  • Jacob Minick resigned from the department.
  • We held applicant testing at the Community Center. We received 24 applications and 10 showed up for testing. Three failed either the physical or the written test and 7 will move on to the interview portion next month. The two new hires will be to backfill positions in the department.
  • Held our supervisor meeting and invited the City Attorney to join the group. He talked about trends, issues and successful cases he has had with our department and enforcement action.
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