Police Reports for February 2020

Traffic Contacts: 611
Parking Contacts: 27
Vehicle Inspections: 32
Vehicle Unlocks: 30
Crash Investigations: 19
Public Assists: 435
Assist other Agency: 165
Crimes Against Persons Report: 9
Crimes Against Property Report: 20
Other Reports: 59
Arrests: 53
Warrants: 10
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges: 23
Crimes Against Persons Charges: 9
Crimes Against Property Charges: 9
Other Charges: 32
Animal Calls: 49
Total Calls for Service: 2468
*Total Calls for Service for the year: 4655

Training:
• Bomb squad, dive team, canine, honor guard, and
SERT training was attended by members this
month (64 hours)
• Staff completed online training in Bloodborne
pathogens and Peer Support/Mental Resilience (40
hours)
• Newer officers attended Advanced Roadside
Impairment training in Linn County. (32 hours)
• We completed our annual MATS training the first
week in February. This is the annual training all
officers receive in Johnson County. (24 hours)

Public Relations:
• At the school’s request, we worked several high
school sporting games at Liberty.
• The Citizen Police Academy continued this month.
• Our investigator gave a safety and fraud prevention
talk to residents at Keystone.
• We made appearances at the final Beat the Bitter events.
• We received a $500 donation from D. Whipple of North Liberty. These funds will be used for
our annual Present with Police program. Thank you, Ms. Whipple, for your generous
donation.
• Presented Robbery Response training and Fraud detection at a local bank at their request.
• Two safety car seat checks were conducted by Travis Clubb.
Equipment:
• We have replaced one AED that was at least 10 years old due to batteries no longer being
available.
• Working on replacing one in-car radar until that is 9 years old and no longer reliable to
power on.

Enforcement:
• Several unlocked vehicle burglaries were reported in Golfview Mobile Home Court, on
Copeland Ln, and Jefferson St. over a three day period. In Golfview, a set of keys were
taken from an unlocked vehicle, four days later, the car was stolen. There was also a
different stolen vehicle recovered near Golfview MHC.
• Worked several traffic enforcement projects utilizing the unmarked vehicle in high complaint
areas.

Department Admin:

• Our unpaid college intern completed his ride-along program for Coe College.
• We held our monthly construction meeting. There has been a lot of movement on the new
PD construction. The interior has been painted, ceiling tiles are going in, along with lights,
flooring and wall tile. Recently the casework was delivered and in the process of being
installed. We have acquired quotes for appliances, window blinds, and the cleaning
contract. We held an additional meeting and expect to have the interior punch list started on
March 25th with anticipation of the east parking lot and exterior completed by April 17th
unless we have weather delays. Owner furnished items will be moved into the building on
April 1st.
• Working on ordering the whiteboards and getting quotes for the vendor to handle the paper
products and cleaning supplies.
• Chief attended the ILEA council advisory board meeting in Des Moines.
• Life-Saving Awards were presented to Officer Joel Miller and Officer Bryan Davis for a
successful resuscitation and use of an AED during a cardiac event in late September. Along
with our department, members of NLFD and the JCAS also received letters of
commendation. The victim and her family were there to thank the first responders.
• Completed our annual evaluations for all staff members.
• We completed our 3-year CJIS security and NCIC compliance audit with the State, our
police vendor and our local IT consultants.
• Met with the director of the Mobile Team Training Unit in Rock Island, Illinois. This was a
discussion about courses that have been offered and any training needs for the department.
• Completed our year-end PowerPoint report for 2019.

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