Police Reports for March 2020

Traffic Contacts: 190
Parking Contacts: 32
Vehicle Inspections: 13
Vehicle Unlocks: 21
Crash Investigations: 12
Public Assists: 327
Assist other Agency: 115
Crimes Against Persons Report: 10
Crimes Against Property Report: 13
Other Reports: 21
Arrests: 21
Warrants: 3
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges: 11
Crimes Against Persons Charges: 9
Crimes Against Property Charges: 1
Other Charges: 8
Animal Calls: 50
Total Calls for Service: 1636
*Total Calls for Service for the year: 6291

Training:

• Canine and SERT training were attended by members earlier this month. All other monthly group training was postponed.  (8 hours)
• Staff completed online training in for Hazard Communications, Crime Scene investigation for Blood Spatter, Infectious Diseases, Blood Warrants, Child Abuse, and COVID-19 online webinars. (100 hours)

Public Relations:

• Worked a couple of high school sporting events at Liberty before school was shut down This is at the school’s request.
• The Citizen Police Academy had one class and then it was cancelled.
• Julie Johnson and Yvonne Warner donated a new box of N95 masks. One mask was provided to each officer working patrol.  Thank you!
• Deb Cannon donated 28 homemade face masks to the department. These can be used for staff if needed, as well as for any patients they come into contact with and are showing symptoms of COVID-19. Another Thank You.
• Several donations of food, donuts, and cookies have been received by the department before the front entrance was closed.

Equipment:

• We installed black-out screens on all of the portable in-car computers to prevent distracted driving. This is for viewing, updating calls or reading and running plates  the vehicles have to be stopped.
• New Computers were ordered for the new PD. Staff will get these set up so once CSS gets their fiber and connectivity installed these machines can be plugged into the city network.
• We purchased some gowns, gloves, and hand sanitizer for all staff members to have easy access to.

Enforcement:

• We responded to a shots fired called at 480 Madison where a business/rental unit was shot. A press release was completed and we are still investigating the shooting. No injuries were reported.
• During this pandemic, we changed our patrol strategies to only a response model for citizen complaints. We also include a response model for incidents that create a substantial risk to public safety.  We have been more visible on foot and bike patrols as well, but have limited our proactive police strategies.  We have seen a dramatic decrease in our calls for service during this time. Overall county wide calls are down 43%.

Department Admin:

• Our unpaid college intern completed his ride-along program for Coe College.
• The EOC was activated and time was spent there by the Chief and at daily briefings.
• Several emergency operations were put into place for the department and a separate updated Standard Operating Procedure for the department was created.
• Several employees were set up to work from home.
• There has been a lot of movement on the new PD construction. The interior has been painted, ceiling tiles are going in, lights, floor and wall tile. We ordered and received computers, TVs, blinds, and weight-room equipment.  More items will be delivered next month.
• Officers were able to go through all records prior to 2010, for records we needed to keep and everything else we could destroy. About 1100 pounds of documents were shredded that were no longer needed.