Police Report for August 2022

Traffic Contacts 350
Parking Contacts 13
Vehicle Inspections 22
Vehicle Unlocks 21
Crash Investigations 23
Public Assists 431
Assist other Agency 139
Crimes Against Persons Report 6
Crimes Against Property Report 7
Other Reports 23
Arrests 22
Warrants 7
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges 11
Crimes Against Persons Charges 5
Crimes Against Property Charges 0
Other Charges 19
Animal Calls 59
Total Calls for Service 1909
*Total Calls for Service for the year 15118

Training:

• Members attended monthly Canine, Bomb Squad, Tactical Team, and Dive team (64 hours)
• Two members attend quarterly Honor Guard Training (16 hours)
• Our combat medic instructor taught the joint tactical team emergent care and ran drills at a training (8 hours)
• The Community Outreach officer completed training at the JECC for a countywide Project Lifesavers opportunity. This is a countywide project to help track individuals that may wander off. Individuals will be referred to the program by their family member(s). (20 hours)
• One officer attended the Firearms Instructor Certification school and Open Site Rifle Instructor school at ILEA (80 hours)
• Two officers went to Glock armorer recertification in Moline, Illinois. (16 hours)
• Chief and Lt attended the US Supreme Court Legal update and impact on law enforcement by Daigle Law Firm. (4 hours)

Public Relations:

• Officers stopped in at the parks for the Summer Send-Off celebration to interact and hand out stickers to the children.
• Cop on a Rooftop event took place at Dunkin Donuts. The proceeds go to the Special Olympics and several officers worked the event.
• Several NLPD officers participated in a kickball tournament for the Salute to Summer event The team made it to third place overall.
• For the firsts couple of days of school, officers made sure they were visible at the pickup and drop off locations and at the bus stops.
• Several officers taught Active Shooter response drills to 5 area schools that requested the training.
• 5 child safety seat inspections were completed.
• One of our Honor Guard members went with the County team to Des Moines to post colors for the two Iowa Law Enforcement Academy graduations.

Equipment:

• We have been experiencing several HVAC failures with both the hardware and software components of our system. This has resulted in several emergency service calls due to the weather being very hot and the air conditioning not working at all. Several quotes were collected to find a reliable service contractor to maintain and check the system quarterly.
• We received our virtual reality simulator and will have customized training from the manufacturer next month.

Enforcement/Crime:

• In conjunction with other agencies, several officers worked special daytime and nighttime traffic enforcement projects to satisfy conditions of our Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) grant.

Department Admin:

• We hosted and participated in interviews for the law enforcement mental health liaison position. Other participants included Coralville PD, Johnson County Sheriff, and CommUnity Health. There were four candidates who were chosen for interviews and a hiring decision should be made soon. The council approved the agreement to start this position.
• Our college interns finished up their summer intern projects.
• Chief attended several meetings for our area investigators, the Iowa Law Enforcement Council Meeting, local chief’s meeting, and several Guidelink meetings.
• We continue to accept applications for the police officer position. We will be interviewing certified officers next month.
• Submitted the Federal and Treasury Audit Report for drug task force, forfeited funds (zero funds were received last year) to the Federal Government. We passed and are in compliance for another year.