Police Report for January 2023

Traffic Contacts 292
Parking Contacts 36
Vehicle Inspections 17
Vehicle Unlocks 25
Crash Investigations 23
Public Assists 524
Assist other Agency 127
Crimes Against Persons Report 13
Crimes Against Property Report 13
Other Reports 25
Arrests 24
Warrants 3
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges 11
Crimes Against Persons Charges 7
Crimes Against Property Charges 2
Other Charges 9
Animal Calls 22
Total Calls for Service 1852
*Total Calls for Service for the year 1852

Training:

• Members attended monthly Canine, Bomb Squad, &Tactical Team, (56 hours)
• Two members attended quarterly honor guard training (16 hours)
• Three members attended a free 2 hour online training for Animal Crime Investigations, 4^th Amendment and Iowa’s Cruelty Code for law enforcement officers hosted by the Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control unit (6 hours)
• All officers attended the two-day Multi-Agency Training Seminars (MATS) in Johnson County. Topics included legal update, officer wellness, De-Escalation, Implicit Bias, Search and Rescue, Drone Operations, cybercrimes unit, CPR, Dementia Training and Guidelink Referrals. This handles some of our mandatory training. The remainder of the mandatory training will be conducted online (168 hours)
• 2 Supervisors addended UCR and NIBRS reporting training and got their certification. (24 hours)
• One Supervisor attended Police Pursuits and Legal Liabilities from Dolan Consulting Group. (2 hours)
• A Lieutenant attended a webinar on absenteeism and tracking through VanMeter and Associates. (3 hours)
• Command Staff and ALICE instructors attended a free 4-hour online class through the US Secret Service on Mass Attacks in Public Spaces 2016-2020 (12 hours)
• Chief attended a 5-hour online class for Sup-HER-visor leadership principles for females in law enforcement from Target Solutions (5 hours).

Public Relations:

• Officer Davis attended the Fire and Ice/ Beat the Bitter celebration at the park. He handed out several ice skates and was our representative during the night.
• We continue to work several sporting events at the request of the schools and CVPD for the event center. The hours worked are billed to the requester and reimbursed back to the city.
• The Chief attended the opening night of the Citizen Police academy and welcomed the 16 participants to the program. The academy runs for 10 weeks, and Lt Rueben Ross has been representing NLPD at each session.
• Bryan Davis attended a meeting for Safety Village and what they will look like for 2023. Sounds like the group is planning for a complete overhaul.
• Bryan Davis also represented NLPD at the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Committee. We are looking at what a diversion program would look like for all simple misdemeanor charges and not just disorderly conduct for persons under the age of 18.  This group is coordinating an MOU with Juvenile Court services, all local law enforcement agencies, and the county attorney’s office.

Equipment:

• We continue to have breakers trip for our HVAC until. Lt Landsgard and Johnson Controls continue to try to figure out why the system stops working at certain times. We are noticing it is usually on the days that are the coldest.
• The patrol commander reviewed the 2022 fuel consumption for the patrol cars. We made an conscious efforts to reduce the cost because of the high fuel cost and efficiency to include, additional use of the bike patrol, two officer cars when shifts were at full strength, foot patrols, and reduced the idle alert times on the vehicles. We used 922.2 less gallons in 2022 than 2021.

Enforcement/Crime:

• We received reports of some teens and young adults falling for an online scam, thinking they were talking to an interested person. The “person” would flirt with the victims then ask for nude pictures of the individual. If the individual complied, the requester would demand payment of $1500 or $2000 or they would send to all their family and friends. Two individuals paid money to prevent the disclosure.
• To review any criminal complaints for the month List of Criminal Complaints | Johnson County Iowa or see North Liberty Calls for service go to Joint Emergency Communications Center (jecc-ema.org)

Department Admin:

• We are continuing the hiring process for police officers by having them take the written test and the MMPI test. We had a Coralville Officer back out of an accepted conditional job offer. Fortunately, a certified officer with 3 years’ experience from the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office contacted us saying that he was interested in our department. He came in for an interview and was given a conditional offer. He accepted the offer and is scheduled to begin next month. Several interested applicants also have been invited to ride along with officers.  After this hire from Clarke County, we have one backfill position available from the January promotional process to bring our total sworn officer count to 25.
• Sergeant Wood and Lieutenant Ross, along with their families, attended the promotional and badge pinning ceremony. This was the first time the department celebrated promotions with department members and family.
• A senior high school student, interested in law enforcement, completed a voluntary internship.
• Chief attended several meetings for the local police chiefs’ meetings, JFACT-ICAC meeting, JFACT and JCDTF joint meeting, ILEA council meeting, and Guidelink advisory board meeting. Met with the new Johnson County Attorney one on one to for future planning and expectations. Met with newly elected Iowa Attorney General Bird for her needs, expectations, and services we can provided to victims throughout the state.
• Several Supervisors completed staff evaluations for their employees for 2022.
• Our Mental health Liaison continues to work and gather clients and resources to share. She has been provided a dispatch radio and can be dispatched to a scene at the officers’ requests. She assisted us on several cases this month in North Liberty.