Police Report for May 2023

Traffic Contacts 393
Parking Contacts 64
Vehicle Inspections 15
Vehicle Unlocks 14
Crash Investigations 32
Public Assists 556
Assist other Agency 123
Crimes Against Persons Report 11
Crimes Against Property Report 20
Other Reports 32
Arrests 28
Warrants 2
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges 13
Crimes Against Persons Charges 7
Crimes Against Property Charges 3
Other Charges 13
Animal Calls 45
Total Calls for Service 2462
*Total Calls for Service for the year 10380

Training:

• Members attended monthly Canine, Tactical Team, and Honor Guard Training (56 hours)
• One of our new hires, Jeff McVey attended a weeklong Community Intervention Techniques (CIT) that was designed specifically for Johnson County and our services. This is a departmental requirement for all new hires. (40 hours)
• All officers completed bi-annual firearm/range and annual Defensive Tactic training at the CR Police Range. (276 hours)
• Jordan Gallagher attended a defensive tactics instructor training course at ILEA. (40 hours)
• The Chief and the two Lieutenants attended the Iowa Police Chief’s Conference in Coralville. (78 hours)
• Officer Spence Madole attended training in West Des Moines for a Course titled “Leading without Rank” hosted by the FBI. (8 hours)
• Investigator Gallagher attended the “New Investigator” training at Camp Dodge (40 hours).
• Investigator Gallagher attended a course on Animal Cruelty and Fighting Investigations (8 hours) in Davenport.
• Admin Lieutenant, Rueben Ross attended an online training for Supervising a Drug Unit, since he oversees the Drug Task Force Officer (3 hours).
• The cybercrimes investigator continues to work towards his certification to meet the requirements for Crimes against Children forensics investigations (120 hours). This is estimated to be a 5-month process to get his certification.
• The Chief attended a training session on High Risk/Liability courses through ICAP. Since we are not members of ICAP, this is provided as partners with the Iowa Police Chief’s Association membership. (1 hour)

Public Relations:

• Our community outreach officer, Jordan Gallagher assisted with instructing the Johnson County CIT weeklong training at Grace Community Church. He will represent NLPD at this training moving forward.
• We hosted 3^rd graders from Christine Grant Elementary and 2^nd graders from Garner Elementary for a PD tour.
• Officers attended the Remarkable Rigs event to provide patrol car tours as well as attended the Playground Crawl.
• Liberty HS requested two officers to work prom and after prom party.
• Officers were requested to work traffic for a half marathon in town.
• Bike officers worked at the Spokes and Scoops bike ride event and with the bike rodeo at the rec center.
• Lt Rueben Ross taught ALICE and Active Shooter Survival Skills to the staff at Montessori School. He also held a planning session for teaching at Centro.

Equipment:

• Discovered the gate was not operational and followed up with the contractors as to why the power and data lines were cut. It has since been fixed and it is back in operation.
• Reconfiguration and reconstruction of the parking lot was completed. This was necessary for the work being done on the City Hall Project.

Enforcement/Crime:

• Officers located and charged an adult from Holiday Mobile Home Court for the graffiti that turned up earlier in the month around town.
• Worked on several traffic enforcement projects in town for complaints of speeding, running stop signs, and the Click It or Ticket GTSB campaign.
• 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:

• New hire, Zachary Jirak is starting his ILEA training May 1^st and will return August 18
• Chief assisted with hiring interviews for the Johnson County Community Violence Director position. Once this person is selected, we will start a weekly book review of Bleeding Out from each member of the executive board.
• Patrol Lieutenant was asked to assist with the promotional interview for Sergeant and Lieutenant positions at Coralville Police Department.
• NLPD was represented at the Juvenile Diversion program, and School Board Substance Abuse Program committee meetings.
• One high school intern and a college Intern have started unpaid summer internships with the department.
• The records department continues to compile and work on the 2022 annual report. Like last year, it is in a magazine style format.
• Looking at possibly hiring a second Mental Health Liaison and having discussions with the region on what this would look like. Kieonna continues to stay busy in North Liberty with several follow-up calls each month.
• Continue to work on the UTV ordinance with staff and the UTV club. This should be ready next month for further review.
• The Chief attended the ILEA council meeting and had a representative attend the Chief’s meeting and joint/special teams meeting with all administrators for Johnson County and the County Attorney’s Office. This includes the DTF, Bomb Squad, Dive team, and Cybercrimes (JFACT).
• During the month we had a meeting with UAY directors on programs, diversion, and services they can provide families. The Chief also attended the Executive Board Meeting for the Iowa Police Chief’s Association and the general membership meeting to provide the membership updates about ILEA.
• Lt Ross Represented NLPD with the Kirkwood Criminal Justice Advisory Annual Meeting to discuss issues and curriculum needs of area law enforcement.
• We were awarded another GTSB traffic enforcement Grant for $20,200. This is for overtime enforcement and for Radar and PBT.