Police Report for July 2023

Traffic Contacts 557
Parking Contacts 88
Vehicle Inspections 16
Vehicle Unlocks 24
Crash Investigations 35
Public Assists 541
Assist other Agency 129
Crimes Against Persons Report 12
Crimes Against Property Report 21
Other Reports 45
Arrests 36
Warrants 5
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges 19
Crimes Against Persons Charges 11
Crimes Against Property Charges 4
Other Charges 21
Animal Calls 59
Total Calls for Service 2505
*Total Calls for Service for the year 15237

Training:

• Members attended monthly Canine, Tactical Team, and Honor Guard Training (56 hours)
• Investigator Rockafellow attended the threat assessment conference near Chicago. He is one of our ALICE instructors.(16 hours)
• Investigator/CSO Gallagher attended ALICE instructor training (16 hours)
• New hire Zack Jirak continues his training at ILEA (160 hours)
• All officers completed training on Police & Dog Encounters. It was an hour-long presentation put on by the COPS office and covered officer safety and other options when dealing with dogs. (24 hours)
• Landsgard attended a Commander Leadership course for Leading and Management at ILEA (40 hours)

Public Relations:

• Our community outreach officer, Jordan Gallagher participated in Coralville’s 4^th Fest Parade with other area law enforcement.
• Several officers met with the new Community Violence Intervention Coordinator, Jessica Lang, to learn more about her vision and the intent of the program for Johnson County.
• Several officers worked our booth at Blues and BBQ. They handed out promotional items and assisted the kids with stamping a vehicle.
• Officers stopped at the Ranshaw House Friday Night concert series to hand out stickers and mingle with the public.
• Officer Gallagher, Lt Ross and Chief Venenga are participating in a weekly book study with the Community Violence Intervention members on the Book “Bleeding Out” by Thomas Abt.
• An officer attended a Public Safety/First Responder event at the Montessori School and a story time at the NL Community Library.
• An attorney requested the use of our training room for civil dispositions in an upcoming court case.
• Investigator/CSO Gallagher hosted several PD tours for local daycares.
• Investigator/CSO Gallagher presented information on scams to residents at Keystone Place

Equipment:

• Reviewed and audited the annual use of the three PD copier machines supplied by Marco. Due to the use and the cost, we will be upgrading the copiers, but going from 3 in the building to only 2. This will save us $1368 over the course of a year.
• Two administrative vehicles were purchased.
• We are ordering the in-car equipment for the Patrol Lieutenant’s truck.
• We received two more dynamic entry tools.
• We had a couple major repairs on two of our older vehicles for air conditioning.

Enforcement/Crime:

• From July 1^st through the 5^th, we had 60 calls for service for fireworks which is an increase from last year. Officers issued six (6) citations to people who were shooting them off when the officers arrived.
• Investigator/CSO Gallagher deployed our radar trailers in the Penn construction area as well as two residential neighborhoods in response to speed complaints.
• 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) or you can visit the crime map at LexisNexis® Community Crime Map and type in North Liberty.

Department Admin:

• Our high school Intern completed her 60 hours.
• The records department completed the 2022 annual report and will release it on the website.
• We worked with staff members, city leadership, the city attorney, and the UTV club to get a UTV code change for NL.
• Submitted our Federal Equitable Sharing agreement numbers to the Federal Government for assets we seized in the FY23 fiscal year. We did not seize any federal or treasury funds but did deplete this fund to pay for the Inveris VR training system in October of last year.
• We posted internally for the JFACT position.
• We celebrated being in the NLPD building for 3 years now.
• The Chief attended the Chief’s meeting, Community Violence Executive Board Meeting, Guidelink advisory Board meeting, and weekly book study on Bleeding Out.