Police report for March 2017
Traffic Contacts: 521
Parking Contacts: 77
Vehicle Inspections: 34
Vehicle Unlocks: 35
Crash Investigations: 16
Public Assists: 343
Assist Other Agency: 96
Crimes Against Persons Report: 13
Crimes Against Property Report: 36
Other Reports: 39
Arrests: 37
Warrants: 8
Alcohol/Narcotics Charges: 21
Crimes Against Persons Charges: 5
Crimes Against Property Charges: 2
Other Charges: 15
Animal Calls: 29
Total Calls for Service: 1953
*Total Calls for Service for the year: 5655
Training:
• 2 Officers attended tactical medical training in Davenport. (16 hours)
• Officer attended monthly dive and bomb squad training (24 hours).
• 4 Officers attended the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) in Johnson County at St Patrick’s Church. The plan will be for all officers in Johnson County to attend this training. (160 hours).
• Chief Venenga attended 8 hours of training in Des Moines on lessons learned from the recent Line of Duty Deaths. (8 hours)
• We cost shared with our newest police chaplain to send him to training in Newton. The presenters are from the International Association of Police Chaplain. (16 hours)
• The investigator attended 3 days of training on Social media and open sources investigations in Cedar Rapids. (24 hours)
• Two officers attended Federal Grant funded training for Patrol Officers Response to Drugs at Camp Dodge in Johnson, Iowa. (64 hours)
• An Officer attended the Iowa Narcotics Officer Conference in Polk County and received training on several different drug enforcement topics. (24 hours).
• We also hosted Salvage Vehicle Inspector Training for the Iowa DOT. 2 Officers attended the training and were re-certified in the state. (6 hours)
• The Lieutenant and Investigator attended training on human trafficking (16 hours)
Public Relations:
• Officers helped out with the annual NL optimist Pancake breakfast. They also collected donations for the NLPD K-9 program.
• Officers attended the new business open house for the DiVentures.
• An officer read Dr. Seuss books and conducted classes on Leadership and Bullying for elementary and junior high students. Several officers also attended the Dudes and Donuts before school program at North Bend.
• Planning continues for Safety Village that will happen in June. To register please go to the city website to complete the brochure. This is for kids 5 and under to learn more about safety tips for home, school and public areas.
• 2 Child Car Seat Safety Checks were completed by the technician.
• Three department members attended the Good Neighbor meeting to discuss the potential for a new PD project and to get feedback from the community. The support for the project has been positive.
• NL optimist donated $5000 to the K-9 fund. As of right now, we are at $52,690 raised for the program. We are over halfway to reaching our goal of $80K.
Equipment:
• We ordered two Trek Police Bikes from the company. An employee was previously employed there and got a great deal on them. These will be in addition to the two we currently utilize.
• We are replacing 5 older Tasers because they are outside of the manufacturer’s warranty.
Enforcement:
• Officers worked special traffic enforcement projects through the GTSB grant mainly on weekends and for St. Patty’s Day.
• Officers received 2 reports of criminal mischief in the area of Alydar for slashed vehicle tires.
• Officers responded to 3 reports of doors kicked in on Copeland and E. Jefferson. The cases are still under investigation and nothing was reported as missing.
Department Admin:
• We are still compiling the numbers and events for the 2016 annual report. The yearly Uniform Crime Reporting numbers will be reported back to the department shortly.
• We continue to work on new policies from Lexipol. 25 new policies were released this month to all members.
• The Body-Worn Camera grant is ongoing and our policy review with a subject matter expert from the University of Arizona was completed. Once the policy is accepted, the funds will be released to purchase the equipment and software for more cameras and storage options.
• We signed on for Target Solutions. This will be an online training platform and training record management system. It will take a few weeks to build our site and we will train the rest of the department on the use and functions of the software.
• We had several news articles and reports about the size of our current police facility and future building needs of the department.
