Administration

Sgt. Roberts had knee surgery and will be coming back to full duty next week.  He has been working light duty and getting many administrative projects done.

Sgt Burns hurt his back on the job and his been on light duty for about 6 weeks. He will continue on light duty for another 4 to 8 weeks, but is progressing nicely.  Again, he has been working evidence and other administrative projects, several of which are part of the accreditation process.

I met with the Community Coalition Group and have been working on some projects for them.  If you check out Facebook, you will see a posting announcing the “Strengthening Families Program.”

I have been working with our dispatch center on their budget and their budgets impact on the City.  For several years, the cost of equipment and software upgrades have been deferred.  Our hardware is at life end and parts are no longer available.  The software is also at its life end and the vendor will no longer support it after 2013.  Because no money has been set aside in the past, and due to other costs that were deferred, the SPD is looking at a 23.34 percent rate increase for the 2012/2013 budget cycle.  This along with the passing of SB 1559 may negatively affect our budget by as much as $80,000. 

Patrol

The patrol staff has made several marijuana seizures.  In one seizure, they recovered over 6 oz of marijuana.  While this may not sound like a lot, if you consider how many dry leaves and buds it takes to make 6 oz, you can see it is a good quantity.

Even with the recent bad weather, traffic accidents have been few.  Most have been out of town in the county and we have lent a hand with those.

Investigations

Det. Bickle continues to work on the background checks of our reserve applicants and should have those complete by the end of the month.  The applicants will then move on to a psychological exam and medical. 

He cleared several DHS referrals most of which were unfounded for abuse. 

We took a report of a rape that occurred approx. 2 years ago.  He is following up on that case; however, there seem to be few leads at this time.

An arrest was made and confession obtained from a suspect that had forged and passed stolen checks.

He is also following up on a few leads regarding the sales of illicit substances at a local address.

School Resource Officer

Officer Way was named the 2012 Officer of the Year at the Elks Club inGreshamonSaturday March 10, 2012.  He and his son helped at an accident scene near his home.  A jeep with three teens crashed, rolled and two of the kids were ejected from the vehicle.  Way and his family happened on the scene.  Way and his sonTaylorapplied “C-Spine” traction first aid and assisted in the care of the patients untilEMScould arrive.  We are very proud ofOfficer Way!  He not only takes care of our community on duty, but off duty as well. 

He has had a rather busy month at the schools.  A minor altercation between two students escalated to the point where one of the students stabbed another with a screwdriver.  Luckily, the injury was minor and the school and parents decided to handle the incident without further police involvement.

He counseled or assisted approx. 26 staff and students with various needs and responded to several other calls.  He continues to work traffic enforcement around the school before and after school as well as during the lunch period.

Code Enforcement

Code Enforcement Officer Moody wrote 11 code violations tickets this month.  He received 32 new complaints and cleared 41 pending complaints.  He checked contractor licenses on three separate worksites.  He also handled several animal neglect calls, none of which was valid complaints, luckily for the animals.  He also continues to deploy the radar trailer as needed.

Evidence

Yes, a new category under our monthly report.  Evidence Room.  For the month of February, we took in 80 pieces of evidence.  Year to date intake total is 157.

Juli Smith made two trips to Crime Lab and will be going about every other week.

The Property Room transferred $1,119.00 cash to the City from sales of unclaimed property and another $16.77 was received from PropertyRoom.com for a total of $1,135.77

The Property Room high-density storage shelves were photographed for the Datum Company who manufactures them.  This was at no cost and the PD will be provided with a CD of the photos should we ever wish to use them on a website or in a publication. Datum hired a photographer to take the photos for their use in future sales and promotions.