Policing in the Virtual World:

The Sandy Police Department is officially “Virtual”, at least our Grand Jury Testimony is virtual.  On Friday, December 14, 2012 we held our first “Facetime”  Virtual Grand Jury.  It took exactly 6 minutes from beginning to end.  No more driving to Oregon City and waiting for 20 to 60 minutes to testify and then driving back to Sandy.  We just come in, sign on and wait for their call at an appointed time. The entire Grand Jury can see us and we can see everyone and the entire Grand Jury Room.  It worked beautifully!

 Clackamas Town Center Shooting:

The Sandy PD had a small role in helping with the shooting at the mall.  Officer Way was nearby at a class, heard the call, and responded to the scene.  He was tasked with providing security for the medical staging area, and was there when they brought out victims.  He did a great job.  The rest of us that were on duty responded by back filling the county and taking calls from Damascus, Boring, Estacada, and on up to Timberline.  We lucked out as the call load was low and we were able to manage the workload.  We did call in a few extra officers to help out.

School Security:

In response to the Sandy Hook Elementary school tragedy, we have been working with Oregon Trail School District in ensuring the safety of the students.  Officers were assigned extra patrol at the schools (Sandy HS, Sandy Elementary, Cedar Ridge MS and Firwood Elementary).  We have been in close contact with OTSD and have scheduled additional training and exercises for both the OTSD and SPD staff.   We have been participating in exercises, training and planning for the last several years and want to make sure we are as ready as possible while praying the need never arises.