Administration

We have spent most of the month gearing up and planning for a busy July.   In addition to planning for the future we had a busy June.

On the:

June 3rd – we conducted tours of the SPD for approx. 60 Firwood Elementary school students.

June 4th – staff meeting were several officers received letters from the public thanking them for their efforts.

June 5th – we worked with folks from Hood to Coast to take care of the details concerning the new route change – The course will go down Bluff and the exchange will be at the Sandy HS.

June 10th – Chief Yamashita represented the Oregon Chief’s of Police Association at a local board meeting.

June 16th – we met with the MT Hood Athletic Club to workout details for the Mt. Madness run that will occur Saturday of Mt. Festival.

June 19th – Chief Yamashita was the guest speaker at the Estacada Chamber Lunch – We discussed marijuana issues.

Chief Yamashita also taught a woman’s self defense class at the community center.

We rolled out the first of the new cars for patrol use.  The process for getting all the installation done has been tough, but Sgt. Roberts is working hard on the project and make great progress.  We have been labeled as the agency to go to for information on product selection and installation.  Chief Yamashita even requested information from another chief in Ohio.

Sandy Lopez is working as a part time contract person to scan and log all of our remaining paper reports.  We have about 10 years worth of old reports (circa 70’s 80’s) that are in storage at the shops.  We have been increasingly concerned about damage and loss of the records due to accident or weather related incident.  Having them scanned will also make them much easier to find, sort and search.  She will only be working for a few months.

Beginning June 2nd, the business office began closing on Friday’s.  So far so good, but we continue to monitor the needs of our citizens and other city departments.  We have not gotten any complaints but stand ready to change the office scheduling if needed.

Code Enforcement

Code Enforcement Officer Moody has been really busy.  A lost of his activity has been spent trying to get folks to clean up lots and properties before Mt. Festival.  He took in 53 new code violation complaints and closed out 55. He wrote 31 reports and issued 11 tickets.  He also took four dogs to the county shelter after being unable to find owners.

Evidence/Property