Administration – Chief Yamashita

I received a letter from the prosecuting attorney’s office regarding the fatal accident we had several months ago.  As you will recall a gentleman was hit and killed in the area of Beers and Hood Streets.   The officers that worked the case did an outstanding job; providing the DA with what they needed.  The suspect agreed to a plea deal that will require that he spend the next 85 months in prison. The victims family was very satisfied with the outcome.

On the 28th we held a blood drive.  Our goals were for 40 attendees with 27 pints donated.  We had all 40 available slots filled, and we were able to collect 34 pints.

Diane Reed continues to work on the alarm permit program.  Overall most folks are getting the problem resolved with warnings.  One business in town had several violations and refused to get a permit for quite some time.  Fines were issued and the problems are all resolved. Overall alarm calls are down, meeting program goals.

We have a range day planned for our quarterly training and I would like to invite council to come along.  If you are interested please contact Chief Yamashita.  The range is scheduled for Wednesday September 17th.

All of the new police cars are on line and being enjoyed by officers and citizens alike.  We are still getting double takes as the cars move through the streets.  We thank the council for allowing us to update our fleet.

We also are now in compliance with the proper software, utilizing the new Getac Tablets.  They are much better than the laptops and meet the federal requirements for security.

Evidence/Property Room  – Juli Smith

Items Received:              50                                               Year To Date:               486

Items Purged:                   34                                               Year To Date:               233

Total EOQ Items Since Inception 2012:                                                                2,200

Total EOQ Purged:                                                                                                     949

Total EOQ Items In Inventory                                                                                  1251

(Numbers for items received and purged include only cases logged into EvidenceOnQ. Purging  on ClassWeb cases continues but is not included in the count)

Trips to Crime Lab:                                   1

Number of Items Submitted:                 12                 Year To Date:                        73

 Sales:   The Property Room had sales of $75.00 this month.  Yearly sales total $165.00.

• Worked with Lebanon Police Department for the return of property to a citizen visiting our area.
• Initiated a new Drug Scale program for patrol.  Scales turned in on drug cases that have been cleared are being cleaned and issued to officers for use in the field taking rough weights.  First scales given out and 5 officers next in line.
• Took in property that was not accepted by Troutdale PD.  The resident was a Multnomah County citizen.  Was able to return items of value in under 24 hours from receiving it.  Owner was the ex-State Treasurer for the State of Oregon who stated “this restores my faith in humanity”.