On June 2, 2015, Chief Yamashita covered the front desk at the police department so Records Manager Diane Reed and staff could attend additional RegJIN training.

RegJIN is presenting some challenges but staff is doing well mastering the complicated software. It has already proven useful being tied to other agencies and we have solved a couple of crimes because of our ability to read other agency reports.

Chief Yamashita attend the ribbon cutting for the new Down Town Broadway Street improvements on June 5th. If you haven’t seen the changes to the Estacada down town, swing by and have some lavender lemon aid at The Mason Jar.

Sergeant Roberts and Chief Yamashita attended at table top exercise at the Sandy High School on June 8, 2015. We worked with emergency response teams from every school in the district covering different scenarios. After the table top, we did a hands on exercise of the OTSD Reunification plan.

On June 17th the Community Center, thanks to the help of Sarah Richardson, the SPD put on a self-defense course for mothers and daughters.

On June 19th several council members along with SPD staff conducted testing for a new police officer. We had several great candidates. The evaluation teams were wonderful and helped pick out a great fit for our department. More to come as we get through the process and swearing in.

Towards the end of June a lot of time was spent by staff making plans and getting ready for the upcoming 4th of July fireworks and Mt. Festival/Parade.

On June 25th, Chief Yamashita attended a meeting regarding dam failures along the Clackamas River. The meeting was a discussion on the dam structures, water dis-placement, timing of a flood should their be a failure and evacuation measures. This is pertinent mainly because of our roll in Estacada. We will be having meetings in the next few months to address the same issues and develop plans for failures along the Sandy River. Again, no failures are noted, we are just planning ahead.