ADMINISTRATION and TRAINING

Most of the officers and administrative staff attended CPR/First Aid training put on by Alice Busch from Sandy Fire.  The class was fun and informative.  Ms. Busch did a great job!   We were lined up in the hallway doing CPR in unison!

The administrative staff also attended training on Laserfiche to learn the new tools provided with the upgraded software.

Diane Reed and Chief Yamashtia attended a meeting regarding municipal court and internal controls for better auditing and accounting practices.

PATROL

As you know, we arrested four subjects after they completed a series of drive by shootings of car windows.  There were 44 victims in all with a total property loss well into the thousands.

CODE ENFORCEMENT

Reserve Code Enforcement Officer Andrew Brett is doing a great job.  He volunteered 27 hours to the City of Sandy in January.

Code Enforcement Officer Moody stayed busy in January writing four tickets, conducting three contractor inspections, taking 19 code complaints and clearing 27 old complaints.

He and Andrew Brett walked the entire Tickle Creek trail looking for dogs off leash, finding none.

Officer Moody also attended the Gang Task Force Meeting for the SPD.  He remains active due to his involvement and follow-up on the graffiti cases that we get around town.

INVESTIGATIONS

Det. Bickle closed several cases in January, including the house fire on Wewer Street, which was deemed an accidental fire.  He is working on several criminal mistreatment cases including the assault of a patient in a nursing home by a staff member.  He is working on background checks for seven new potential reserve applicants, which we hope to add to the staff by April of this year.

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER

Officer Way was busy at the schools this month.  He had had approximately 17 people (teachers, students and parents) contact him seeking advice or referrals.  He also processed 37 background checks for the school district.

He investigated a possible threat with a knife that occurred on a school bus.  After an investigation, he was able to determine that the student did have a folding pocketknife, but the student was just “showing it off” and not threatening anyone.  The student was disciplined, through the school, for his actions.

He was contacted by a parent of a student who had been involved in a fight at school.  The parent wished to pursue criminal charges against the other student.  During his investigation, he discovered the issue between the students began from one of the students commenting about the others boyfriend on Facebook.  Things escalated to the point of a physical fight between the girls.  Nobody was injured during the confrontation, but due to the physical contact, the student who initiated the contact was charged with harassment.

He also dealt several times with a student that kept running away from home, but would show up at school. After attempts to work out something between the child and the parents we involved DHS and the case was turned over to them.

He also responded to a trespass, hit and run and property damage calls this month.

He is doing a good job and the school administration continues to be very happy with Kevin as the SRO.