Quarterly Report - Second Quarter - 2006
TO:
Kenneth D. Krombeen, City Manager
FROM:
Vernon L. Snyder, Chief of Police
SUBJECT:
Quarterly Report - Second Quarter
DATE:
August 9, 2006
Listed
below is a review of some police activities for the second quarter
of 2006; the months of April, May, and June.
COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATED
2006
2005
2004
Homicide & Attempts 0 0 1
Criminal Sexual Conduct 6 5 2
Robbery 2 1 1
Arson 1 0 0
Breaking & Entering 13 21 9
Larceny
103
87
81
Retail
Fraud
116
109
137
Auto
Theft
8
4
7
Forgery
2
0
2
Insufficient
Funds Checks
1
2
1
Embezzlement
4
3
7
Violation
of Controlled Substance
21
31
14
Malicious
Destruction of Property
31
38
29
Assaults:
Felonious
0
3
3
Simple
13
20
28
Stalking
5
2
3
Domestic
Assault
23
23
17
Total Assaults
41
48
51
Suicide & Attempts
7
6
12
Medical Emergency
Calls
92
107
140
Alcohol Violations:
Minors in Possession
19
9
14
O.U.I.L.
30
51
53
Open Container in Vehicle
5
7
8
Total Liquor Violations
54
67
75
Accidents:
Property Damage
139
137
200
Personal Injury
37
26
53
Hit and Run
39
36
40
Fatalities
0
0
0
Total Accidents
215
199
293
PERFORMANCE REPORT
2006
2005
2004
Traffic:
Traffic Summons Issued
569
862 1,021
Verbal Warnings
770
1,053
1,086
Motorist Assists
69
92
129
Totals
1,408
2,007
2,236
Parking Tickets Issued
51
80
40
Calls
for Service
2,019
2,111
2,435
Civil
Complaints Answered
73
60
57
Property
Checks
394
825
2,254
CRIME
INFORMATION:
Once again,
most of the crime statistics reflect relatively stable levels of
activity. Breaking
and entering offenses were down again for the quarter and
significantly down for the year to date.
Larceny and retail fraud are up slightly for the quarter but
relatively stable for the year to date.
Many of the more serious categories involve numbers of
offenses in the single digits and relatively minor increases or
decreases may look significant when stated in percentages.
STAFFING:
Rory
Allen, our most recently hired police officer, resigned from the
department to return to the Wyoming Police Department.
He had been laid off due to budget issues and was offered his
old position back.
With the new Grandville budget eliminating two sworn
positions effective January 1, 2007, the open position caused by his
departure has not been filled.
At the same time, Clerk/Dispatcher Corey Guigelaar left the
department accepting a position as a dispatcher with the Grand
Rapids Community College Police Department.
This leaves the department with three full time
Clerk/Dispatchers.
It is inappropriate to fill the two vacant Clerk/Dispatcher
positions with the upcoming transition of dispatch service with the
City of
Wyoming
. Several
of the officers have been trained to work as dispatchers to help
fill the staffing need for 24/7 dispatch services.
The 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. shift has been eliminated
temporarily and the two officers formerly assigned to that shift
have been assigned to the night shift.
Officers working during the day hours in assignments such as
Community Policing, Detective Unit, and Support Services Unit have
been assigned to work the road when staffing has been short.
This allows on-duty patrol officers to be assigned as needed
as dispatchers, helping to reduce somewhat the overtime necessary to
staff the dispatch center.
The department will continue to face staffing challenges in
the dispatch office from now until the transfer of dispatch
responsibilities to the City of
Wyoming
.
TRAFFIC:
Traffic
enforcement, which is primarily a self initiated activity during the
times officers are not on calls, has decreased during the quarter.
This is due in great part to the staffing demands placed on
personnel due to losing one patrol officer and regularly assigning
officers to help out in dispatch.
At the same time, accidents reported to the department, while
up slightly for the quarter compared to last year, are down
significantly year to date compared to last year which was the
lowest since 1994.
The
department continued to participate in the Office of Highway Safety
Planning (OHSP) traffic enforcement events.
These projects include both the drunk driving and seat belt
enforcement efforts, as well as the intersection safety project.
That project started at the Grandville Police Department and
is now a statewide event.
For
the past several years, the
Grandville
High School
,
Jenison
High School
, and
Hudsonville
High School
have held a week long seat belt challenge.
The week includes several events at the schools and a survey
of seat belt compliance by students.
This year,
Grandville
High School
won the challenge with 98% compliance by the students.
COLLABORATIVE
EFFORTS:
The
department has been very involved in the design and implementation
of a number of collaborative efforts with other area departments.
On June 8, 2006, Mayor Jim Buck and I had the privilege to
announce a number of the projects at the Annual Growing Communities
Conference – Prospering Through Partnerships, sponsored by the
Grand Valley Metropolitan Council.
The
collaborative projects include the East Grand Rapids Department of
Public Safety, Grandville Police Department,
Grand Rapids Police Department
,
Kent
County Sheriff Department,
Kentwood Police Department
,
Michigan
State Police Department, Walker Police Department, and the Wyoming
Police Department. The
implementation of a Kent Metropolitan Area Cold Case Team and a
Metropolitan Fraud and Identity Theft Team is anticipated for the
end of the summer. These
teams will involve investigators from the participating departments
working together as teams on common problems.
The Metropolitan Area Major Case Task Force will also be
formed by an agreement between the departments.
That team will be activated in response to either a single
serious criminal incident or a pattern of incidents occurring across
jurisdictional lines. An
increase in the existing grant funding the Combined Auto Theft Team
which includes investigators from Grand Rapids, Wyoming, and
Kentwood, will be requested to add an investigator from the Kent
County Sheriff Department with the intent of investigating all
stolen vehicles in the metropolitan area.
The departments are also working together to create a
collaborative crime analysis unit to track offenses across the
metropolitan area to more effectively investigate serious criminal
offenses occurring in multiple jurisdictions.
The
Grandville Police Department has also partnered with the Walker
Police Department in addressing security issues for the 59th
District Court which serves both cities.
With the elimination of the Support Services Sergeant
position in the budget effective January 1, 2007, it was going to be
necessary to provide a second officer on busy court days for
prisoner transport and court appearances.
Walker
was currently only using one officer and having a difficult time on
busy days. In working
together, each department now furnishes one officer on Monday in
Grandville and on
Tuesday in
Walker
. Those are the busiest
court days for the two cities and the two officers provide increased
staffing for prisoner transport and courtroom security.
Both cities are now using Kent County Sheriff Department
personnel to provide prisoner transport and security for felony
court appearances.
COMMUNITY
POLICING:
Once again
this year, the Grandville Community Policing officers worked with
officers from other area departments to put on the Metro High School
Police Academy. The one
week school is held at
Grandville
High School
and provides area high school juniors and seniors with the
opportunity to gain insight into a possible career in law
enforcement. The academy
provides a wonderful opportunity for the students to get to know
police officers on a more personal level.
Community
Policing officers assisted the 59th District Court
Probation staff with several clean up projects during the quarter
including the clean up of Indian Mounds and I-196 through the City.
This project provides offenders with a way to pay back the
community for minor criminal offenses without the high cost of
incarceration.
Community
Policing officers assisted with the luncheon at the Outback again
this year. The
funds raised at that event were used to help sponsor the July 4
fireworks.
Respectfully Submitted,
Vernon
L. Snyder,
Chief
of Police
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