January 20, 2015

David J. Bauer

Chief of Police

RE:October-December, 2014, Quarterly Report – 4th - Police

Dear Mayor and Council Members,

Quarterly 2014– This document represents the 4th quarter report for 2014.

Personnel – The department had several personnel changes and challenges in the 4th quarter of 2014. The confidential secretary position was vacant for approximately 2 months during this period. The position was covered with a LTE, Kay Guzzle, which was approved by the council. On November 5, Sgt. David Bauer was promoted to Chief of Police and assumed the responsibilities of the position vacated through the retirement of David Kieffer. This position was also covered by Lt. Pope who was performing as Acting Police Chief until the appointment of Sgt. Bauer. On December 22, a conditional offer was made and accepted by Officer Joshua Rider to the position of full time police officer. This position became vacant by Sgt. Bauer’s promotion and begins on January 5, 2015. The number of active “Casual” part-time officers is two. We did not fill the vacant road position through the end of the year which caused some scheduling shortages. These were filled using a process, in compliance with our existing contract agreement and scheduling policy. The PFC is in a continuous process of establishing an eligibility pool for both part-time and full-time, Officer hiring. The Sergeant promotional process is ongoing.

Community Resource Officer – Officer Oellerich was assigned to the School District during this period and continues his assignment as Resource Officer through the end of the school year 2014-2015. The position will continue into the 2015-2016 school year with a new assignment.

Budget –Ongoing and existing grants include Protective Vest purchasing, (50%) reimbursement. Our award of 4K for Highway Safety grant and a radio replacement grant has been dedicated to the purchase of portable radios to replace existing radios that are experiencing issues. The bills for 2014 are not all included but we anticipate finishing 2014 over our projected revenues and under our projected budget. As a demonstrative point, the department collected nearly double the revenue from parking citations in the 4th quarter of 2014 as it did in 4th quarter of 2013. We continue to review efficiencies in both the services we purchase and the services we provide.

Bargaining Unit issues – There are no current bargaining unit issues or negotiations.

Training – Our department continues to plan for its officers to train and our department needs include: specialized, knowledge based and skill based competencies. All sworn Officers re-certifications for 2013-2014 are complete. Training records (T&S) are now web-based tracking, and weare working on Officers re-certifications for 2014-2015 training cycle.

Investigations – The Police continue to give preference and priority to investigate crimes related to crimes affecting persons and specific death matters, domestic violence and drug related criminal activity. We continue to enforce, educate and target unlawful drug violations, both locally and with the Richland Iowa Grant Drug Task Force. Reporting information is encouraged and known as a key strategic component of addressing drug issues.We had a vacancy in this position during the 4th quarter, due to Sgt. Bauer’s promotion. We had several officers respond to drug related events and will make an assignment in 2015.

Administrative – We continue our plan to review and develop department policy to include Officer involved deaths and animal control. We implemented forms and procedures to notify rental property owners of issues occurring on their properties. A 2015 squad car was ordered with the anticipated delivery in 2015 (per 2015 budget). We updated the department computer server and technology infrastructure (per 2014 budget). We would seek to update the department phone system, windows and parking apronin 2015 with anticipated carryover of 2014 budget. This telephone project was identified in the 2015 budget as a need, but had not been included in the budget request. We continue to review trends in our calls for service to make adjustments in scheduling and to build a high level of public trust while providing efficient police service.

I have attached a comparison report that shows the calls for service for the 4th quarter. I have included in the report the totals by category for the same quarter in 2013 as well as the yearly totals for 2013 and 2014. There were drops in the criminal and service calls but increased numbers for traffic municipal and assist calls. While our response to calls that are criminal in nature dropped 5.45%; our overall calls for service increased 5.74% over the same quarter last year.

Respectfully,

David J. Bauer

David J. Bauer