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1997 Annual Report


1997 Annual Report
Unit Statistics

1996 1997 DIF.
CANINE UNIT
Number of tracks 179 124 -31%
Building searches 60 26 -57%
Narcotic searches 54 55 +2%
Other searches 14 8 -43%
CHAPLAINCY CORPS
Officer assists 199 203 +2%
Fire Department assists 28 44 +57%
Hours for other activities 253 268 +6%
Citizen assists 146 66 -55%
Transports 231 153 -34%
Volunteer hours 1,046 1,177 +13%
CHECKS AND FRAUD UNIT
Forgery cases investigated 1,641 1,363 -17%
Percentage of forgery cases cleared 43% 58% N/A
Fraud cases investigated 924 957 +4%
Percentage of fraud cases cleared 63% 57% N/A
CRIME ANALYSIS-CRIME STOPPERS
Phone calls received 1029 1,144 +11%
Cases cleared 244 472 +93%
Arrests (custodial & citation) 199 319 +60%
Total dollar recovery (property & narcotics) 256,531 239,694 -7%
Award payments authorized 8,550 14,725 +72%
CRIME PREVENTION
New Neighborhood Watch groups organized 67 45 -33%
Total dwellings in Neighborhood Watch 15,219 15,337 +1%
Number of Business Watch members 480 972 +103%
Crime prevention presentations 726 924 +27%
Number of persons attending presentations 23,242 37,555 +62%
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT
Domestic assault reports N/A 1,282 N/A
Protection order violation reports N/A 333 N/A
Protection order violation arrests N/A 260 N/A
Domestic disturbance calls N/A 4,172 N/A
D.A.R.E. UNIT
LPD D.A.R.E. students 3,000 1,225 -59%
Schools with LPD D.A.R.E. 51 49 -4%
Number of classes taught 134 132 -2%
D.A.R.E. parent sessions 2 2 0
IDENTIFICATION BUREAU
Fingerprint cards received 4645 5121 +10%
Latent prints identified 1038 1295 +25%
Cases involving identified prints 280 308 +10%
Questioned document identifications 809 919 +14%
Cases involving document identifications 182 157 -14%
AFIS hits from latent print entries 77 103 +34%
Prints identified from AFIS hit after knowing suspect 0 429 +400%
INSPECTIONS UNIT
Inspections conducted 21 8 -62%
General orders reviewed 94 95 +1%
General orders rewritten 33 15 -55%
Accreditation standards reviewed 436 368 -16%
1996 1997 Dif.
INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT
Formal complaints investigated 44 42 -5%
Informal complaints investigated 418 424 +1%
Informal inquiries received 84 73 -13%
NARCOTICS UNIT
Cases investigated 456 607 +33%
Felons arrested 141 152 +8%
Misdemeanants arrested 135 287 +113%
Estimated street value of substances seized 475,638 318,460 -33%
Estimated property seized 22,491 51,903 +131%
Estimated total value seized 498,130 370,363 -26%
PERSONNEL/TRAINING UNIT
TRAINING
Total hours of curriculum training 605 559 -8%
Total hours in-service training 50 44 -12%
Total hours of outside schools 2,340 2,495 +7%
Number of persons attending curriculum training 507 575 +13%
PERSONNEL
Total employee turnover 20 37 +85%
Total number of interviews 218 329 +51%
Total positions filled inside the department 27 53 +96%
Total number of police officers hired 8 43 +438%
Total number of applicants for police officer 573 562 -2%
Total promotions 12 8 +33%
Non-commissioned 0 2 +200%
Sergeant 4 3 -25%
Captain 8 2 -75%
Assistant Chief 0 1 +100%
PLANNING UNIT
Projects/plans formulated 38 31 -18%
Surveys conducted 15 12 -20%
Information requests from outside agencies 77 81 +5%
Grants administered 9 8 -11%
Amount of grant money administered 999,166 1,191,000 +19%
POLYGRAPH UNIT
Polygraph tests conducted 131 109 -17%
Case investigations 98 50 -49%
Employment related 33 59 +79%
POLICE GARAGE
Total fleet vehicles 222 219 -1%
Marked cars 119 120 +1%
Unmarked cars 54 56 +4%
Bikes 20 19 -5%
Scooters 4 1 -75%
Dog vehicles 4 5 +25%
Garage vehicles 11 12 +9%
Support vehicles 8 5 -38%
Parking enforcement 7 11 +57%
Traffic enforcement 6 5 -17%
New vehicle purchases 35 18 -49%
Total miles driven 2,324760 2,264,713 -3%
Total fuel used (gallons) 181,114 201,264 +11%
Gas mileage (mpg) 12.1 11.3 -7%
Total city vehicles maintained 479 481 0
1996 1997 Diff.
PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE UNIT
Number of cases property received 21,015 20,768 -1%
Evidence 11,191 11,750 +5%
Non-evidence 9,821 9,019 -8%
Number of cases property released, sold, destroyed 17,751 18,715 +5%
Number of vehicles received 3,759 3,648 -3%
Number of vehicles released, sold, salvaged 3,543 3,574 +1%
Number of bicycles received 1,284 1,409 +10%
Number of bicycles released or sold 1,293 1,395 +8%
RECORDS UNIT
Investigative reports processed 112,537 111,607 -1%
Total pages typed 91,611 59,391 -35%
Guns registered 1950 1,387 -29%
Handgun certificates processed 700 824 +18%
Handgun certificate refusals 38 44 +16%
SERVICE DESK
Active warrants on file (end of year) 4,634 3,961 -15%
NCIC/NCIS entries completed 2,732 2,912 +7%
Broadcasts initiated 6,247 6,247 0
Protection orders on file 429 567 +32%
Criminal history requests 6,956 8,095 +16%
Calls for service 3,287 3,492 +6%
Weekly phone call average 1,689 1,939 +15%
Daily phone call average 241 277 +15%
Crime Stopper calls 572 662 +16%
Vacation checks initiated 534 536 0
CAD calls for service 32,168 26,119 -19%
LETS messages N/A 748,107 N/A
TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT
Technical investigation cases 245 225 -8%
Liquor and vice cases 703 709 +1%
Felony arrests 56 42 -25%
Misdemeanor arrests 31 34 +10%
Assists to outside agencies 80 57 -29%
Dollar loss investigated 1,918,511 1,253,200 -35%
Information reports 137 95 -31%
Presentations to the community 11 3 -73%
Assists to LPD officers 50 51 +2%
VICTIM/WITNESS UNIT
Volunteer hours donated 1,086 929 -15%
Total incidents eligible 5,482 5,925 +8%
Victim services 15,123 16,251 +7%
Average number of victim services 2.75 2.74 0
Cellular phone assists 93 127 +37%
Protection order assists N/A 226 N/A
YOUTH AID
Total LPD youth intakes 765 541 -29%
Child abuse/neglect investigations 2,885 3,123 +8%
Number of runaways/missing person reports 2,138 2,367 +11%
Number of juvenile arrests to age 16 (felony) 300 297 -1%
Number of juvenile arrests to age 16 (misdemeanor) 2,835 2,464 -13%
Educational neglect cases N/A 25 N/A
Gang prevention contacts N/A 26 N/A

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