Claremont City Council

Agenda Report

TO JEFFREY C PARKER CITY MANAGER

FROM PAUL R COOPER CHIEF OF POLlCE

DATE APRIL 14 2009

SUBJECT POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT

SUMMARY

The Police Department is responsible for providing the Claremont and its
community
residents with traditional law enforcement services which include patrol and investigations
as well as enhanced services that include
specialized traffic education and enforcement
programs the DARE program School Resource Officer program emergency
preparedness and various community outreach programs

Each year since 1993 the Police Department has provided an annual report that captures
thedepartment s law enforcement activities crime and traffic collision statistical information
and updates on various projects and programs The attached report is of the
representative
Police Department s activities for the calendar year of 2008

Staff Recommendation

Staff recommends that the Council receive and file this report

ANALYSIS

The Police Department has published an annual report in various formats since 1993 The
annual report provides the council and public at large with a look back over the
previous
calendar year at the department s activities crime and traffic collision data and an
update
on various projects and programs

The annual report meets the

requirements of section 10 08 040 of the Claremont Municipal
Code which requires the
department annually prepare and submit to council a traffic report
which includes information on traffic collisions the number of collisions
investigated the
number of persons injured or killed and other data
pertinent on the safety activities of the
Police

Each year the annual report represents a significant undertaking of staff time to be able to
capture a succinct summary of our overall operations our specialized programs
community
outreach and most importantly the people behind our operations

Traditionally the annual report provides a review of statistical data in a year to year
comparison with the previous year or a couple of years This year s report continues to
look at our crime over a much longer time
period of fifteen years 1994 2008

FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

ITEM s
City Council
April 14 2009
Page 2 of 3

Traffic safety remains a significant concern of residents council and the In

department
2008 there was an increase of twenty 20 additional collisions or 9 over 2007 2007
was the lowest level of traffic collisions for more than a decade and marked our most
successful year of traffic safety Our ten year average for traffic collisions 1999 2008 is
368 collisions per year The total number of traffic collisions in 2007 was 252

The department has continued to focus on Community Oriented Policing and outreach
through the DARE program School Resource Officer program Family Movie Nights School
BBQ s and Back to School Nights our E Watch program and our partnership with the
Kiwanis Club s Read Me program The E Watch program has more than 2 300
subscribers and the participation in our Family Move Nights doubled to more than 3 000

participants

The department continued its focus on emergency preparedness and has invested into
equipment and training volunteers for the City s Community Emergency Response Team
CERT so we are better prepared to manage disasters and critical incidents In 2008 we
held our fourth CERT training class in partnership with the Los Angeles County Fire

Department The class as with the previous three was filled to capacity

Volunteers significant part of the Police Department s overall operations Community

are a

patrol volunteers and reserve police officers provide significant amounts of volunteer time
which frees up our full time staff to focus on our primary law enforcement mission

While the most visible part of the Police Department is our patrol officers this year s annual
report as those before it tries to capture that it really takes a team of dedicated employees
from our volunteers part time staff administrative staff records clerks communications
officers jailers and our police officers to make
working together everything we accomplish
possible

CEQA REVIEW

The Community Development Director has determined that this matter is covered by the
general rule that the California Environmental Quality Act applies only to projects that have
the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment in accordance with Section
15061 b 3 of the Guidelines

The acceptance of the Police Department s annual report will not have a
significant effect
on the environment because the action will not result in or lead to a
physical change in
Claremont In addition the creation of this report is exempt in accordance with Section
15306 Class 6 of the CEQA Guidelines as well Therefore no additional environmental
review is needed at this time
City Council
April 14 2009
Page 3 of 3

FINANCIAL REVIEW

There is no financial impact as a result of this report

PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS

This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process Copies
are

available at the City Hall public counter the Youth Activity Center the Alexander Hughes
Center the Claremont Public Library and City website
Community

ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION

In addition to the staff recommendation there are the following alternatives

1 Delay staff recommendation and request additional information

Submitted by

Paul Cooper
Chief of Police

Attachments 1 2008 Police Department Annual report

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PdLICE bEPARTMENT
 MISSION STATEMENT
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CLAREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT
COMMITMENT

OUR COMMITMENT AS CLAREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES IS TO PRO

VIDE AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

GOAL 4

OUR GOAL IS TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND PROPERTY IN A COURTEOUS AND PROFES

SIONAL MANNER AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL EN

HANCE THE QUAUlY OF LIFE

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PROVIDE SERVICE IN A PROFESSIONAL AND TIMELY MANNER

TREAT ALL PI RSONS WITH IMPARTIALITY COURTESY AND RESPECT

BEING MINDFUL OF THE RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS

CREATE A SENSE OF PERSONAL SAFETY FOR THE COMMUNITY

RECOGNIZE AND WORK TO MEET COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AND

STANDARDS

ACTIVELY PURSUE ARREST AND PROSECUTE CRIMINAL VIOLATORS

ABIDE BY THE AWS

L WE ENFORCE

MAINTAIN P RONAL MORAL STANDARDS ABOVE REPROACH

BELIEF

OUR BELIEF IS THAT THROUGH EDUCATION TRAINING AND COOPERATION WE

WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE TO THOSE

E SERVE
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CHIEF S MESSAGE PAGE 4

POLICE COMMISSION PAGE 5

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PAGE 7 1

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TRAUMA RESPONSE TEAM PAGE 7

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU PAGE 8

OPERATIONS DIVISIPN PAGE 12

PATROL BUREAU PAGE 12

TRAFFIC BUREAU pAGE 14

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COMMUNITY PATROL VOLUNTEERS PAGE17

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DErE TIVE BUREAU PAGE18
e SERVICES DIVISION pjiGE 20
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REC QRDS BUREAU PAGE ZO
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AREAoP MUTUAL AID PAGE 28
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AWAR6R Ee G rr PAGE 30

e IN MEMORY
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STATISTICS PAGE 32

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events and crime prevention programs The bureau coOf
nates recruitment efforts background checks advanced oft
training and staff to the Committee
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supervises the Community Patr6 1
Volunteer Program Explorer Program and the Trauma Iii
tervention Service

In 2008 the Administrative Services Bureau was supervise

by Sergeant John Costa and staffed by Corporals CHfis
SGT JOHN COSTA Bradley Barbara Herold and Lori Pierceall

The Administrative Services Bureau plans and coordinates a number of outreach event

annually The bureau participated in 50 community events 2008

throughout

One of the more popular events held each summer are the Family Movie Nights in

park The six movie drew 3 000 residents and

nights were very successful in providing a

forum for the community to interact with the Police Department in social Outreach
a setting
events such as this help the department to establish and maintain with t
relationships
community These relationships are the foundation of our Community Oriented Policing
philosophy
The Administrative Services Bureau conducts

N borhood Watch and community meetings

th ghout the year These meetings are ef
fective in increasing community awareness en

hancing individuals power of observation and

encouraging mutual assistance and concern

among neighbors to reduce crime

Services Bureau responsibilities include

wnistrative
Community Volunteers

School Resource Officer SRO

Traumatic Intervention Services TIS

Crime Prevention

Neighborhood Watch

Special Events Coordinating

Senior Community Outreach

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Patrol Bureau the Traffic Bureau and the Detective Bureau

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The Patrol Bureau is our most visible element providing public safety services 24 hou

day even days a week Patrol officers respond to calls for seiy ce and provide gen t
law enforcement activities such traffic enforcement
as
preliminary criminal i1
nvestigatio
crime scene investigation dispute mitigation disaster assessment and preventive patrol
The Patrol Bureau consists of 17 patrol officers with 4 Lieutenants and 3 Sergeants as

signf d to patrol supervision In addition to vehicle patrols officers can be found patrollin
on foot and on bicycles

Patrol shifts generally have four officers assigned to them along with field
a
supervis9r
and a watch commander The officers are assigned beats which divide the City into four

geographical areas Within their assigned beat an officer is responsible for all crime re

ports and calls for service for crime

as well as patrolling prevention purposes In 20081
Claremont officers responded to 22 050 calls for service and made 1 905 arrests

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which consists of four motor officers a jailer a pa

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remains a safe community for motbr

ists bicyclists and pedestrians

The Traffic Bureau utilizes a number of components to educate the community includi r
the of our speed trailer annual elementary school talks
use safety Saturday Traffic
School for first time youth offenders traffic education and DUI education at Claremontl

High S chool
Enforcementbperations include our community traffic hotline high visibility enforcemen
operations in areas with higher than average collision rates in and aroun
high visibility
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enforcement and seatbelt and red light enforcement

Our Traffic Bureau staff meets regul rly v ith the City Engineering Department to sg
ideas and discuss ways of improving traffic flow traffic calming and issues
safety

We are members of the Los Angeles County Traffic Committee and attend moh hl
bi
meetings where representatives from all 47 Municipal Police Departments the Califo r
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Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department discuss trafficopet
tions safety trends and grant opportunities with an emphasis on a regional traffic a

proach W are also participants in the countywide traffic Avoid the 100
grant TlJI
grant funds officers on an overtime basi s to staff DUI checkpoints DUI saturation P trot
and Arrest Sweeps for individuals with warrants for while unlicensed
driving driving wj t
a suspended license or for DUI This takes place throughout
activity Los Angeles 1t
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as an effort to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers unlicensed drivers and suspen

ed drivers on our streets and highways

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In 2008 the department received a grant Beverage Control ABC
This 33 964 00 funded the purchase of equipment to conduct
grant
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education enforcement and investigative operations within the City The first

to the businesses that sell alcoholic

phase of the grant was education beverages
Officers from ABC and the Police Department conducted inspections at 51

businesses in the City These inspections were to check for compliance with
of the liquor stock looking primarily for illegal al
Liquor Law sign age physical inspection
cohol and contaminated bottles and to ensure compliance with all ABC rules

and alcohol license regulations If a violation was found licensees VIer

advised of the violation and told to correct it without a complaint file
with the ABP district office These inspections al o allowed offic ers t
puplicize a class called Licensee Education on Alcohol and Drugs
LEADS Thisclasswasqpnducted aLthe Alexander HughesComm
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The Detective Bureau is responsible for investigat

ing crimes that occur in Claremont Many are

include
complex investigations which homicides
robberies assaults child abuse domestic
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lence burglaries auto thefts vandalism and iden
tity theft There are four detectives assigned to the

Detective Bureau They each receive an

average
of 40 cases per month for review and follow up

vestigation You will find some of the most dedi

cated and motivated employees within the Detec

tive Bureau Our overall goal is to reduce crime in

LT SHELLY VANDER VEEN
DETECTIVE BUREAU SUPERVISOR Claremont and get criminals off of the streets

With this goal in mind the Detective Bureau also takes proactive measures to ad

dress crime which includes surveillances in response to crime trends parole and

probation searches and sex registrant compliance checks The Detective Bureau
actively monitors 16 sex registrants and 60 who reside in Claremont
over parolees
along with those residing along the perimeters of the City

Along with the Lieutenant and the four detectives the Detective Bureau is staffeq
with an administrative assistant an evidence technician and a police aide Th

civilain staff is involved in assisting the detectives with each investigation The lar9
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number of cases could not be processed without them The civilian staff also pro

evidence
cesses
prepares evidence for court compiles court packets and files

misdemeanor cases with the DistrictAttorney s Office

DETECTIVES MADDOX WALTERS AND FATE

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This division consists of the

the Services Division
Captain Stan Van Horn manages i
Communications Bureau Jail Bureau Emergency Preparedness
Records and
Team CERT and the Claremont
Humane Society Community Emergency Response
team
Amateur Radio Disaster Services CARDS

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the public has with the Police Depart

The Records Bureau staff is often the first contact
over the phone They are al1 imp9rtant suppqrt
ment whether t is at the fr9ntcounter or
service both in person and over the phone y f
resource and strive to provide quality customer
for processing II crim and arrest rep rt citations traffid
Records staff 9re responsible
aswell as subpoenas
collision reports and other related documents generated internally
Clerk Barbara Bauer three re
court orders restraining orders and bonds Senior Records

cords clerk and three part time police aides staff

the Records Bureau

4 350 1 905 arrests more than

In 2008 the Records Bureau staff managed reports
25 000 parking and traffic citations coordinated administrative tow hearings processed
more than 36 000 overnight parking exemption requests
as well as providing matron
duties in the jail
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The Center ives

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ment and public fetx erV iges fhecente islocatedin e
poli F
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24 hours a day 365 days y ar

Staffed ots ven cq mmurii ii6h6ffiders highly t

by a total
skilled at multi ta kin operations that often requir
wo king our shjft tl es iped rn lpye
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calls were answered 11 and 100 ofthe calls we answered within 26 seconds w

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In addition to monitoring and tn int j9 hg v uni ti s it
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Communication officers 90ndug inquinesfqr e8ffic
polic rssuc as warrant dlecks 1Jln
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and vehicle record cheQks

The Claremont Police pepartrpent is a tat 91 l JtPblicl afety Answering Point PSAP 9 1 lcaUs ade
from landline phones are dirE 9t1y routed inJo the center Wireless cell
phones originating n Claremoptare
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to Highway Patrol GHp and routed
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ducting a Phase 119 1 1 wirel s upgrade so we wllf e ple Qaqswer b s d9 1 1 calls The
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teserve officers are utilized to supplement the Claremont Police Department in a
variety of ways Reserve
fficers are professionally trained and law enforcement personnel In most
duly sworn cases reserve offi
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ehicles staff special events and assist with enforcement programs such
special as DUI checkpoints In
008 the reserve officers volunteered 1 000 hows

everal of ired from fun ti la enf6rc

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officersha rn nt duties and the others are em

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1 072 Theft 639

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FROM PAUL R COOPER CHIEF OF POLICE

DATE APRIL 2 2009

SUBJECT REQUEST TO EXPEND COMMISSION FUNDS

SUMMARY

In 2004 the Police Commission developed an action plan to address issues and concerns
its
brought about as a result of the Vehicle Stop Study VSS The commission presented
action plan to council and requested funding for the various elements of the action plan
and a
including a community survey facilitation of focus groups based
on the survey

community forum Council appropriated 40 000 in funding for the action plan

sub committee and the

Following continued discussions and planning by the commission s

Council s Public Safety Committee representatives a decision was made to not move
forward with a survey and instead to establish a Best Practices Police Commission
subcommittee to identify and define best practices and to move forward with those
practices and a renewed approach to Community Oriented Policing

e Funds appropriated to the commission have been utilized the last three years to fund
over

Family Movie Nights National Night Out and the development of the E Watch system
requesting that the commission provide funding for the 2009 Family Movie Night and
Staff is
National Night Out series

Staff Recommendation

Staff recommends that the Commission approve the expenditure of 11 000 for the Family
Movie Night and National Night Out programs

ANALYSIS

In 2004 the Police Commission developed an action plan to address issues and concerns
brought about as a result of the Vehicle Stop Study VSS The commission presented its
action plan to council and requested funding for the various elements of the action plan
including a community survey facilitation of focus groups based on the survey and a

community forum Council appropriated 40 000 in funding for the action plan

Following continued discussions and planning by the commission s sub committee and the
Council s Public Safety Committee representatives a decision was made to not move
forward with a survey and instead to establish a Best Practices Police Commission
subcommittee to identify and define best practices and to move forward with those
e practices and a renewed approach to Community Oriented Policing

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As part of the collaboration between the Police Department staff and commission sub
committee two new programs were developed that embrace the philosophy of establishing
and maintaining positive relationships with the community the heart of any community
oriented policing plans

The first effort at this renewed approach was called Family Movie Nights FMN FMN
was developed as a way of moving officers out of their cars and putting them in a non

enforcement social setting with families in various parks throughout the City Six family
movie nights were presented in the summer of 2006 with an approximate attendance of
between 650 700 At these events officers cooked and served hot dogs and drinks and
presented a family movie while interacting with all in attendance The comments from the
public were extremely positive and a decision was made to make this an annual event

The National Association of Town Watch started National Night Out as a means of
heightening awareness and strengthening participation on local anticrime efforts 24 years
ago At its start 400 communities in 23 states and roughly 2 5 million persons participated
in the first National
Night Out 1994 In 2007 National Night Out grew to include 11 310
communities in all 50 states and 4 million participants
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In the summer of 2007 we presented the FMN series again We added National Night Out
to the program and partnered with the Human Services Department and their mobile
e recreation staff to offer games and activities prior to the start of the nightly movies
Participation in the 2007 FMN series than doubled from the
more previous year

The summer of 2008 we continued our summer FMN series in partnership with the Human
Services mobile recreation team We also included our Community Emergency Response
Team CERn members as cooks This allowed our officers to be more engaged with those
in attendance and offered important training for the CERT volunteers in preparing large
volumes offood

2008 saw our numbers double and triple on some nights at the different park sites
Overall our attendance was more than 3 000 participants National Night Out included the
In N Out mobile food van which provided hamburgers to more than 750
persons in
attendance at this FMN venue

We also utilized this evening to showcase our CERT Team and their equipment as well as
our Community Patrol Volunteer program and the various other Police Department
programs and staff

Funds from the commission account were used in each of the years to provide for movie
rentals and the food for the participants Last
year 2007 the cost to fund this program
amounted to 7 908

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In addition to funding the FMN series the commission also played an important role in
developing and funding the liE Watch system E Watch is a communications tool that the
Police Department utilizes to communicate via email with the community on crime related
incidents or information that concerns certain areas of the community or the community as
a whole E Watch does not take the place of Neighborhood Watch it enhances it in the
areas were community members are actively engaged in a traditional
program

In those areas of the

community where there is not the level of participation needed for a
traditional Neighborhood Watch program E Watch fills that gap It provides not only recent
criminal activity that impacts the areas where this activity is occurring but also engages the
community in partnering with the Police Department to share information and increases the
level of awareness for residents and businesses on what is happening in the community

In addition to crime related information E Watch is also an important tool to bring

information to the community on upcoming events such as CERT training the Citizen s
Academy program as well as information on public safety related topics such as
emergency preparedness

The commission funded the initial development and purchase of this software based
program and the Police Department has included the ongoing maintenance costs in its
annual budget To date there are more than 2 300 subscribers to the E Watch
system
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This year the Police Department staff anticipates the participation in the FMN series will
increase again With the increase in last seasons crowds it became apparent that our
projector screen and sound equipment are too small for these venues With this in mind
we applied for new equipment under a Safe Routes to School grant Our goal is to
integrate some of the Safe Routes to School information into our FMN series prior to the
evening movie

We are also
planning on participating again with National Night Out and using In N Out
burgers that FMN evening
on Staff is planning to hold six movie presentations with a hot
dog BBQ at each site National Night out will again be utilized to increase community
awareness about crime and the programs and people that make
up the community s Police
Department

Staff is requesting the commission to fund the 2009 summer FMN and National
Night Out
series This funding will pay for the movie rentals food cooking supplies and
advertising
The Police Department will fund all overtime associated with the series

The current balance of the commission s account is 17 922 02 This is the first
year of a
two year budget so staff will recommend that funds that remain in
any this account be
carried over into fiscal 2009 2010

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

Commission approval will provide up to 11 000 to fund Family Movie Nights and National
Night Out events during the summer of 2008 These funds are available in the
commission s account and will pay for movie rentals food cooking supplies and
advertising

PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS

This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process Copies are
available at the City Hall public counter the Youth Activity Center the Alexander Hughes
Community Center the Claremont Public Library and City website

ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION

In addition to the staff recommendation there are the following alternatives

1 Delay staff recommendation and request additional information

2 Deny staff recommendation

Paul Cooper
Chief of Police