Annual Report 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chief’s
Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Goal/Mission
Statement . . . . . . . 3
Organizational
Values . . . . . . . . . . 4
Officer
Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Organizational
Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Calls for
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Traffic
Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Criminal
Offenses Actual . . . . . . . . 9
Personnel
Information . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Support
Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Patrol
Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Traffic
Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
K-9 Unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Detective
Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tactical
Response Team . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bike
Patrol Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fatal
Traffic Accidents . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Training
Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Animal
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Animal
Control Statistics . . . . . . . . 20
COP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 21
Crime Lab
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Crime Victim
Advocate . . . . . . . . . . 23
Records
Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Employee
Turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
DARE . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chaplain
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remembrance
of David Campbell . . 28
CHIEF’S MESSAGE
By Gerald W. Maughan
The goal of the Midvale City Police Department is to HELP MAKE MIDVALE CITY A BETTER AND SAFER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. Actions the Officers take each day should help move our community toward meeting this goal.
Law enforcement is facing some challenges. As last year report indicates, identity theft is an increasing problem. Thieves are stealing mail, wallets, purses, doing car burglaries and even looking through garbage cans to find information on people’s identity and check information. The police department has conducted several classes this year around the city to alert people to this ever increasing problem and teach them how to protect themselves. Forgery, fraud, and bad checks cases increased 20% from 415 to 497 cases in 2004 and increased 58% over 4 years.
Business and residential burglaries decreased 27% and 0% respectively. Vehicle burglary increased by 14% or from 712 cases to 810 cases. Vehicle burglary indicate an increasing problem for identify theft and theft to support drug dependency.
We have had decreases in calls for service from the previous year in a few areas. Business burglaries, domestics, are areas of reduction.
We have had a few areas of increases in 2004 from 2003. Vehicle burglary, DUI, Forgery, fraud and bad checks, gas thefts, graffiti, homicide (2), shots fired cases, and trespass cases have all increased this year.
Traffic accidents are continuing to decrease each of the four past years. 1546 accidents in 2003 and 1492 in 2004 or a decrease of 3%. Traffic enforcement has some effect on accident rate. Accidents have decreased by 36% since 2001
Our total calls for service have increase from 31,891 in 2003 to 32501 in 2004 or a 2% increase and 8% over 4 years.
We have had one change in administration this past year. Dave Campbell, administrative assistant, resigned October 22, 2004 because of illness. We are sad to report that he passed away on December 11, 2004. We have chosen not to replace this position, thereby adding additional duties to the Chief’s.
Please review all sections of the this annual report to get a picture of what the Midvale City Police Department is doing to serve the citizens of Midvale City
GOAL STATEMENT
To help make Midvale a
safer and a better place to live and work. The mission of the Midvale
City Police Department is to provide quality public service and protection to
the citizens of the community. Our
specific objectives include suppression of crime, protection of life and
property, apprehension and assistance in the prosecution of offenders, the
preservation of peace, the regulation of traffic, the prevention of traffic
accidents and congestion, and the recovery and return of lost and stolen
property. Providing this service to
the public will be conducted in an efficient and effective manner, consistent
with statutory authority, available budget resources, and professional skills
and discretion of individual members.
The Department recognizes its members as its most valuable resource,
and will strive to maintain the quality of public service through committed
leadership, supervisory direction, member career development, training, and
discipline. Personal honor, dedication
to professional ideals, and devotion to duty shall be the ideals of our
commitment to public service. We have adopted Community
Oriented Policing and Problem Solving in the neighborhoods as our method of
operation. Citizens and Police working
together to prevent crime. |
