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Washington Police Department Community Meeting

Washington Police Department Community Meeting. Washington Police Department. Where are we going?. Community Oriented Policing. Balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder.

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Washington Police Department Community Meeting

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  1. Washington Police Department Community Meeting

  2. Washington Police Department Where are we going?

  3. Community Oriented Policing • Balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder. • Community oriented policing requirespolice and citizens join together as partnersin the course of both identifying and effectively addressing issues.

  4. Community-oriented policing TRADITIONAL • React to incidents • Take a report • Take yet another report • Randomly patrol • Make arrests COMMUNITY-ORIENTED • Constantly review reports for patterns, geography becomes relevant • Look for root causes • Look for commonalties, ie- low lighting, limited access • Utilize supportive technology • Concentrate on small problems to prevent big ones • Develop community partnerships

  5. Community Policing Goals for Crime Reduction • To significantly reduce street level activity and those crimes associated with it • To Improve the living conditions of residential areas experiencing the negative effects that unlawful activity creates • To rebuild community trust through partnerships, ie-citizens academy , teen squad, explorer post, PAL, engagement, etc. • To redirect offenders to a more productive life

  6. Washington’s Crime Statistics

  7. Washington’s Crime Statistics

  8. Washington’s Crime Statistics

  9. Washington’s Crime Statistics

  10. Chamber Survey • How would you rate the following downtown? • GOOD   FAIR      POOR •        A.     Parking                                     101         82          18 •                        B.     Friendliness of Salespeople  170         23          2 •                        C.     Price of Merchandise             113         77          5 •              D.     Quality of Goods                    139        54          3 •                        E.      Attractiveness of area           119        74          7 •                       F.      Safety                                      161        33          4

  11. Current Police Facility • Dedicated in 1975 • 6,200 square feet • Located in flood plain • Sub-standard environmental conditions • Insufficient space • Inadequate technology • Is operating beyond useful life of HVAC and Electrical systems • Foundation settlement issues

  12. Current Police Facility Evidence of a leaky roof Inadequate technology infrastructure

  13. Current Police Facility Case file Storage in Bathrooms

  14. Facility features supportive of a community-oriented policing model • Oriented & accessible to community • Community meeting space • In-house training for law officials • Secure and Unsecured areas • Meet Homeland Security Standards • Sally port: secure prisoner entry/exit • Adequate onsite evidence storage • Adequate parking

  15. Washington Police Department How do we get there?

  16. Step 1: Space needs analysis

  17. Step 2: Council sets parameters • 15,000 square foot building • Room for expansion • Out of floodzone • Within city limits • $3,000,000 Construction budget

  18. Step 3: Preliminary Site Search

  19. Step 3: Committee formed • Walked through a facilitated process; designed to surface a consensus driven site recommendations • Completed matrix on 21 sites

  20. Step 4: Site Matrix, quantitative analysis Fatal factors • Blue line streams • Floodway • Environmental • Lot size (<2.5a) Non-fatal factors • Lot size (>2.5) • Service Centricity • Access • Utilities • Acquisition and Preparation Costs • Community enhancement • Private development potential • Flood evaluation • Zoning • Availability

  21. Project Funding

  22. Washington Police Department DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

  23. Site Evaluation - Warren Airfield • Zoning - AP Zone / “Special Use” • Positive Impact on Future Development • Adequate Infrastructure (Site Utilities) • Promote Safe Environment for Adequate Sports Complex • “Gateway Feature” for Airport / Municipal Uses • Positive Impact on Adjacent Property Values

  24. Schedule - Milestones

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