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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 12, 1990
SUBJECT Dublin Police Services 1989 Calendar Year
Report
(Prepared by James W. Rose, Lieutenant
Chief of Police)
EXHIBITS ATTACHED Annual Report - 1989
RECOMMENDATIONS \!r Receive Report
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION Dublin Police Services prepares an annual
calendar report documenting the activity of the Dublin Police
Services. The report tabulates police response to crimes
reported or detected within the city, police activity relative to
traffic offenses and/or accidents within the city, programs
instituted and/or regulated by the police services within the
city, and compares the 1989 policing effort with the previous
year.
The report is divided into three sections:
a. Organization and personnel data including workload
indicators and volunteer services.
b. A statistical accounting of criminal activity and
police responses for calendar year 1989.
C. Comparison of calendar year 1989 statistics with
calendar year 1988.
Law enforcement, through the use of statistics, measures the
department's workload, focusing mainly on Part I crimes. Review
of the current calendar year report and comparing it with
previous calendar year reports gives an indicator of the quality
of services provided to the community. Below is the Historical
Overview of Part I crimes from 1983 through 1989. The statistics
do not take into account the dramatic increase in housing,
population and businesses since 1983 .
If the comparison took into consideration Dublin's 1983
population of 13 ,496 and 1989's population of 23 ,549, the crime
rate per capita would be substantially less than what the table
shows below.
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
% Change
0
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 83-89
Total Murder 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total Rape 6 4 2 1 1 2 1 (83%)
Total Robbery 19 9 16 12 16 7 10 (47%)
Total Assault 19 17 20 17 9 14 28 47%
Total Burglary 207 177 155 169 146 100 150 (28%)
Total Larceny 421 451 458 448 378 451 489 16%
Total Stolen
Vehicles 37 58 70 75 57 62 68 84%
Total Arson 2 4 5 2 6 3 2 0
TOTALS: 711 720 726 726 613 639 748 5%
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ITEM NO.
CITY OF DUBLIN
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 7 , 1990
FROM: James W. Rose, Lieutenant /
Chief of Police Services
TO: City Council
City Manager
SUBJ: ANNUAL REPORT - 1989
Dublin Police Services experienced a different type of crime and
criminal in 1989 . The year started with the disappearance of
Ilene Misheloff, a case that brought national attention to the
city, which put a tremendous strain on police services draining
every available resource for the following six months. Other
examples of the change in criminal activity were the emergence of
a recognized street gang spawning from within our own city;
crimes committed by members of prison gangs including a narcotics
search of an alleged Mexican Mafia safe house. These are only a
few examples of the changing activity that we are experiencing.
Calls for service were down 5% and other than Part I, crimes
declined by 12%. Patrol arrests were up by 33%; overall, Part I
crimes increased by 17% .
Traffic citations written by patrol declined by 11%. This decline can
be directly attributed to the 33% increase in patrol arrests, special
enforcement to a targeted problem area (Arroyo Vista) and the loss of
five veteran Dublin Patrol officers, three to promotions to Sergeant
and two transferred to inside positions at Dublin.
The Traffic Unit (two officers) continued to enforce traffic at the
same level as last year. The number of citations they issued were
slightly lower, but there was more emphasis on commercial enforcement.
Total burglaries were up by 50%, from 100 to 150, over last
year. However, the burglary rate for 1988 was very low when
compared to previous years. The mean average burglary rate from
1983 through 1988 was 159. When viewed historically, the
burglary rate has remained steady.
Part I crimes Comprise eight separate and distinct classi-
fications. In comparing 1989 to 1983 , three classifications were
reduced from 28% to 83%; two classifications remain. unchanged;
and three classifications have increased from 16% to 84% .
Traditionally, law enforcement uses statistics to measure their
work product, focusing mainly on Part I crimes. Therefore, I
have provided you with an overview of these crimes from 1983
through 1989 .
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ANNUAL REPORT
March 7 , 1990
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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
0
Change
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 83-89
Total Murder 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total Rape 6 4 2 1 1 2 1 (83%)
Total Robbery 19 9 16 12 16 7 10 (47%)
Total Assault 19 17 20 17 9 14 28 47%
Total Burglary 207 177 155 169 146 100 150 (28%)
Total Larceny 421 451 458 448 378 451 489 16%
Total Stolen
Vehicles 37 58 70 75 57 62 68 84%
Total Arson 2 4 5 2 6 3 2 0
TOTALS: 711 720 726 726 613 639 748 5%
In 1983 , Part I crimes totaled 711 , and the population of the city
totaled 13 ,496 . In 1989 , Part I crimes totaled 748, and the
population totaled 23 ,549 . These figures indicate an increase of only
5% in Part I crimes while the population increased over 74%.
Overtime was up by 1,300 hours over last year. This was mainly
necessitated by the Misheloff investigation and the extraordinary
measures which had to be taken to effectively investigate the case.
Dublin Police Services continues to have one of the best, if not the
best sick leave record of any county agency or unit within the
Sheriff's Department; with sick leave down 23% over last year.
In closing, I would like to point out that statistics are only one
measure of the work we do. The high level of services provided and
the commitment to the community are other important factors.
Overall we can be very proud of the men and women, both sworn and
non-sworn who serve the City of Dublin in Police Services.
JWR:mjg
cc: Charles C. Plummer, Sheriff
H.T. Garrigan, Undersheriff
Paul Rankin, Assistant City Manager