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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-08-2001 ICPD Reports/MemosMedia Release Details Page 1 of 1 Agendas & Minutes Title: TRAFFIC STOP DEMOGRAPHICS - MARCH 2001 Boards & Commissions Calendar Release Date: 4/13/01 City Code Release Time: City Council City Departments Originating Dept.: Police Directory Contact Person: Sgt. Mike Brotherton Employment Contact Number: 356-5293 Links Maps Media Releases Photo Gallery Authority of: Chief R. a. Winkelhake Search The Iowa City Police Department compiles race and sex demographic information on the drivers of vehicles stopped by members of the department. Below axe the totals for each demographic category for March 2001. Male white - 1043 Male Black - 105 Male Hispanic - 27 Male Asian - 29 Male Other - 16 Male Unknown Female White - 557 Female Black - 27 Female Bispana_c - 12 Female Asian Female Other - 4 Female Unkrlown - 2 Unknown - TOTAL- 1849 Return to Home Pag~ [age~dal I Dl~,~l,ds] I [c~llcxlda,r] I [cit~ code] I [%ouneil] I di[4kecto/X] [employment] I 8inksl I ~na~sl l [nL.~, ~ ,'~%~1~c~] I h[Ph~e]l [se~arch] © 2001 City of lows City All rights reserved, For Comments or Questions write to webmastgr~iowg-~.or~. http://wwwiowa-city.org/media releases detail.asp?id=684 4/13/2001 IOWA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING BULLETIN 01-54 DATE: April 2nd, 2001 TO: Commanders (all sworn) FROM: k.hurd SUBJECT: STOP STICK TRAINING This weeks' watch training is on the use and deployment of Stop Sticks. View approx. the first 8 minutes of the associated video (stop when it starts talking about the barracuda system. Have the stop stick instructor from the watch take the training sticks to a safe area and practice the deployment of the stop sticks. This will entail having a couple of vehicles plus the deploying officer. The training outline is in the bag along with the practice sticks. Cc: Chief Winkelhake Capt. Johnson Capt. Widmer Iowa City Police Department Standard Operating Guideline SOG #: Effective date: April 2,2001 Subject: · Reference: PURSUIT STOP STICK DEPLOYMENT Section: Command Signature: Purpose: The purpose of this directive is to identify those situations for the deployment of and those procedures necessary for the safe deployment of tire deflation devices (Stop Sticks). Definitions: Stop Stick - Registered trade name of the tire deflation device currently approved and used by the Iowa City Police Department. Stop sticks are a series of 3-foot long polymer core triangle containing 36, 2 5/8" hollow spikes, housed in a polypropylene "shell". The system is a series of 3, 3 foot sections hooked together and attached to an 80 foot cord and cord reel. Mini-Stop Stick - One foot long Stop Stick which can be used to prevent parked/stopped vehicles from being moved. Procedures: The,deployment of Stop Sticks shall be in conformance with departmental directives relating to Pursuits, Use of Force and vehicle operations. To the extent practical the deployment of Stop Sticks shall be with the permission and direction of a watch supervisor. Criteria for deployment of Stop Sticks - 1. Stop Sticks may be deployed when necessary to stop a fleeing vehicle AND the vehicle or its occupants present an imminent threat to the life, safety, or welfare of others. 2. Stop Sticks shall only be deployed in an area where the deploying officer(s) can safely remove themselves from the roadway service. 3. Stop Sticks shall only be used by personnel trained in their use and deployment. 4. Stop Sticks shall not be used on motor cycles or other two-wheeled vehicles, three wheeled vehicles, or all terrain vehicles, as these vehicles are less stable than most 4 wheeled vehicles. 5. For best success, Stop Sticks should be deployed on a hard surface. Deployment Procedures - When deploying Stop Sticks officers should comply with the following guidelines; 1. A marked patrol vehicle should be placed on the side of the roadway, facing the direction of the pursuit with all emergency lights activated. The vehicle may be angled slightly to narrow the roadway and force the suspect to drive over the Stop Sticks. 2. The patrol vehicle SHALL NOT be occupied. 3. If possible, a second marked patrol vehicle should be placed on the opposite side of the roadway, with all emergency lights activated. 4. Officer should be 10 - 20 feet in front of the patrol vehicle when deploying the Stop Stick. If the patrol unit is facing towards the pursuit the officer should then position himself or herself 10 to 20 feet to the rear. 5. The Stop Stick shall be pre-loaded in the supplied container with the cord reel aftached in the storage position inside the trunk. 6. Communications should be advised that Stop Sticks are being deployed. 7. Remove the Stop Stick and attached cord reel from the trunk and CLOSE the trunk to ensure maximum visibility. 8. Time permitting, place the Stop Stick perpendicular to the roadway on the shoulder and unwind the cord across the roadway to a position of safety. DO NOT attach the reel to yourself or wrap the line around your hand. IF time does not permit the above, the Stop Stick may be "tossed" in front of the suspect vehicle. 9. Time permitting, the officer should pull the Stop Stick into position after the last vehicle Prior to the suspect vehicle has driven over the cord. 10. If possible, immediately after the suspect has crossed the Stop Stick, the Stop Stick should be pulled off the roadway prior to the police vehicles crossing the Stop Sticks. 11. Pursuing officers, when notified of impending deployment of Stop Sticks, shall ensure adequate distance between themselves and the pursued vehicle, to facilitate the safe withdrawal of the Stop Sticks. MINI STOP STICKS Mini-Stop Sticks may be used to secure a non-moving/parked vehicle. Prior to deploying the mini-Stop Stick, a supervisor should be notified of the situation and decide if the mini-Stop Stick should be deployed. DATE: April 9th, 2001 TO: Commanders (all sworn) FROM: k.hurd SUBJECT: WT 01-38 Conspiracy to Commit This weeks' watch training deals with Iowa Code, Chapter 706.1 Conspiracy. Recently the County Atty. has received multiple charges on one an person charging him/her with a particular offense and when "acting with another" charging him/her with conspiracy to commit the offense. There are several reasons that the CA requests we not file a conspiracy to commit charge along with the "actual" offense, primarily that in this case it eliminates a possible "fall back" position for the county atty. Cc: Chief Winkelhake Capt, Johnson Capt. Widmer Watch Training 01-3 8 Conspiracy to commit... Scenario - You respond to an alarm. Upon your arrival you observe a door forced open and 2 subjects exiting the property with a TV under each arm. You stop the subjects and develop the case against the 2. During interviews you develop information, reaching probable cause, to a 3rd person who had been involved in the planning but was not present during the actual burglary. Critical Issues - What would be the appropriate charge(s). Should all parties be charged with conspiracy to commit...? What are the disadvantages of charging the "active" participants with burglary and conspiracy to commit? When should conspiracy be charged? Discussion - Recently the County Attys. Office has received cases where multiple subjects have been charged with the same charge in relation to the same event, I.e. burglary and also charged with conspiracy to commit burglary. The CA would like officers to consider the following prior to filing a conspiracy to commit charge. I. When a subject is charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit charge, it WILL NOT affect how long or if the subject will be held. 2. If a person is charged with both charges and a problem comes up with the "base" charge which causes it to me dismissed (i.e. witness unavailability) the conspiracy charge will automatically be dismissed with it. If the conspiracy charge is not charged along with the "base" charge, if a new witness / evidence is discovered or reappears the conspiracy charge can now be filed w/o creating a double jeopardy situation. 3. Charging and getting a conviction on the "base charge" and a conspiracy to commit charge WILL NOT result in additional or enhanced penalty or even concurrent sentences. 4. The use of a conspiracy to commit charge is appropriate in those case where a subject was an active participant in the planning of a crime but not active in the actual commission of the crime. This person could be charged with conspiracy and subject to the same penalties as those actually committing the crime. 5. Conspiracy should not be charged if the person is also being charged with aiding and abetting. While it is often times desirable to charge multiple charges, the charging of conspiracy against the "active" participants in a crime does not enhance sentencing/penalties and eliminates it as a future charge should problems arise with the prosecution of the primary charge. If the charges are filed together, they must be tried together. The use of Conspiracy to Commit should be used when there is insufficient evidence to charge the person with the primary offense directly, or as an alder or abettor. Attached is chapter 706.1 Conspiracy, of the Code of Iowa: 706.1 Conspiracy. 1. A person corermrs conspiracy with another if, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of a crime which is an aggravated misdemeanor or felony, the person does either of the following: a. Agrees with another that they or one or more of them will engage in conduct constituting the crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit the crime. b. Agrees to aid another in the planning or commission of the crime or of an attempt or solicitation to commit the crime. 2. It is not necessary for the conspirator to know the identity of each and every conspirator. 3. A person shah not be convicted of conspiracy unless it is alleged and proven that at least one conspirator committed an overt act evidencing a design to accomplish the purpose of the conspiracy by criminal means. 4. A person shall not be convicted of conspiracy if the only other person or persons involved in the conspiracy were acting at the behest of or as agents of a law enforcement agency in an investigation of the criminal activity alleged at the time of the formation of the conspiracy. TRAINING BULLETIN 01-59 DATE: April 30th, 2001 TO: Commanders (all sworn) FROM: k.hurd SUBJECT: WT 01-35 Rapid Deployment Building Identification This weeks' WT details the numbering system used to identify the sides and openings of a building. This system will hopefully allow for a quick, easy, and uniform method of identification of a padicular opening on a building. Cc: Chief Winkelhake Capt. Johnson Capt. Widmer Watch Training 01-35 Rapid Deployment Building Numbering System Scenario - You respond to a call involving an active shooter. Upon your arrival you are met near the front of the building by several persons who advise that an armed subject has retreated to the rear of the building. Critical Issues - Where should the additional units respond? When making perimeter assignments what system is used in making the assignment? How are the various openings, doors/windows numbered? Discussion - For these type situations the ADDRESS side of the building wilt be considered the front of the building this applies even in those few situations where the main entrance is other than the address side. AGAIN the address side of the building is considered the front. In these instances as you FACE the building, the front will be side 1, to the left side 2, to the rear side 3, and to the right side 4. (I.e. sides being numbered in a clockwise direction.) The number of openings will begin on the left of EACH side. The first opening on the ground floor, be it a door or window, whether or not it enters the actual address in question is opening one - one - one (1-I-1) that is side one, level one, opening one. The next opening on the same level would be side I- level 1~ opening 2 and this system would continue to the far right of the side. If there were a second or subsequent floor the numbering would again begin on the left side and continue to the right with the 1st opening being side 1, level 2, opening l. For buildings with a basement the basement will be designated the basement and the ground floor is level 1. When assigning additional units to a particular side they can be directed to the particular side number. In the event that the situation calls for rapid deployment techniques, the team would identify the opening that they are entering, i.e. side 1 - level I - opening 4. In the event that the persons are visible in one of the wi'ndows/doors of the building, the observing officer will identify the opening with the before mentioned numbering system. The purpose of this system is to establish a simple, consistent manner in identifying the sides and openings of the window. Officers do not need to worry about compass directions or the describing the location of a particular opening, i.e. they are on the NW comer on the second floor, three windows in from the N end of the building. Instead they can use side 2 - level 2 - opening 3. 3 2 in a c~ockwise direction. Elevation View 4 5 I 2 Front " ICPDTRAiNING m DATE: May 1, 2001 --< TO: ChiefWinkelhake ~.~7~ ~-. From: K.Hurd REF: April Training Report NCIC Certification 04/05/01 Schwindt 4 Hours Waterloo Mandatory certification training and testing for NC[C. FBI State Training 04/05 -06/01 Steffen 16 Hours Bettendorf Update training for FBI academy graduates, Iowa Chapter. Midwest Gang Investigators Conference 04/28/01-05/02/01 Jackson/Gonzalez 40 Hours St Louis Training in investigating gang related criminal activities. Includes new trends and updates on gang related activities. Watch Meeting Training On-going All sworn WT #s 01-54, 01-38, 01-40, 01-35 SRT Range Training 4/24-25/01 SRT Washington County Range 8 Hours Monthly range training for SRT members. Included training on different firearms including newly issued handguns. SRT Training 04/10/01 SRT 8 Hours Training in building entries and hostage rescue. Included scenarios and role players. Copy: City Manager Captain Widmer PCRB Iowa City Police Department May 2001 Clearing Semi-auto IOWA CITY COMMUNITY Malfunctions SCHOOL DISTRICT mat to iryo.r g.. jams EMERGENCY RESPONSE Adapted from article by Brian Scott in the Jan. 2001 POLICEPLAN magazine. The Iowa City Community School District has With the conversion to the Glock officers need to developed an emergency response plan. There is a remember the basics of cleadng their weapon should a copy of the plan in the Emergency Communications Center (radio room). The plan is broken down to malfunction occur. Malfunctions may be classified as specific schools. By looking under the specific school non-critical which are those which an officer can quickly name you can locate the names and phone numbers of fix/clear in the field and critical realfunctions which are school personnel and details specific responsibilities by those which are those which cannot be fixed in the field name/position for that specific school, and the (i,e. a broken firing pin). In the case of a cdtical reunification location for that school. This DOES NOT MEAN that there is a separate plan for each school, it realfunction officers would need to transition to another merely allows response personnel to know who is weapon (shotgun) or disengage. responsible for what functions dudng crisis/emergency situation. The non-critical malfunctions generally fall into one of four categories: Contained on the 2nd or 3~ page of each plan is a sheet titled INSTURCTIONS FOR THE EMERGENCY PLAN. Failure to feed - This occurs after a round is fired and This sheet details the overall response to the the top round in the magazine fails to feed from the top emergency for joint operations (police, fire) and is of the magazine into the fidng chamber. This is usually consistent throughout the district. Additionally there are the result of the magazine not being propedy seated. district wide Emergency Response Procedures for This may be caused by not applying enough pressure teachers. These procedures may directly affect any Rapid Deployment initiative in case of an active when inserting the magazine, or the magazine release shooter. The procedures to be used by teachers in event of a crisis are; continued on page 2 1. Direct Students to safest area in room -- away from doom and wil~dows. Assume sever INSIDE THIS ISSUE weather positions by getting Down on floor beneath a desk or table and remain quiet. t Clearing Jams 2. Lock classroom door and/or barricade it unless evacuating orders are issued. If unable to lock I Iowa City School District Emergency Response Plan the door from inside, consider external locking of door if safe. (In case of rapid deployment a 4 Bomb Threat Evacuation Distances locked classroom may contain students which you will be moving past) 3. Turn off lights. Close blinds if expedient or safe. (the closing of blinds will obviously limit any external visual check of the rooms) 4. Account for all students. 5. Place red sign in extedor and intedor windows training I continued from page 1 may have been accidentally pressed without the 2. Rack the slide with the ejection port pointing officer's knowledge. Officers should periodically pull toward the ground. By racking the slide and with on the base of their magazine to make sure it does not the port tilted to the ground you will likely clear any come out without the magazine release being round that failed to fire or eject any round that has depressed. not completely cleared the ejection port and chamber a fresh round in the chamber. Failure to fire - This usually occurs because of a defective primer. Using quality ammunition will minimize the likelihood of encountering a failure to fire stoppage. Failure to eject (stovepipe) - This problem occurs after '-.-~...'il.i~-- ~ , the round is discharged and the empty casing does not completely clear the ejection po~ before the slide comes fo~ard. Failure to eject may be caused by not having adequate hand/wrist suppod during recoil (limp wristing) or because an object impedes the movement of the slide. Failure to extractdouble feed - This results after a round fires and the extractor doesn't remove the empty shell from the chamber. When the slide cycles fo~ard (picture shown with magazine out) and attempts to feed a new round into the chamber, it 3. After steps one and ~o - Fire your weapon. The is stopped by the rear of the emp~, discharged casing "Tap and Rack" should take care of the problem it that is still in the chamber. This o~en results from was a failure to feed, failure to fire, or a failure to excessive expansion of the casing, or a di~ or worn eject (stovepipe). extractor. This is a good reason to keep your weapon maintained and clean. Malfunction Clearing 4. If the problem is a failure to eject or "double feed" officers will need to add the final step, reload. The non-critical malfunctions listed above may be After going to the tap and rack without cleared by using the following sequence: TAP - RACK successfully clearing the problem the officer -RELOAD should lock the slide to the rear, remove the That is... magazine, release the slide and re-rack the 1. Tap the bosom of the magazine to ensure it is weapon to clear any stuck rounds, lock the slide to the rear, inse~ a fresh magazine, run the slide properly seated. fo~ard and resume fire if necessa~. TRAINING EVENTS continued from page I The following is a listing of training, which MAY be only if emergency assistance is required, i.e. available. DO NOT consider this a posting. Any injury, intruder in area, if safe. (if the red sign request to attend based on this listing will not be is visible in a room either immediate considered a request to attend. emergency medical assistance is needed OR the intruder/shooter is in the area) TRAINING EVENT 6. If law enforcement makes visual contact, pull PLACE ROBERT E LEE CENTER / CRPD RANGE on earlobe as a visual clue if intruder in room, if safe. (If they do a Carol Burnett an intruder is DATE WEEK OF MAY 21 ST present) Spring training / firearm qualification 7. Keep students calm TRAINING EVENT 8. Communicate using CC mail and check for messageS, if safe. (they can communicate PLACE TRACK AND CRPD RANGE using email) DATE WEEK OF OCT. 15TH 9. When evacuation orders are issued, Fall range/Fitness assessment accompany students to the evacuation area and reunification center .... All students must TRAINING EVENT gO tO the reunification center and use school transportation. Follow fire drill route or PLACE MTTU IV alternative as directed. DATE NOV. 27-29, 2001 10. Take roll at reunification center, direct students Reid Interview and Interrogation training to sign in, and report absences to designco. 11. Wait for all clear signal from administrator TRAINING EVENT upon recommendation from law enforcement and follow directEves. PLACE MTTU IV 12. Refer media at building to the district PIO. DATE SEPT, Upon responding to a school on an emergency basis, FIELD TRAINING OFFICER SCHOOL the school administrator would be the preferred person to make contact with. The school representative should have resources, including building floor plans and keys that may be useful upon entering the building. Officers are encouraged to review the plan in further detail. Officer Involved Shootings/Serious Injury CALEA UPDATE Investigations As we complete the self -assessment phase of the We are currently finalizing an order relating to officer accreditation process, the next step is a mock involved shootings or incidents that result in a serious assessment. This will involve several people injury. As part of the post incident procedures involved trained in the CALEA process coming in and doing officer(s) may be relieved of their weapon(s) in order to a preliminary review of our files, orders, processes, ensure a thorough investigation. Any involved weapons etc. They will provide feedback on the areas that are to be left in the immediate post incident state except we need to address in more detail, or redo in its for those steps necessary to make the scene safe. entirety prior to the "official" on-site assessment. Firearms are not to be emptied or cleaned except upon We will attempt to have the mock as soon as the direction of the Incident Commander. In addition, practical to allow the greatest amount of time for involved officers may be placed on administrative leave. making adjustments prior to the December These steps ARE NOT intended to be disciplinary in assessment. nature but to protect the officer and the department. The official on-site assessment will last 4 days, Additionally there may be requests for lab samples from beginning on a Sunday and ending Wednesday. involved officers. Again these steps are taken to protect The assessors will check all 400+ files as well as the officer and department from unfounded allegations interview different members of the department and ~{ ~Alnll ~{ fnn an{lira, ~ t-nrnnl~f~ in~l~==fin~finn members from other city departments. training 3