Raindogblue

30

 

Traffic related deaths are up to 30 for the year. 

 

 

In Good Hands

 

Why are there no many road related fatalities in the pond?

The driver's rank in the bottom 10 percent of all drivers in the largest 200 cities in the country.

 

 

 

Bites

 

The department's K-9 unit has a 10 percent bite to capture ratio.

 

 

Traffic Deaths

 

As of 6/14/19, the city is up to 26 traffic deaths for the year. 

 

 

Failure to Perform the Duties of a Driver

 

Per the brass, the city has 7000 hit and runs each year. That is 19 each day.

 

 

 

 

Blue

 

Locally, a blue hospital wrist band indicates a problematic patient. 

 

 

From the News: Hiring Issues

 

1) The number of applicants is decreasing.

2) Of  the 1,075 people who applied to be officers in 2018, 817 met the minimum requirements.

3) Only 303 progressed to background checks.

4)  85%  don't pass the background check.

5) 43 were hired.

6) 38 of that hire group made probation. 

22

 

As of today, the new total for deaths caused by vehicular collisions in the city is 22. 

 

 

18

 

The city is up 18 traffic related deaths for the year. 

 

 

3/7/19

 

1) The department has hit the retirement cliff. With two consecutive 27 week pay periods in a row and with none in the near future, the mass hires of the early 1990's are retiring by the dozens. A few are opting for the retire - re-hire program allowing officers to double dip for the new few years.

2) Despite the city increasing the allotment of officers by 49 to a total of 1001 officers, there are less officers working than the year before. 

3)t takes an average of 340 days to hire an officer. 

4)The new hire wash-out rate is increasing from 10-15 percent to 25. I know some training officers with a 57 percent wash-out rate for their trainees.

5) Calls for service are up 22 percent in the last five years.

6) Priority call response times are have in increase by two minutes since 2012.