DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MONTHLY

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
MONTHLY REPORT
NOVEMBER 2015
CEDAR FALLS POLICE
Statistics
Calls for Service
Traffic Stops
Arrests
First Shift
348
97
17
Second Shift
475
91
16
Third Shift
288
87
32
FIRST SHIFT – Captain Craig Berte
- Staff attended the funeral of Waterloo Police Officer Adam Liddell, assisted with the funeral escort and
assisted Waterloo with calls during the funeral and interment.
- There was a residential fire at 517 W 5th where shift officers assisted with traffic; and 1 PSO from shift
geared up and assisted with duties as assigned.
- A traffic stop on at University Avenue and Midway Drive led to the arrest of an adult female for Driving
While License Revoked.
- On November 7, an investigation led to the arrest of an adult female for Violation of a No Contact Order.
There was also a 5 car accident with minor personal injuries at Highway 58 and Viking Road.
- An ongoing investigation led to the arrest of a juvenile male for Fifth Degree Theft and a juvenile female
for Operating a Motor Vehicle With Out Consent and Fifth Degree Theft.
- A shift officer made an appearance in Federal Court in Cedar Rapids and secured a 4 count indictment for
possession and receipt of child pornography after an extensive investigation. That subject was later
arrested by US Marshall Service.
- Officers responded to a call on November 23 and the subsequent investigation led to the arrest of an adult
male for domestic assault.
- Officers assisted the Fire Department with an investigation into a fire that occurred at 615 Iowa Street. A
confession was obtained from an adult male who was charged with First Degree Arson and First Degree
Criminal Mischief.
SECOND SHIFT – Captain Jeff Harrenstein
- During the month second shift officers responded to a significant number of traffic accidents. Many of
these accidents occurred in the Highway 58 corridor, especially in the area of Viking Road. Weather and
increased traffic volume during to the holidays likely played a part in many of these accidents.
- A total of three subjects were arrested at Scheel’s and Walmart for shoplifting.
- Officers responded to a family offense in the 1800 block of 18th Street. Officers were advised that a young
child had been assaulted by a parent at the residence. The father was uncooperative and refused to allow
officers to check on the welfare of the child. The father was subsequently arrested and fought with
officers. The Department of Human Services was notified and has conducted follow-up.
- It was reported the Metro Area Redemption Center was illegally charging a sorting fee for cans. Follow-up
was conducted with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, who advised this was an illegal practice.
Officers determined the business was charging the fee and contact was made with management. Followup will be conducted by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
- A female reported that she had been held against her will by an ex-boyfriend. Upon officer’s arrival, the
suspect fled from the scene and was not located. Warrants were later obtained and the subject was
charged with Interference and Violation of a No-Contact Order.
- Officers responded to Chuck E Cheese on the report of a domestic abuse assault. The suspect had left
the scene prior to officer’s arrival, but was seen driving from the area and stopped. A female subject was
arrested for Serious Assault Domestic Abuse.
- An accident at University Avenue and Cedar Heights Drive led to the arrest of one of the drivers for First
Offense Operating While Intoxicated.
- An erratic driver in the area of Highway 58 and Viking Road led to the arrest of the driver for Operating
While Intoxicated.
-
Officers responded to a death in the 1000 block of Floral Court. Investigation showed that the resident
died of natural causes.
Second shift personnel organized and conducted a traffic enforcement event focusing on the Highway 58
corridor. Numerous traffic stops were made for various violations as well as one drug arrest. Officers also
made an Operating While Intoxicated arrest that was unrelated to the traffic enforcement event.
One female was arrested for Third Offense Public Intoxication after reports of a person lying in the parking
lot, in the snow, of Cedar Heights Elementary. Officers located the female walking from the area, she
became belligerent and appeared to be intoxicated.
Officers assisted the Tri-County Drug Task Force with a search warrant at 4410 University Avenue.
Officers assisted with entry into the apartment and subsequent drug investigation. The case remains ongoing.
Second shift officers provided assistance for the annual Holiday Hoopla event. Officers assisted with
traffic and crowd control.
Officers responded to a weapons violation at 2016 Rainbow. It was reported that an intoxicated male had
pointed a gun at his wife. Officers responding made contact with the wife and removed her from the
house. Her husband was located inside and was found to have a loaded handgun on his person. The
male subject was arrested for aggravated assault, domestic abuse. A large number of guns were
subsequently removed from the house, including handguns and assault style long guns.
THIRD SHIFT – Captain Jeff Sitzmann
- Officers were called to a Cedar Fall motel to investigate a stolen vehicle. A few minutes later, that vehicle
was reported driving recklessly on Rainbow Drive. Officers located the vehicle which was being driven by
an intoxicated subject. It was determined that the owner of the vehicle had picked the subject up in
Waterloo and brought her to Cedar Falls. They then went to a Cedar Falls motel. While the victim was in
getting a room, the suspect took his truck. The subject was charged with OWI.
- Officer noticed a disorderly subject in the 2000 block of College St. on November 7th. The subject was
being escorted by friends, but was being belligerent and trying to start fights with people passing by. When
an officer tried to make contact with that subject, he took off running. The officer was able to catch the
subject and take him into custody. The subject was charged with Second Offense Public Intoxication, and
Interference With Official Acts.
- Two intoxicated individuals were arrested for Second Offense Public Intoxication after someone thought it
looked like they were trying to break into cars. The two claimed they were trying to find a place to stay
warm.
- An intoxicated male had passed out in a vehicle that didn’t belong to him in the 400 block of Main Street.
An altercation occurred when the owner and friends tried to wake him. The subject was arrested for Third
Offense Public Intoxication and Trespassing.
- On November 26 at approximately 5:44 am, Cedar Falls Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a
vehicle fire at 615 W 7th Street in Cedar Falls. Emergency personnel arrived to find three (3) vehicles on
fire. The fire spread to a nearby shed prior to the fire being extinguished. All three vehicles were
completely burnt and considered a total loss. The fire was considered suspicious. During the course of
the investigation, a suspect was developed and subsequently arrested. Nicholas Matthew Kollasch, 30,
currently of 722 W 6th Street, Cedar Falls, was arrested and charged with Arson in the 1st Degree, a Class
"B" Felony, and Criminal Mischief 1st Degree, a Class "C" Felony.
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT – Captain Craig Berte
- Investigators assisted patrol with an arson investigation in the 600 block of West 7th Street. An adult male
was charged with First Degree Arson, Burglary and Criminal Mischief.
- An investigator continues to do follow-up investigation to a reported robbery from October.
- An investigator continued to do follow-up investigation with other local and federal law enforcement
agencies in relation to significant retail store thefts from October in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.
- Two investigators followed-up on four different sexual abuse and child sexual abuse cases that were
reported in November. No arrests have been made at this time.
-
Several credit card fraud cases were investigated and closed without arrests after subpoenaed
documents were received showing that the purchases were made at numerous locations across the
United States.
The School Resource Officer charged three juveniles with Disorderly Conduct and Possession of Tobacco
Under Legal Age in three separate incidents at Cedar Falls High School and Holmes Junior High School.
The School Resource Officer made over a dozen presentations at several schools over the topics of
bullying, drivers education, drugs and internet safety. The SRO also assisted school staff with several
home checks and truancy issues.
Investigators represented the CFPD at meetings of the Sexual Assault Response Team, Child Protective
Center, Area Investigators Meeting, and the Gang Task Force.
PROPERTY/EVIDENCE PROCESSING
- Latent Print Processing – 17 items
- ATF Traces – 4 handguns
- Evidence to DCI – 5 items
- Cellphone Downloads – 5 phones downloaded
- Evidence
o Drug/Controlled Substances incinerated on November 23rd for 2007, 2008, and 2009 drug cases.
o Evidence Entered – 162
o CDs Entered – 129
o Fingerprints Taken – 13 cards
o DVDs Destroyed – 260
o Evidence Destroyed – 195
o Evidence to Long Term storage – 123
o DVDs for attorneys – 34
o DVDs for Defense - 6
TRAINING UNIT – Lieutenant Dennis O’Neill
- Proxied two NCIC Recertification exams
- Lieutenant Smith attended Officer Involved Shootings training in Marion.
- Officers McNamara, Rea, Zolondek, Rea, and Froning attended the Iowa Division of the International
Association for Identification in Cedar Falls .
- Kathy Gill attended Uniform Crime Reporting training put on by the FBI in Johnston.
- Captains Hayes and Harrenstein attended Active Shooter Scene Management in Cedar Rapids
- In Service training for all 3 squads consisted of CQB (Close Quarter Battles) training and firing out and
around vehicles.
RESERVE UNIT – Lieutenant Martin Beckner
- October training was held on November 10th. Officers Mercado and Krueger conducted close quarter
combat training in and around vehicles at the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office Training Range. The
training was a shortened version of the departmental in-service training provided to career officers.
- On November 13th, a Reserve Officers assisted with GTSB enforcement.
- On November 26th, a Reserve Officer was called in to assist with securing a fire/crime scene in the 600
block of Iowa Street. The fire scene was determined to have been an arson.
- On November 26 & 27th, Reserve Officers assisted with Black Friday. Reserve Officers walked
businesses during busy holiday shopping times, patrolled parking lots, and checked businesses that were
closed for the holidays.
- On November 27th, Reserve Officers assisted with Holiday Hoopla.
- Reserve Officers Buck and Burg began their field training with Officers Ladage and Mason, respectively.
- Reserve Officer Husidic successfully completed his NCIC testing.
Total hours worked during the month:
247.25 Hours
November Statistics
November 2015
Total 2015
Group A Crimes
Murder
Forcible Rape
Sex Asslt/W/Object
Forcible Fondling
Indecent Exposure
Robbery
Assault
Arson
Extortion/Blackmail
Burglary
Theft
Theft / Motor Vehicle
Counterfeit/Forgery
Fraud
Embezzlement
Stolen Property
Vandalism
Drug Offenses
Statutory Rape
Porn/Obscene Material
Weapon Law Violation
0
3
0
0
0
0
12
1
0
8
42
1
8
8
0
0
18
14
0
0
0
0
9
1
17
2
3
91
1
1
96
511
19
67
125
6
1
170
179
1
4
12
Group B Crimes
Theft by Check
Disorderly Conduct
Operating While Intoxicated
Public Intoxicated / Liquor Violations
Non-Violent Family Offense
Liquor Law Violation
Runaway
Trespassing
Other Offenses
0
9
7
18
3
0
5
2
6
16
103
134
186
12
5
24
27
116
115
50
165
1,316
623
1,939
0
3
71
74
3
58
581
642
0
1
0
1
13
33
4
50
7
1,398
65
106
16,717
871
Group A Total:
Group B Total:
Total Reported Crimes:
Traffic Accidents
Fatality
Personal Injury
Property Damage
Total Reported Accidents
Driving Offenses
Driving While Barred
Driving While Suspended / Revoked
Eluding / Peace Officer
Total Driving Offenses
Alcohol/Tobacco Violations
Calls For Service
Total Arrests
CEDAR FALLS FIRE RESCUE
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
1 – Boys Scout tour
1 – Girl Scout Troup tour
1 – Hearing impaired smoke detector install
4 – Smoke detector check
1 – Group of pre-school children; tour
1 – Station #1 tour; 36 children
1 – Legacy Condo smoke detector checks and battery change
1 – Presentation of Thanksgiving dinner to a family
1 – Holiday Hoopla Fireworks stand-by
1 – Public education for a small group
2 – Installed smoke detectors for a family
3 – Public Assistance
PART-TIME FIRE FIGHTERS
Part-time and POC Firefighters contributed 67 hours of shift duty during the month.
FIRE RENTAL INSPECTIONS
Inspections:
121
COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS
Inspections:
Re-inspections:
65
27
Training
hours of training for the month.
Average Attendee Hours by Training Category the Month
Cedar Falls Public Safety
Grid Map
F = FIRE
P= POLICE
Outside City limits
F 10
P1
Non Specified
F1
P8
Parks
P4
F: 4
P: 16
F: 1
P: 1
F: 2
P: 13
P: 1
F: 2
P: 30
P: 17
P: 10
F: 6
F: 3 F: 6 P: 73
P: 71 P: 67
F: 7/P: 35
F: 1
P: 3
P: 1
P: 9
F: 4
P: 18
F: 11
P: 62
F: 2
P: 8
F: 4
P: 19
F: 2 F: 3
F: 5
P: 18 P: 46
P: 55
F: 5 F: 2 F: 3
F: 11
P: 67
F: 7 P: 53 P: 87 P: 30
P: 37
F: 5 F: 8/P: 53
P: 53
F: 3
P: 11
P: 15
F: 3
P: 4
F: 2
P: 21
F: 4
P: 37
P: 8
F: 6
P: 54
F: 7
P: 32
F: 22
P: 77
F: 3
P: 24
F: 5
P: 15
F: 9
P: 46
F: 21
P: 76
F: 1
P: 9
P: 3
CALLS FOR SERVICE
Type of
Incident
Fire Related
Rescue/ EMS
Related
Totals
1/15
62
2/15
66
3/15
79
4/15
73
5/15
54
6/15
65
7/15
81
8/15
72
9/15
89
94
100
121
102
131
118
112
87
115
137
123
156
166
200
175
185
183
193
159
204
197
198
Type of Incident
Fire Related
Rescue/EMS Related
Totals
2011
991
1021
2012
2012
1056
1047
2103
2013
1052
1049
2101
10/15 11/15 12/15
60
75
2014
948
1051
1999
Fire Experience Survey
FIRE
RELATED
38%
EMS
RELATED
62%
Section 8 Program Voucher Report:
Total Available
Under Contract
Units Available
Issued
Families Contacted
326
226
0
0
0
Our current Lease Up Rate is 69%.
Section 8 Applications on File: 245 as of November 30, 2015.
During the month of November 12 annual recertification appointments were completed. 5 interim change
appointments were completed. We ported out 2 participants to Waterloo. This month we had 1 new
admission to the HCV program. We ended participation for 1 participant who voluntarily quit the
program.
HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS (HQS).
In November, 6 inspections were conducted. 3 initial inspections for new admission and moving
participants and 1 re-inspection for new admission. 2 complaint inspections were conducted.
OTHER ACTIVITIES. Staff attended/participated in the following meetings/functions in:
- Implemented new software for the HCV program.
- Attended a PHA meeting in Charles City
- HUD Midwest conference call