october 2015 monthly support report

Brownsburg Police Dept
31 North Green Street
Brownsburg, IN 46112
Phone 317-852-1107
Dispatch 317-852-1100
Fax 317-858-2023
Major Joseph Grimes
OCTOBER 2015
MONTHLY SUPPORT REPORT
___________________________________________________________
CHIEF OF POLICE
&
BROWNSBURG POLICE COMMISSION
Brownsburg Police Department
SUPPORT DIVISION REPORT
The following information contained within this report summarizes information deemed
pertinent for dissemination from Major Joseph Grimes.
-Investigations
-Records
-Community Relations
-Public Information
-Purchasing/Quartermaster
-Information & Technology
-Human Resources
-Training
-Emergency Response Team
Investigations
The Investigations Division received 46 new cases in the month of October, closed and/or
suspended 24 cases, and closed no cases with arrests.
The Investigations Division continues to operate one Detective understaffed. The Bank
Robbery investigation remains under active investigation and search warrant results are
pending. The entire Investigations Division continues to dedicate a great portion of their
time and expertise towards this case.
Capt. Barrett received a new child pornography investigation that had numerous alleged
local victims. However, after a brief investigation and review, it was determined that
there were insufficient elements of a crime to pursue the case any further. Most of the
self-reported victims were not victims of child pornography, but elements of harassment.
Capt. Barrett requested a meeting with the Chief Deputy Prosecutor which proved to be
fruitful. Together, they developed a set of standards in order to proceed in the future with
like cases. This will be valuable as parents and children alike present to LE for
assistance. These standards will be provided in a brief training to all LE agencies within
Hendricks County, and an upcoming training for School Resource Officers and Juvenile
Officers. Capt. Barrett is researching the possibility of a grant that would assist victims
of crime by potentially providing funding for new positions and to launch innovative
programs deemed worthy by the grantor.
Sgt. Bass investigated a report of sexual assault on a female juvenile. After a lengthy
investigation and numerous interviews, it was determined that the reporter had fabricated
the allegation. Sgt. Bass is in the midst of a child molest case that involves 12 victims
thus far. This case has been time intensive as he is still interviewing many victims and
witnesses. Some of the victims no longer reside within the state and that will require
travel and/or courtesy interviews from respective agencies within the victim’s current
jurisdictions.
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Cpl. Stanford remains the primary investigator on the bank robbery with Captain Barrett
actively assisting. Much of his time remains dedicated to the investigation of this case.
Cpl. Stanford investigated a case of credit card skimmers. He worked closely with the
Secret Service until the case was ultimately turned over to their agency.
Det. McCoy investigated a theft from a local business. The suspect, who he later
identified, was a female who was repeatedly stealing food and diapers from a local
business. The suspect had been charged for theft by another area LE agency due to the
same type of theft. Det. McCoy discussed the case with Captain Barrett and it was
determined to forego adding additional theft charges to the suspect, but provide her with
resources from the county children bureau and community partners to obtain assistance.
CSI Stewart processed 96 pieces of evidence, returned 6 pieces of property, and
processed 1 crime scene. Stewart had 1 trip to the ISP lab. Stewart took follow-up
photos for a Domestic Violence case and the 5-0 5K, Reserve Graduation, and BPD
Haunted House. She proctored for the civilian recruitment testing process and assisted
Sgt. Fleck with the set-up, tear down, and staffing of the BPD Haunted Police Station.
Stewart attended IAPE training this month as well.
Administrative Assistant Belinda Sharkey scanned 83 documents into Laserfiche,
researched 22 dispositions, and assisted on 12 case follow-ups. Sharkey proctored the
civilian recruitment testing process as well.
Records
Throughout October, the Records department continued to operate with two staff
members, Deborah Umbanhowar and Kim Shupert. However, on October 3rd, both staff
members conducted written and computer skills assessment testing for Records Assistant
applicants. Then on October 14th, an oral interview board consisting of Major Joe
Grimes, Captain Jennifer Barrett and Kim Shupert assessed candidates further. The top
candidate was determined and is currently undergoing the preliminary background
investigation. The Records department hopes to be back up to full staff by the end of
November.
Kim Shupert has also been dedicating some time to creating a new personnel evaluation
form and updating various policies. She and Debbie have also been accepting preapplications and providing additional documentation to experienced Reserve Officer
applicants since October 19th.
In the month of October, the Records Department entered 29 hand-written citations or
warnings, processed 18 public access requests, 31 criminal history requests, 23 gun
permit applications, 117 alarm permit transactions, 1 rider request, and 14 sets of
fingerprints. Fees generated totaled $3,011.00. Below is a breakdown of the collected
fees:
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Accident Reports
Incident Reports
Gun Permits
Notary Fees
Criminal Histories
Fingerprints
Alarm Transactions
Vehicle Inspections
$60.00
$55.00
$1,070.00
$1.00
$115.00
$70.00
$1,635.00
$5.00
Community Relations
Sgt. Fleck provided presentations to various groups this month. One of those
presentations was at the Brownsburg Town Hall for the Public Safety Academy. The
discussion was on topic of Parental Rights, Crime Watch, and he provided equipment
demonstrations. Sgt. Fleck presented at the Brownsburg Academy for preschoolers,
Sheltering Wings for Women’s self-defense, and hosted his own Women’s Self-Defense
for civilians twice this month.
Sgt. Fleck instructed for Defensive Tactics for the Reserve Academy and the Police
Training Facility. Sgt. Fleck attended and/or hosted the Crime Watch and Explorer
meetings. Sgt. Fleck also provided court security 4 times this month as it is one of his job
responsibilities.
Sgt. Fleck worked diligently with Stewart’s assistance to set up and present the
Brownsburg Police Department Haunted Police Station. The event took place on
Halloween night from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. It was a smashing success. The Haunted Police
Station had approximately 400 more attendees this year compared to last year. The head
count was 1,744.
Oct 1- Instruct defensive tactics for reserve academy
Oct 3- 5k run for reserve special program
Oct 5- Public Safety Academy for the Town Hall which consisted of Parental
Rights, Crime Watch, and equipment demonstrations
Oct 6-8- Instructing at ILEA for firearms
Oct 7- Crime Watch
Oct 10- Explorer Meeting
Oct 13- Presentation at the Brownsburg Academy for pre-schoolers
Oct 14- Substance Abuse Task Force Meeting
Oct 14- Building Tour
Oct 14- Women’s Self Defense
Oct 21- Explorer Meeting
Oct 22- Women’s Self Defense at Sheltering Wings
Oct 26- Instructing defensive tactics
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Oct 28- Women’s Self Defense
Oct 31- Haunted House
Oct 7, 14, 21, and 28 court security
Juvenile information transferred to state data base
Public Information
The department had 11 media contacts
during the month of October. The
contacts covered a media release for
the arrest of an alleged heroin dealer
with local ties. In addition to the
Facebook Crime Tips
media release there were media
inquiries in relation to Halloween
activities, Trick or Treat hours, death
Twitter
investigation that was determined to
not be in Brownsburg jurisdiction,
Press Release
personal injury crash involving a
public transport
van,
and
a
Brownsburg
Community
School
Police investigation of an alleged
Child Seduction case that our agency assisted with, which resulted in no arrest. The
department also released 6 Facebook posts and 1 Facebook Crime Tips post. Current
subscriber lists report the following number of members:
Media Resource
Facebook
Subscribers/Contacts
3060
3681
1249
13
4000
3681
3559 3620
3429 3521
3500
3000
2966 3035
3164 3243
2633
3060
2923 2993
2848
2745
2500
2000
2330
2212 2257
2461 2532
Facebook
Crime Tips
1500
1000
Twitter
1177 1215 1232 1239 1248 1249
1053 1105 1127 1138
500
0
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Purchasing/Quartermaster
$5,738,738
$4,782,282
$4,388,677
$6,000,000
As of November 01, 2015,
the department expended
76.47% of its budget. We
remain
slightly
under
budget.
$4,000,000
Budget
Projected
Current
Position
$2,000,000
$0
$393,605
-$2,000,000
Information Technology
Lt. Depinet has completed inventorying all of the former Motorola Mobile data
Computers (MDT’s) and has removed the hard drives for destruction. Lt. Depinet has
discovered that the fairly new Records Management System (RMS) that the BPD and all
Hendricks and Marion County LE agencies went to is experiencing major issues with the
launching of the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. The CAD was supposed to be
deployed within six months of the RMA launch. It appears that due to technical
difficulties the project was set back for over one year.
According to Lt. Depinet, he has been told that it is possible that we will be using a 2nd
party CAD product and/or switch to an entirely new RMS from another vendor. There
should be more clarity regarding this issue in the months to come.
Human Resources
Brownsburg Certified Reserve Academy Graduation took place on Saturday, October
17th. Twenty-two Reserves graduated from seven different agencies. Of these twenty-
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two graduates, Brownsburg Police Department had three Reserve Officer Candidates that
successfully completed the program. The entire reserve training process received high
marks from the graduates and several BPD instructors were recognized by the graduates
for their professionalism and instruction throughout the academy.
As of October 22, 2015, the Brownsburg Police Department received confirmation that
Reserve Officer Candidates, Noah Feldman (Middle), Jacob Clark (Left), and Michael
Burrell (Right), had satisfactorily passed the remaining portions of their Conditional
Offers as Reserve Police Officers. This included CVSA, Physical, and Psychological.
The current Experienced Reserve Police Officer recruitment process finalized accepting
applications on November 5th at 4:00 pm. There had been eight applications submitted at
the time of this report, and an anticipated date for interviews are being discussed among
Executive Staff for yet this month.
Training
During the month of October trainings involving the Brownsburg Police personnel and
Brownsburg Police Training Facility were as follows:
October 5th--First session of Brownsburg Police Department State mandated
Defensive Tactics was conducted at the BPD Training Facility
October 9th--Indiana Department of Correction Warrant Service Unit utilized the
Shoothouse for training
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October 12-13th and October 19-22nd--Dr. Paul Whitesell conducted his Defensive
Tactics Instructor certification at the BPD Training Facility
o This generated revenue in the amount of $1,080
October 15th—Sgt. Watts and representatives from BFT and BCSC met to discuss
the possibility of conducting a full scale violent intruder exercise within the
school corporation
o This is the beginning of several planning meetings with an event likely
being planned in the spring
October 17th--Indiana Marshalls Association conducted its quarterly training at
the training facility
o This generated revenue in the amount of $400
The week of October 19th the Central Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council
(CILETC) made available a firearms simulator system for BPD officers to utilize
for training
o Several officers participated in the training throughout the week and
provided excellent feedback
October 22nd--CILETC conducted its monthly meeting at the BPD Training
Facility
o Several items were discussed including the hosting of a FTO training class
in December
October 26th--Second session of the State Mandated Defensive Tactics was
conducted at the BPD Training Facility
October 28th—Sgt. Watts met with HR representatives from the Town of
Brownsburg to discuss the planning of BPD provided Armed Intruder training
with the Town Hall staff
o Various concerns and goals of the training were discussed in addition to
development of some basic policy considerations
October 30th--BPD Training Committee met to discuss requests made during the
month of October
Emergency Response Team
During the month of October, Chad Brandon
attended and successfully completed a Basic SWAT
Course hosted by the FBI. On October 26th, ERT
was activated for an armed barricaded in Avon;
however, were disregarded enroute due to subject
surrendered to officers on scene. Monthly training
was conducted on October 27th, to which much of
the training was dedicated to team exercises to get
the two newer members acclimated to tactics,
techniques, and methodologies utilized by the active
members of the Emergency Response Team.
Respectfully Submitted,
Major Joseph Grimes
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