2014 Annual Report by Fargo Police Department

FARGO 2014 Annual Report

Police Department

“The Fargo Police Department is dedicated to providing our community with the highest level of quality and professional police services. We are committed to preserving the public’s trust through the principles of service, justice and fairness.”

Contents 3

A message from the Chief

Interim Police Chief David Todd

Chief welcome message insert here

Offenses Reported

Five Year Crime Trends

42%

Calls for Service Growth

Field Services 9

Deputy Chief Joe Anderson

Lieutenant Mat Sanders Beat 11 Sergeant Shawn Gamradt Beat 12 Sergeant Shane Aberle Beat 13 Sergeant Mark Lykken

North District [Field Services]

Central District [Field Services]

Lieutenant Jason Nelson Beat 21 Sergeant George Vinson Beat 22 Sergeant Tom Morris Beat 23 Sergeant Chris Helmick

South District [Field Services]

Lieutenant Ross Renner Beat 31 Sergeant Tom Shaw Beat 32 Sergeant Matt Christensen Beat 33 Sergeant Chris Nichtern

West District [Field Services]

Beat 41 Sergeant Kevin Pallas Beat 42 Sergeant Jared Crane Beat 43 Sergeant Shannon Ruziska

Traffic Safety Unit [Field Services] 15

Jim Kringlie

Kringlie 32 Distracted Driving Blitzes = 89 Texting Citations 65 “Click It or Ticket It” Blitzes = 105 Seat Belt Citations 65 DUI R.A.I.D Shifts = 41 DUI Arrests 2 TSU Officers = 4,403 Citations Issued

Sergeant Jim

192 deployments

Canine Earl Sergeant

George Vinson

Canine Unit [Field Services]

Sergeant George Vinson

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Sergeant George Vinson

    “Top Dog.” 

172 deployments

17 

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five medals and two citations

Canine Falco Officer Dave Cochran

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     3rd place Canine Unit

Services]

Canine Bali Officer

Jeremiah Ferris

91 deployments

[Field

18 127 139 192 15 109 172 8 75 91 0 50 100 150 200 250 2012 2013 2014 Total Deployments 54 53 59 58 73 49 37 70 95 69 98 99 156 232 244 300 188 159 293 386 61 84 43 57 35 36 16 12 14 14 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Overall Unit Deployments

Canine Unit [Field Services]

Case Highlights [Property Crimes]

Cases

Stolen Vehicles & Thefts

Investigative Services

Lieutenant Joel Vettel Norman Berdahl Burglary

Thomas Bearson Case

Bison Arms Sexual Assault

Crimes Against Children

Case Highlights [Personal Crimes] 21

Homicide

22 Case

[Narcotic Unit]

Highlights

Case Highlights [Narcotic

March

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Unit]

January

February

April May

24 Case Highlights [Narcotic Unit] July • •

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• • December

August

September October

November

Administrative Services

Deputy Chief Todd Osmundson

7,350 pieces of evidence and property. 4,730 criminal history background checks Administrative Sergeant Michael Bernier Training Sergeant Travis Stefonowicz Records Sergeant Kevin Volrath 25 7,368 hours of training.

Deputy Chief Todd Osmundson Lieutenant Steve Lynk

Lieutenant Steve Lynk

2014 Budget

2014 Grants

Finance [Administrative Services]

Grant

Lieutenant Steve Lynk

of Professional Standards 27

• • • Personnel

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Office

Incident Reviews

Complaints

Promotions

Lieutenants

Sergeants

Deputy Chief

Retirements

Police Officer of the Year

Officer Travis Moser

Awards

Officer Travis Moser

Distinguished Service Award

Awards

Deputy Chief Pat Claus Support Services Linda Holden Sergeant Jim Kringlie Lieutenant Steve Lynk Officer Keith Chase

Life Saving Award

32 Awards

Officers Jason Abel Justin Nachatilo Officer Justin Nachatilo Officer Jason Abel Officer Susan Dealing Officer Susan Dealing

Award

Awards Life Saving

Officer Jeremiah Ferris Officer Jeremiah Ferris

Officers Terresa Durr Adam O’Brien Officer Terresa Durr Officer Adam O’Brien

Police Officer Service Award

Awards

Sergeant Shawn Gamradt (PTO) Sergeant Shane Aberle (PTO & SWAT) Officer Scott Normandin (PTO) Sergeant Jared Crane (PTO& SWAT) Lieutenant Ross Renner (SWAT)