Leawood Police 2013 Annual Report
Community Cops
Another new face
Working in our schools and the community, the police department’s three DARE/Crime Prevention officers presented:
After adding a new dog in 2012, the Leawood Police K9 unit welcomed a second new K9 in 2013. Duke retired on May 18th after seven years of service to the city. Taking his place after a six week training course with his handler, Jim Herman, at Shallow Creek Kennels (PA) was K9 Bob Earl K9 Bob Earl. Duke remained with Officer Herman in his retirement. Leawood K9s Cliff, Duke and Bob Earl completed 225 deployments last year, including 39 for outside agencies. Among the specific things they did were: 143 vehicle searches 18 tracks or area searches 10 public demonstrations 8 other narcotic searches 6 building searches 1 school searches The two canines uncovered 592.3 grams of marijuana (a 36% increase over the previous year), 4 grams of methamphetamine, 1 gram of cocaine, and 122 pieces of drug paraphernalia. The dogs assisted in the arrest of 24 felons and 45 others on misdemeanor charges.
610 DARE lessons 189 other school presentations 30 Internet safety/Cyber-bullying classes 25 station tours 19 community education programs 5 self defense seminars 2 bike safety session 2 CPR classes
Officer Randy Wiler also continued his development of our on-line Crime Prevention Academy where residents can watch a home security video and complete a self-guided security survey. The site also contains information on ID thefts and internet safety.
Policing the Animals In 2013, Leawood Animal Control Officers handled: 1,009 calls for assistance 320 general animal reports The 3-member unit dealt with: 129 impounds, of which 55 or 43% were returned to their owner. 93 dog complaints 80 injured animals 61 deceased animals picked up 54 wildlife complaints 11 animal bite calls 9 animal neglect investigations 9 cat complaints
Alarms keep first responders busy The City of Leawood had 4,696 registered alarms in 2013. From these systems, Leawood emergency personnel were sent to investigate 1,840 alarms calls. Of these alarms, 1,328 were burglary/security alarms and included 97 panic alarms. After investigation, it was determined that only 21 of the alarms received, or 1.3%, were valid. The most frequent causes for false alarms that could be determined by officers were accidental activations by a user (350) or a door left ajar (148). Continuing our efforts to keep these numbers down, 11 False Alarm Prevention/Alarm School programs were presented and 36 systems were repaired after an activation. Finally, the Fire and Police Departments combined responded to 133 fire and 29 medical alarm calls in 2013.
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