Police Administration

The Office of the Chief includes the Police Chief, Deputy Police Chief, an Executive Assistant, and a Technical Services Specialist. Together we focus on the Mission, Vision, and Values of the organization and maintain responsibility for all financial management, policy management, legislative coordination, technology, internal affairs, human resources, and employee health and wellness.

In 2022, we enjoyed the prospect of the road to recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic. We often found ourselves adapting as challenges presented themselves and we continued to work hard to keep people available and healthy to respond to calls for service in the community. Many of our operational practices have returned in full force and we are back to business as usual, or at least reasonably so. The dynamics of policing are forever evolving and we continue to meet and exceed the demands as we work to implement new practices and technology to further advance the health and safety of our community. Proudly, we have continued to expand our technology capability in multiple areas to support our mission, vision, and values.

We previously saw year over year reductions of our instances of Use of Force, but 2020 was a little different and we saw an increase. In 2021, we reported a reduction from 2020 back to 111 instances of use of force. Unfortunately, this was short-lived and our instances where we used force increased by 27%to 146.

We are entering our third year with our reasonably new Mobile Client and Report Management System and we continue to utilize the vast information the system provides to continue supporting our operations. We are preparing to launch “Automated Vehicle Location” data to help bring our dispatching to the next level. Using AVL data, the dispatchers can enter a command that locates the closest car to the call for service and dispatches them. It is our hope this will continue to improve our efficiency.

As we look ahead to 2023, we hope to continue to develop our police officers and supporting personnel to offer our citizens with the best police services in the region. We also look forward to enjoying more interaction and community events together this year!