2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks
2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks 2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks
Highlights of 2004 February: First Police Corps Academy graduation; Police Corps graduate Ace Adams hired. March: Officers Gary Korshin and Peyton Merideth attend a month long Accident Investigation I & II training at Northwestern University. The training provides the Department with 2 additional officers (for a total of 4) certified to conduct serious accident investigations and reconstructions. Sergeant Doug Whorton attends the week long Pursuit Instructor and PIT/TVI Certification in Minnesota. The training provides the Department with an active Emergency Vehicle Driving Instructor and Sgt. Whorton will provide instruction at the In-Service Training in April. April: Commissioned Officers completed 40-hour session of In-Service training including Emergency Vehicle operation, Crime Scene processing and evidence handling, Firearms training and recertification, Taser training and certification and Domestic Violence training. May: On May 15 th , the Fairbanks Police Department sponsored the Annual Police Memorial Day. The event was coordinated by Lieutenant Dusty Johnson and included an overview of the Department’s Centennial. May 24-June 6, the Fairbanks Police Department participated in the “Click It or Ticket” seatbelt-use enforcement campaign. During this timeframe, 205 vehicles were stopped resulting in 84 seatbelt citations, 3 DUI arrests and 18 other cases being generated. June: Implementation of Regional Dispatch Center, taking over Dispatch functions for North Pole Police, North Star Fire, Salcha Rescue, and Delta Communications. The Fairbanks Police Department produces its first Annual Report, reflecting performance and accomplishments in 2003. Page 10
July: Initiated contract with Guardian Flight to provide Dispatch services for their Medivac services, in conjunction with Guardian Flight’s Sitka expansion. August: Detective Division’s Forensic Data Recovery Lab fully-equipped and operational September: F.P.D. celebrates its 100 th year of service to the community! The memorial honoring Interior Alaska Police Officers killed in the line-of-duty is completed at 911 Cushman Street, and is dedicated on F.P.D.’s Centennial. The second Police Corps Academy is begun, with two F.P.D. recruits attending. October: Tactical Team and Patrol Members utilized Fort Wainwright’s new fortymillion dollar urban warfare training center, conducting coordinated interagency training exercises through our Homeland Security grant. December: F.P.D. Employees, working with the Fairbanks Native Association and Toys-for-Tots, raise $2500.00 in Christmas gifts to deliver to nineteen sponsored children from low-income families. Page 11
- Page 2 and 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS Director’s Lett
- Page 4 and 5: CITY OF FAIRBANKS The City of Fairb
- Page 6 and 7: Our uniformed staff averages just l
- Page 8 and 9: Custodian (.5) Communications Lead
- Page 10 and 11: GOOD-BYES, HELLOS AND PROMOTIONS 20
- Page 14 and 15: GOALS FOR 2005 Director Paul Harris
- Page 16 and 17: watched as the weight of the jade c
- Page 18 and 19: of 30,224 inhabitants in the City o
- Page 20 and 21: USE OF FORCE Incidents which requir
- Page 22 and 23: Sergeant Dan Welborn has written tr
- Page 24 and 25: F.P.D. MOTORCYCLE PROGRAM The Fairb
- Page 26 and 27: In 2004, Detective Randy Coffey com
- Page 28 and 29: ABADE/METRO The term METRO is short
- Page 30 and 31: North Star VFD 13% Rural Deltana 0%
- Page 32 and 33: Department. In addition, a comprehe
- Page 34 and 35: EVIDENCE The Evidence Unit is manne
- Page 36 and 37: The team responded, with support fr
- Page 38 and 39: DEPARTMENT FLEET The Fairbanks Poli
- Page 40 and 41: Director Paul Harris congratulates
- Page 42 and 43: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION On Novembe
- Page 44 and 45: # OF CITATIONS 450 400 350 300 250
- Page 46 and 47: 2004 STATISTICS MAJOR CALLS FOR SER
- Page 48 and 49: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS On June 24, 2004 t
- Page 50: The Volunteers In Police sponsored
Highlights <strong>of</strong> <strong>2004</strong><br />
February: First Police Corps Academy graduation; Police Corps graduate Ace<br />
Adams hired.<br />
March: Officers Gary Korshin and Peyton Merideth<br />
attend a month long Accident Investigation I<br />
& II training at Northwestern University.<br />
The training provides the Department with 2<br />
additional <strong>of</strong>ficers (for a total <strong>of</strong> 4) certified to<br />
conduct serious accident investigations and<br />
reconstructions.<br />
Sergeant Doug Whorton attends the week long Pursuit Instructor<br />
and PIT/TVI Certification in Minnesota. The training provides the<br />
Department with an active Emergency Vehicle Driving Instructor<br />
and Sgt. Whorton will provide instruction at the In-Service<br />
Training in April.<br />
April: Commissioned Officers completed 40-hour<br />
session <strong>of</strong> In-Service training including<br />
Emergency Vehicle operation, Crime Scene<br />
processing and evidence handling, Firearms<br />
training and recertification, Taser training<br />
and certification and Domestic Violence<br />
training.<br />
May: On May 15 th , the <strong>Fairbanks</strong> Police Department sponsored the<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> Police Memorial Day. The event was coordinated by<br />
Lieutenant Dusty Johnson and included an overview <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Department’s Centennial.<br />
May 24-June 6, the <strong>Fairbanks</strong> Police Department participated in<br />
the “Click It or Ticket” seatbelt-use enforcement campaign. During<br />
this timeframe, 205 vehicles were stopped resulting in 84 seatbelt<br />
citations, 3 DUI arrests and 18 other cases being generated.<br />
June: Implementation <strong>of</strong> Regional Dispatch Center, taking over Dispatch<br />
functions for North Pole Police, North Star Fire, Salcha Rescue,<br />
and Delta Communications.<br />
The <strong>Fairbanks</strong> Police Department produces its first <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>,<br />
reflecting performance and accomplishments in 2003.<br />
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