2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks
2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks 2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks
EVIDENCE The Evidence Unit is manned solely by Evidence Custodian Tyler Mowrey. In 2004, Mr. Mowrey handled 2376 cases, logging-in a total of 5289 physical items of evidence. This represents a 19% increase in the number of cases handled as compared to 2003. Upon completion of a case, a letter is sent to the owner regarding any recovered property collected in evidence. These are sent by returnreceipt mail service, and advise the owner that they have 30 days from the date of the letter’s receipt to collect the item. If the item is not collected, it will either be destroyed, or put into the City’s inventory for auction. In 2004 Evidence Custodian Mowrey returned 499 items of property to their rightful owners. 284 items were retained for City Auction, and are scheduled for sale in 2005. Quarterly Evidence-Room audits were once again conducted in 2004, with additional monthly “spot-audits” being conducted by on-duty Watch Commanders. There were no errors found in 2004 in the particularly critical areas of cash, drugs, or firearms. Any minor errors discovered in property cases were found to be recording-errors (i.e. transposition of digits on a case number) and were immediately corrected. Through his advanced training, as well performance-based reviews regarding his exceptional organizational skills and records-keeping, Mr. Mowrey has attained the title of “Certified Property and Evidence Specialist,” one of only two in the entire State of Alaska! Counterfeit bill recovered from a printer. Page 32 Typical “street” drug packaging.
TACTICAL POLICE TEAM The Tactical Police Team (TPT) is a highly skilled, dedicated, and professional group of men and women trained to provide intervention during those incidents that exceed the standard capabilities of the patrol division. Such missions include: barricaded subjects, hostage negotiations, counter-sniper operations, high- risk apprehension, high-risk warrant service, personal protection and other special assignments. The TPT conducted several operational missions in 2004 and participated in some outstanding training exercises. The two operational missions consisted of a highrisk apprehension and warrant service; the other involved a joint operation with Alaska State Troopers (AST) Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) to locate and arrest several armed suspects. shooter” event. Utilizing the Army’s state-of-the-art Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training facility at Fort Wainwright, officers responded to a simulated event in a school-styled building, engaging armed suspects using Simunition training weapons. During the final scenario, patrol officers provided the initial response to shots fired at a “hotel” and after encountering armed resistance, notified the TPT. In October of 2004 the TPT conducted a weeklong train-up and exercise, culminating in a full-day response to a simulated terrorist-initiated event involving a large-scale hostage situation with an involved Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). During the week, the Department’s patrol officers were trained and tested on tactics for responding to an “active- Page 33
- 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 12 and 13: Highlights of 2004 February: First
- 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 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
TACTICAL POLICE TEAM<br />
The Tactical Police Team (TPT) is a highly<br />
skilled, dedicated, and pr<strong>of</strong>essional group<br />
<strong>of</strong> men and women trained to provide<br />
intervention during those incidents that<br />
exceed the standard capabilities <strong>of</strong> the<br />
patrol division. Such missions include:<br />
barricaded subjects, hostage negotiations,<br />
counter-sniper operations, high- risk<br />
apprehension, high-risk warrant service,<br />
personal protection and other special<br />
assignments.<br />
The TPT conducted several operational<br />
missions in <strong>2004</strong> and participated in some<br />
outstanding training exercises. The two<br />
operational missions consisted <strong>of</strong> a highrisk<br />
apprehension and warrant service; the<br />
other involved a joint operation with Alaska State Troopers (AST) Special<br />
Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) to locate and arrest several armed suspects.<br />
shooter” event. Utilizing the Army’s<br />
state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art Military Operations<br />
in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training<br />
facility at Fort Wainwright, <strong>of</strong>ficers<br />
responded to a simulated event in a<br />
school-styled building, engaging<br />
armed suspects using Simunition<br />
training weapons. During the final<br />
scenario, patrol <strong>of</strong>ficers provided the<br />
initial response to shots fired at a<br />
“hotel” and after encountering armed<br />
resistance, notified the TPT.<br />
In October <strong>of</strong> <strong>2004</strong> the TPT conducted a<br />
weeklong train-up and exercise,<br />
culminating in a full-day response to a<br />
simulated terrorist-initiated event<br />
involving a large-scale hostage situation<br />
with an involved Weapon <strong>of</strong> Mass<br />
Destruction (WMD).<br />
During the week, the Department’s<br />
patrol <strong>of</strong>ficers were trained and tested<br />
on tactics for responding to an “active-<br />
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