2 16 12 FY 2013 Police Department Budget PresentationTHANK
YOU!
Officer Robert Flannery
Employed: 3/ 1 2/73 Retired: 6/30/ I I
Officer Brandon Bauer
Basic Training, United States Army
Organizational Chart
Chief
Dalsing
I
Assistant
Chief Tobin
I
Confidential
Account
Clerk
Es
Captain
Stecklein
Eniza. .
Shift II
Captain
Jensen
Captain
Lembke
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Messerich
Prine
Radloff
Officers
Lieutenant
Radloff
Corporal
&Officers
Officers
I
Lieutenant
Olson
Officers
NM
Lieutenant
Ramirez
Lieutenant
Steil
Corporal
&Officers
Captain
Klein
I
Lieutenant
Digman
Corporals
&Officers
Captain
Engleman
Lieutenant
Simon
Lieutenant
Haupert
Corporals
&Officers
Staff
Bureau
Captain
Crabill
Lieutenant
Weiss
Lieutenant
Baxter
Corporals
&Officers
Civilian
Staff
3
Management Team Changes Since 2006
Chief
Dalsing
Assistant
Chief Tobin
Shift I
Captain
Stecklein
Lieutenant
Messerich
Shift III
Shift IV
Captain
Jensen
Captain
Lembke
Shift II
Lieutenant
Prine
Lieutenant
Schmit
Lieutenant
Radloff
Lieutenant
Olson
Shift V
Lieutenants
Ramirez
Lieutenant
Steil
COP Unit
Captain
Klein
Lieutenant
Digman
CID
Captain
Engleman
Lieutenant
Simon
Lieutenant
Haupert
Staff
Bureau
Captain
Crabill
Lieutenant
Weiss
Lieutenant
Baxter
4
3VISORS Jobgen Harden Cross, J.
g O'Brien Pace Cross, K.
Pregler McClimon Nevers
Sabers Stewart Scott
nan Hefei Hoerner Scherrman
1 Eastvedt Shannon Tuegel
Sommer Rosenthal Swift
e Prine Leitzen Bauer
in Fairchild Basten Tobin
Horch Wullweber Papenthien
n Trausch Schlosser Sellers
rt Stieber Hernandez Kennedy
rich Tupper Welsh Brokens
Tyler McTague Egdorf
Randall Salmonson Jobgen
f Kane Huberty Kelly
Skorupski Bellis Jochum
Slight Bowers Hesselbacher
Caszatt Griffin Lois
Morrissette Schmidt Clark
Latham Bock Lorenzen
Koch Walker McNally
Kramer Avenarius, P. Fullmer
Smith Avenarius, K. Murray
Gorrell Redmon Hoff
Lindecker Cox
Ryan Dolphin
Friedman Deutsch
Stair
SUPERVISORS
Dalsing
Tobi n
Crabill
Engleman
Jensen
Klein
Lembke
Stecklein
Baxter
Digman
Haupert
Messerich
Olson
Prine
Rad toff
Ramirez
Schmit
Simon
Steil
Weiss
Jobgen Harden Cross, J.
O'Brien Pace Cross, K.
Pregler McClimon Nevers
Sabers Stewart Scott
Hefei Hoerner Scherrman
Eastvedt Shannon Tuegel
Sommer Rosenthal Swift
Prine Leitzen Bauer
Fairchild Basten Tobin
Horch Wullweber Papenthien
Trausch Schlosser Sellers
Stieber Hernandez Kennedy
Tupper Welsh Brokens
Tyler McTague Egdorf
Randall Salmonson Jobgen
Kane Huberty Kelly
Skorupski Bellis Jochum
Slight Bowers Hesselbacher
Caszatt Griffin Lois
Morrissette Schmidt Clark
Latham Bock Lorenzen
Koch Walker McNally
Kramer Avenarius, P. Fullmer
Smith Avenarius, K. Murray
Gorrell Redmon Hoff
Lindecker Cox
Ryan Dolphin
Friedman Deutsch
Stair
SUPERVISORS
Dalsing
Tobi n
Crabill
Engleman
Jensen
Klein
Lembke
Stecklein
Baxter
Digman
Haupert
Messerich
Olson
Prine
Rad toff
Ramirez
Schmit
Simon
Steil
Weiss
Jobgen Harden Cross, J.
O'Brien Pace Cross, K.
Pregler McClimon Nevers
Sabers Stewart Scott
Hefei Hoerner Scherrman
Eastvedt Shannon Tuegel
Sommer Rosenthal Swift
Prine Leitzen Bauer
Fairchild Basten Tobin
Horch Wullweber Papenthien
Trausch Schlosser Sellers
Stieber Hernandez Kennedy
Tupper Welsh Brokens
Tyler McTague Egdorf
Randall Salmonson Jobgen
Kane Huberty Kelly
Skorupski Bellis Jochum
Slight Bowers Hesselbacher
Caszatt Griffin Lois
Morrissette Schmidt Clark
Latham Bock Lorenzen
Koch Walker McNally
Kramer Avenarius, P Fullmer
Smith Avenarius, K. Murray
Gorrell Redmon Hoff
Lindecker Cox
Ryan Dolphin
Friedman Deutsch
Stair
Authorized Strength - 109
94
• 14% Under Authorized Strength
Officers
Light Duty
Military
Vacancies
Training
Territory Command
101:
Lieutenant Ramirez
Captain Lembke
102:
Lieutenant Prine
Captain Stecklein
103:
Lieutenant Messerich P
Captain Stecklein
104:
Lieutenant Radloff
Captain Jensen
105:
Lieutenant Schmit
Captain Stecklein
106:
Lieutenant Olson
Captain Lembke
107:
Lieutenant Steil
Captain Jensen
Territory Accountability Design
Special Projects
20 I I : 7 Territories, 53 Projects
3
13
IS I
31
❑ Community Events
❑ Police Visibility
• Schools
❑ Business Concerns
❑ Surveillance
• Traffic Safety
❑ Preparedness
70,000
60,000
50,000
40, 000 -
30,000
20,000
10,000
Calls for Service
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0
FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FYI 0 r
P
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CD
CO
0
FY I I r FY 12 (est)
Part I Crimes: CalendarYears 2003 -201 I
Number of Crimes
Against Persons
Murder
Sexual Assault
Robbery
Aggravated
Assault
Number of Crimes
Against Property
Burglary
Burglary to MV
Theft
Theft of MV
TOTAL
CY11 % CY11 %
Over /Under Over /Under
CY03 CY04 CY05 CY06 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11 AVG Average Peak Year
109
52
20
36
1,999
422
308
1,185
84
2,108
95 118
1 1
41 48
12 14
41 55
2,119
464
389
1,176
90
1,996
437
276
1,239
44
121
61
19
41
2,084
501
370
1,151
62
149
72
40
36
2,327
669
366
1,229
63
122
0
54
31
37
2,284
526
510
1,185
63
118
2
43
35
38
2,067
519
420
1,072
56
2,214
2,114
2,205
2,476
2,406
2,185
99 127 118
1 1 1
38 43 50
36 33 27
24 47 39
2,038 1,913 2,092
503 455 500
399 406 383
1,102 1,020 1,151
34 32 59
2,137 2,040 2,209
8.0%
0.0%
-14.4%
23.8%
19.2%
-8.6%
-8.9%
6.1%
-11.4%
-45.5%
-7.7%
-14.8%
-50.0%
-40.3%
- 17.5%
- 14.5%
-17.8%
-32.0%
-20.4%
-17.7%
-64.4%
- 17.6%
* *Yellow highlight is peak year
Crime Clearance Rates
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
• National 2010 Clearance 47.2%
• DPDAverage FY08 — FYI I 71.75%
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
• National 2010 Clearance 18.3%
• DPDAverage FY08 — FYI I 25.5%
Narcotic Violations
Dubuque Police Department
Activity
CY10
CY11
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
302
282
Possession of Controlled
Substance (Misdemeanor)
301
261
Illegal Prescription Possession
95
65
Felony Possession, Manufacture
or Delivery
63
58
Drugged in Public
21
26
Narcotic Violations
Dubuque Drug Task Force
Activity
FY10
FY11
Drug Endangered Child
Investigations
40
66
*Number of Children Involved
68
119
Crack Cocaine
68.73 gr
58.53 gr
Powder Cocaine
431.7 gr
30.24 gr
Methamphetamine
39.54 gr
51.69 gr
Marijuana
28.8 lbs.
24.3 lbs.
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Narcotic Violations
Dubuque Drug Task Force
2007 2008
2009
Meth Labs -Dump Sites
2010
2011
K9 Doerak: 5/1/2007— Retired 1/17/12
Approximately I ,000 Deployments (Apprehensions, Arrests, Searches)
•K9 Olympics —Top 5 Honors, numerous events each year competing against
Secret Service, Dept. of Defense, other Law Enforcement Agencies
*Public Demonstrations, City Channel 8 Programs
SAFE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE & COMMITTEE
Community forum on September 17, 2009
to dialogue on crime issues in the community
Over 100 residents attended
City Council appointed 25 community
members to the Safe Community Task
Force
Monthly Task Force meetings
SAFE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE & COMMITTEE
The Task Force recruited 50 residents to
serve on the subcommittees:
Neighborhood Engagement/ Social Capital
Enforcement
Management of Physical Environment
Research and Facts
Subcommittees and Task Force made 60
recommendations to Council
Safe Community Committee appointed to serve
in 20 I I and monitor recommendations. Committee
reappointed to serve in 2012
THE CITY OF
DUB
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Making Dubuque a
Safer Community
Mayor Roy D Buol and lie Dubuque City
Council hosted a community foram in
September 2009 to initiate open dialogue
on crime issues in our community and how
to address them. The forum was attended
by more than 130 citizens. In response to
this high level of community engagement.
the Mayor and City Council appointed 25
volunteer citizens to a "Sate Community
Task Force"
This diverse group of volunteers was
asked to holistically look at both the causes
of, and solutions to, crime In Dubuque and
provide recommend goals and objectives to
the leadership of Dubuque. Beyond the 25
appointed members. the Safe Community
Task Force utilized subcommittees mad
work groups to get all interested parties
involved. The sub-committees were. t)
neighborhooc engagementisoci al capital.
2) enforcement. 3) management of physical
environment, and 4) research and facts. A
series of meetings were held and a number
of recommendations were submitted to the
City Council for further action.
The following recommendations were
developed byte Sale Community Task
Force (SCTF) and subcommittees over 17
months end 35 meetings and submitted to
the City Council from January 2010 through
March 2011.
1) Reduce the time between rental inspections
for problem properties
2) Do not allow property owners to receive ay.
slate a faded funding unless the properties
are in conpiance or the owner is actively
waking towards conpance
3) Conduct crime shindy
4) Wow the Tad force to act as a conduit fa
accurate iddrmatdn to phtlic
5) Create ways to enccuage peope to light
up their own property and sunoundng public
pnlpay
6) Instal sweilance cameras in high crime
areas in public paces
7) Install 911 emergency kiosks
6) Reduce the time alldted for careceng
property vidatiore from the current Iwo years
9) Encourage developmental planned
communtmes though mixed-use zoning
10) Develop and irrpement a Amnia
curfew ordnance to use as a lad to help
reduce cnme. Research uiity efficacy and
enforcement issues, taking the idlowing
suggestions into consideration:
a) The police department wodd not conduct
curfew sweeps of the community
b) There would be designated and staffed
location to hold (wenites who violate the
curfew Contact with parents or a responsible
adult world not be handed by police
Penalties for cudewedahons add induce
fines, communyservice regtsrements and
parenting classes (See recommendation 043)
11) Provide addhonal resources fa the
Community CYiented Policing (COP) Program
12) Direct Police Dept to enforce nose
ordinances more aggresswdy
13) Direct Police Dept to enforce traffic
ord nances more aggressively
14) Give the SCTF and Pdice Dept the
oppertuny o respond to the crime shirty
report and recommendations
15) The SCTF recommends its continued
eastence to monitor the impementad:in and
progress at its recommendations through
quarterly progress reports from city staff, and
special meetings as necessary. The SCTF
!unifier recommends that the City Count
consider creator eta Safe Conmunity
Comm sson
16) Supportladads in evicting problem
tenants for cause
17) Mandate that!ander& conduct recta
backgrounds checks. using the City's free
service
18) Establish threshold number of complaint
calls trial we place a problem properly in
moray category Establish policies and
processes for Immadate response end
resdution of prddems imdutng those
properties
19) Tie frequency of properly inspections to
landord's hsory of cooperation with code
compliance. Establish a threshdd number
of problem cdmpants that vat trigger a
rrr dingamongthelandad ,thetenant,and
representatives of the Housing & Police Deets
20) Intensify wiener code enforcement efforts
Encourage city enpoyees across depts. To
identify and report properly code enforcement
problems and establish ways to reward
employees
2t) Createa dsla dewing house halted lo
verifiable end factual intimation that landords
and tenants can shoe and reference when
making their renter decisions
22) Develop and offer fregaendy a trailing
pogam on code entercemeut and property
menagement for all landordo. Regiirea7
landards to attend the program. issue ody
temporary occupancy pertnitsoicenses untl
training has been corrpeted
23) Address community concerns about the
real or perceived imped of the Section 8
Program on the community by.
a) Deaeasing the desired number of Section 8
vouchers in the program to 930
b) Uniting voucher digitray to Dubuque
residents
c) Increasing the stag capacity of the Fairly
SdtSulfidercy (FSS) Program
24) Increase medic undestancing of the
Sector 8 Program
25) I ncrease participation of Section 8
residents in effective self - sufficiency programs
26) Provide training to housing commissioners
to increase Mar leadership. public relations
and community tsidng skis
27) Implement an exception rent program Is
avoid concentrated pockets of poverty
28) Develop a saonge role for the Resident
AMisay Board to encourage resrtenls
of subsidie (reusing to give feecdadt on
poposed new pd ides and procedures and
to cultivate leadership wthin the low income
residential community
29) Provde community sconce dedts for
participation in effective programs that foster
self sufficiency
30) Continue to prude resources to Fanly
SdfSut ciency (FSS) Program based upon
evidence at success
31) II anan Relations.
a) Increase tderance and mutual
understanding among the &verse segments
of the population The adoption of educaliee l
initiatives that foster community sdidantyand
global cite nship should be among the fret
practical steps taken by our City
0) Implement appropriate measures that
safeguard the rights and oppatunites at at
32) Develop a Neighborhood Watch Program
33) Increase resident participator using such
vehides as dean up campaigns, neighborhood
picnics, new neighbor wdcome dents and
other strategies developed by residents
34) Intercultural Competency Training should
be offered perodoaly to businesses and the
communty at large. It should be nandalorytor
city boed and ccmnssion members as well as
for city staff
35) The Human Rights Dept should receive
continued support In aditian the airy slhould
devote resources to a human (debars irritative
That cold indude programs in the arts natural
programs and other strategies that promote
respect and underslandng among residents
36) Supports welcoming program for all new
renters through communitybased organizations
37) Instal streetlights in the (Tidde of the dock
to brighten up the streets at night and increase
utsiblify for residents
38) Improve neighborhoods by
a) Encouraging home ownership
b) Encouraging a nixed -income approach to
neighborhood development
c) Creating (a re- seating) a sense of piece
through good design . ale buldngs using city,
stale or (noted molars should he regdred to
meet these ctlectives and all prcects should
he required to meet the Oys sustairrhoiliy
gods
39) Create an ordnance prohibiting the
boarding of windows and doss facing streets
4D) Develop and enforce pdicies consistent
with the 'presentation briefs• to maintain
historic properties
41) Increase the number at trash recepfades
on the street
42) Increase the number of neighborhood
dean-ups and educate the commuraty on City
waste disposal policies in an effort to daisy the
purpose of neighborhood dean-up programs
43) Melly the recommendation fora )rwente
curfew ordnance and focus instead on
creating a parental responsibility ordnance
that is modeled after successful programs
that includes engaging parents and teens in
prevention efforts
44) Encourage and engage parents and youth
in out -d- school-time programs and parenting
classes by ensunng the programs are designed
to natter to the participants
45) Encourage the Dubuque Community
Sc hod District to devd op a meaningful
inlercultral competence program fa students
at all leads
46) Create a condail, such as a speakers
bureau, to continue conveying accurate
intaml ucs to the pudic on crime and the
perception of coma in the community. Include a
breed group of idamed residents on the panel
and locus on reacting a breed crosssecb0n d
the community with the intonation
47) Use the information from the crime and
poverty stud/ to create a formal way to
continue tracking data to the community in an
ongoing manner. and investigate the potent al
fa using crime mappng software
48) Encourage the Telegaph Herald to run an
m a 'Abu quer'senes
49) Raise awareness among the general public
and devdop indvidual ambassadors through
I ntercdtural Competence Training, the Badges
I nitiatwe, and ender programs, %bo can then
tdk with others about what they have learned
50) Emend the recommendation tea
neighborhood watch progam b include efforts
to told relationships amongst residents wthn
the neighborhood
51) Expand the emphasis on community-
oriented policing and consider expanding
the number d non-swan employees,
inducting interns andvdunlass, in the
Police Department in effort to assist with
Community- Oriented Pohang (COP) efforts
and to marinate with other departments and
organizations in the community pdicing eta:
52) Engage community volunteers of various
races and income levels ins montdy'Days of
Carr (' initative by encouraging businesses to
allow volunteers to participate on work tine
53) As exterior code violations are identified
in neghbahoods. tdenbfy vduntees who are
willing to assist with helping prcpaty owners
remedy thosewdatmns, witch wit addass
the property conditions *hie also budding
relationships and a sense on community.
54) Encourage communy-wdeswat
ofinlatives that supportsdfsuffiaency
(.e., beyond government and the puliic
schods). with a parbc lean focus on outing
programs Circles. Project HOPE, Intercultural
Competence Training, Every ChleiEvery
Promise, and the wak that the Cd is we dung
with community outreach_ Engage colleges.
churches, businesses
ho) Support economic rtevdopnentefforts to
create opportunities
56) Connect new reskbrhts, parte teeny those
who may nol be referred by an err. Joyer. to the
welcoming program at the Greater Dubuque
Development Corporation
57) Challenge all departments within the City
to develop and maintain a model Section 8
Program to a city of this size meeting the
needs of the elderly and dsaded and else
develcpng sit- sulhcrency for tamlies
58) E pond the bghtng recommendation to
'Brighten up the streets and slays at night and
increase esibhy fa residents wherever lights
are needed'
',.5) Emphasize hot -spot pdicing and focus on
problem sdvlrg with in those crime hdtspots
60) Pitticbe the ovmers, numbers and types
d complanlsendabons in the lop problem
pcpeltes
Many of these recommendations Inane been
Implemented and others are being reviewed
for implementation
In October 2010, the City Council approved
(upon recommendation from the Task
Force) the creation of a Safe Community
Advisory Committee. This committee
has been commissioned fora year to
oversee the implementation progress of
the recommendations submitted to the
City Council by the task force. The current
committee members ere:
• Anthony Allen
• Mary Rae Bragg
• Diane Callahan
• Jonathan Cheatham
• Rachel Daack
• Amanda elides
• Mn Ernst
• Doug Settings
• SusanStork
The Safe Community Advisory Committee
meets regularly to monitor progress and
offer additional recommendations. For
more information, call the City Manager's
Office 563. 589.4110 or visit:
sww.cityoklubuqueergisitilecommunity
IL
Safe Community Committee
• Monthly Meetings
• Traffic & Noise Enforcement
Noise (Mufflers, stereos)
Overall Traffic Enforcement
• Parental Responsibility Ordinance
Approved March 2011
• Landlord Background Checks
Part time Employee
Strong Landlord Participation
Tenant Database
• Cameras & 911 Kiosks
Ongoing Review
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Traffic Enforcement
7955
8897
10434
12212
2008 2009 2010 2011
Traffic Enforcement
WARNING CITATIONS
LOUD EXHAUST /MUSIC
90
212
277
32
309
❑ 2009
❑ 2010
6 8 ❑ 2011
100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Overall Traffic
2009. _. -'_ 2010: MAU 2011: 12-)
i
Traffic Unit 2010-2011
1 200
1000 -
800 -
600 -
400 -
200 -
0 --
1079
1018
250
1121
765 Moving
Violations
Non- Moving
Violations
All Other
107
2010 2011
2011 Activity
• 2,213 Contacts
• 1,920 Citations Issued
• 34 Drug Violations
• 52 OWI Arrests
• 12 Arrest Warrants
• 61 Vehicle Searches
• 220 Accident Investigations
TRAFFIC SAFETY: Motor Vehicle Accidents
2750
2500
2250
2000
1750
1500
1250
1000
750
500
250
0
1938
363
2344
392
2557
406
2662
395
FY08 FY09 FY10 FYII
❑ Fatality (2) Personal Injury
❑ Property Damage
2011 Seatbelt
Compliance
96.3%
2011
Child Safety
Seats
Seat Checks
164
Improperly
Installed
73
New Seats
Issued
14
Automated Traffic Enforcement
PHOTO
ENFORCED
S
AINOWN
andlord Criminal Background Checks
600 -
500 =
400 -
300 -
200 -
I00
0
460
July 1, 201 1 - January 31,2012
588
539
502
369
309
,k
4‘ ,y0 e c46 Q 4„0 co
3,122 checks since implementation on 7/1/1 I
355
.)0
Housing Partnership: April 2008 — December 201 I
Background Checks -1,472
❑ Misrepresentation: 433
H Background Checks: 1,472
❑ Application Verification: 71
❑ Criminal Behavior: 159
❑ Fraud: 13
❑ Request to Move /Absent: 32
1 Dual Residency: 7
2, 187 Investigations
H
ousing Partnership: April 2011 — December 201 I
620 Investigations Eligible for Termination
Terminations:
55%
❑ Terminations: 342
❑ Unfounded: 214
❑ Open Investigation: 10
❑ Not on Section 8: 20
•104
School Resource Officer Program
• 4t" SRO Added
2011 -12 School
Year
•867 Investigations
•620 Classroom
Talks
•536 Hours of
Direct Supervision
Mediations
1
Tobacco Compliance FY08 —FYI I
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
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00
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N
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0)
0)
PIJ
FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011
Al
cohol Compliance Rates 2008 - 2011
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
0
0
N
N.
FY 2008
FY 2009
0
0
FY 2010
FY 2011
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Q
N
CO Cr
a
CO
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18.5%
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•
CO
Law Enforcement Explorer Program
2nd Session
E,
• Partnered with Northeast Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America
•Targets Youths Age 14 -20
• 594 letters sent out based on interest surveys
• Post 770
• 34 Explorers
• Staff - Lt. Joe Messerich (Post Advisor); SRO's Slight & Stieber
• First meeting on September 12, 2011
• Combination of classroom and hands -on training
INTERNSHIPS
• Paid Internships
• Dept. of Justice grant
• Duties: prevention,
observation, visibility,
research, non - emergency
intervention, support
services projects
• Park & Patrol Duties
• Officer Candidates
Dubuque Police Department
I 756 Anniversary
1837-2012
• "Save the 48" Car Restoration
• Commemorative Book
• New Patch Design
• Anniversary Banquet
Improvement Packages
• Patrol: Corporal Positions
(Upgrade 2 Officers to Corporal )
• Criminal Investigations Division
Forensics Computer
Capital Improvements
• In CarVideo Recorders (Ongoing)
• Public Safety Software (Year 3)
• Radio Accessories (E9 I I Board)
• Dictation System
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Making Dubuque a
Safer Community
9) Encourage development of planned
communities through mixed -use zoning
10) Develop and implement a juvenile
curfew ordinance to use as a tool to help
reduce crime. Research utility, efficacy and
enforcement issues, taking the following
suggestions into consideration:
a) The police department would not conduct
curfew sweeps of the community
b) There would be designated and staffed
location to hold juveniles who violate the
ses curfew. Contact with parents or a responsible
adult would not be handled by police.
Penalties for curfew violations could include
fines, community service requirements and
parenting classes (See recommendation #43)
1) Reduce the time between rental inspections
for problem properties
2) Do not allow property owners to receive city,
state or federal funding unless their properties
are in compliance or the owner is actively
working towards compliance
3) Conduct crime study
4) Allow the Task force to act as a conduit for
accurate information to public
5) Create ways to encourage people to light
up their own property and surrounding public
property
6) Install surveillance cameras in high crime
areas in public places
7) Install 911 emergency kiosks
8) Reduce the time allotted for correcting
property violations from the current two years
11) Provide additional resources for the
Community Oriented Policing (COP) Program
12) Direct Police Dept. to enforce noise
ordinances more aggressively
13) Direct Police Dept to enforce traffic
ordinances more aggressively
14) Give the SCTF and Police Dept. the
opportunity to respond to the crime study
report and recommendations
15) The SCTF recommends its continued
existence to monitor the implementation and
progress of its recommendations through
quarterly progress reports from city staff, and
special meetings as necessary. The SCTF
further recommends that the City Council
consider creation of a Safe Community
Commission
16) Support landlords in evicting problem
tenants for cause
17) Mandate that landlords conduct renter
backgrounds checks, using the City's free
service
18) Establish threshold number of complaint
calls that will place a problem property in
priority category. Establish policies and
processes for immediate response and
resolution of problems involving those
properties
19) Tie frequency of property inspections to
landlord's history of cooperation with code
compliance. Establish a threshold number
of problem complaints that will trigger a
meeting among the landlord, the tenant, and
representatives of the Housing & Police Depts.
20) Intensify exterior code enforcement efforts.
Encourage city employees across depts. To
identify and report property code enforcement
problems and establish ways to reward
employees
21) Create a data clearing house limited to
verifiable and factual information that landlords
and tenants can share and reference when
making their rental decisions
22) Develop and offer frequently a training
program on code enforcement and property
management for all landlords. Require all
landlords to attend the program; issue only
temporary occupancy permits /licenses until
training has been completed
23) Address community concerns about the
real or perceived impact of the Section 8
Program on the community by:
a) Decreasing the desired number of Section 8
vouchers in the program to 900
b) Limiting voucher eligibility to Dubuque
residents
c) Increasing the staff capacity of the Family
Self- Sufficiency (FSS) Program
24) Increase public understanding of the
Section 8 Program
25) Increase participation of Section 8
residents in effective self - sufficiency programs
26) Provide training to housing commissioners
to increase their leadership, public relations
and community building skills
27) Implement an exception rent program to
avoid concentrated pockets of poverty
28) Develop a stronger role for the Resident
Advisory Board to encourage residents
of subsidize housing to give feedback on
proposed new policies and procedures and
to cultivate leadership within the low income
residential community
29) Provide community service credits for
participation in effective programs that foster
self sufficiency
30) Continue to provide resources to Family
Self- Sufficiency (FSS) Program based upon
evidence of success
31) Human Relations:
a) Increase tolerance and mutual
understanding among the diverse segments
of the population. The adoption of educational
initiatives that foster community solidarity and
global citizenship should be among the first
practical steps taken by our City
b) Implement appropriate measures that
safeguard the rights and opportunities of all
32) Develop a Neighborhood Watch Program
33) Increase resident participation using such
vehicles as clean up campaigns, neighborhood
picnics, new neighbor welcome events and
other strategies developed by residents
34) Intercultural Competency Training should
be offered periodically to businesses and the
community at large. It should be mandatory for
city board and commission members as well as
for city staff
35) The Human Rights Dept. should receive
continued support. In addition the city should
devote resources to a human relations initiative
that could include programs in the arts, cultural
programs and other strategies that promote
respect and understanding among residents
36) Support a welcoming program for all new
renters through community -based organizations
37) Install street lights in the middle of the block
to brighten up the streets at night and increase
visibility for residents
38) Improve neighborhoods by:
a) Encouraging home ownership
b) Encouraging a mixed - income approach to
neighborhood development
c) Creating (or re- creating) a sense of place
through good design. All buildings using city,
state or federal dollars should be required to
meet these objectives and all projects should
be required to meet the City's sustainability
goals
39) Create an ordinance prohibiting the
boarding of windows and doors facing streets
40) Develop and enforce policies consistent
with the "preservation briefs" to maintain
historic properties
41) Increase the number of trash receptacles
on the street
42) Increase the number of neighborhood
clean -ups and educate the community on City
waste disposal policies in an effort to clarify the
purpose of neighborhood clean -up programs
43) Modify the recommendation for a juvenile
curfew ordinance and focus instead on
creating a parental responsibility ordinance
that is modeled after successful programs
that includes engaging parents and teens in
prevention efforts
44) Encourage and engage parents and youth
in out -of- school -time programs and parenting
classes by ensuring the programs are designed
to matter to the participants
45) Encourage the Dubuque Community
School District to develop a meaningful
intercultural competence program for students
at all levels
46) Create a conduit, such as a speakers
bureau, to continue conveying accurate
information to the public on crime and the
perception of crime in the community. Include a
broad group of informed residents on the panel
and focus on reaching a broad cross - section of
the community with the information
47) Use the information from the crime and
poverty study to create a formal way to
continue tracking data for the community in an
ongoing manner, and investigate the potential
for using crime mapping software.
48) Encourage the Telegraph Herald to run an
"I'm a Dubuquer" series
49) Raise awareness among the general public
and develop individual ambassadors through
Intercultural Competence Training, the Bridges
Initiative, and similar programs, who can then
talk with others about what they have learned
50) Expand the recommendation for a
neighborhood watch program to include efforts
to build relationships amongst residents within
the neighborhood
51) Expand the emphasis on community -
oriented policing and consider expanding
the number of non -sworn employees,
including interns and volunteers, in the
Police Department in effort to assist with
Community - Oriented Policing (COP) efforts
and to coordinate with other departments and
organizations in the community policing effort
52) Engage community volunteers of various
races and income levels in a monthly "Days of
Caring" initiative by encouraging businesses to
allow volunteers to participate on work time
53) As exterior code violations are identified
in neighborhoods, identify volunteers who are
willing to assist with helping property owners
remedy those violations, which will address
the property conditions while also building
relationships and a sense of community.
54) Encourage community -wide support
of initiatives that support self - sufficiency
(i.e., beyond government and the public
schools), with a particular focus on existing
programs: Circles, Project HOPE, Intercultural
Competence Training, Every Child /Every
Promise, and the work that the Colts are doing
with community outreach. Engage colleges,
churches, businesses
55) Support economic development efforts to
create opportunities
56) Connect new residents, particularly those
who may not be referred by an employer, to the
welcoming program at the Greater Dubuque
Development Corporation
57) Challenge all departments within the City
to develop and maintain a model Section 8
Program for a city of this size, meeting the
needs of the elderly and disabled and also
developing self - sufficiency for families
58) Expand the lighting recommendation to
"Brighten up the streets and alleys at night and
increase visibility for residents wherever lights
are needed."
59) Emphasize hot -spot policing and focus on
problem solving within those crime hotspots
60) Publicize the owners, numbers and types
of complaints /violations in the top problem
properties
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