City of La Porte First Quarter Report 1990-1991

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I POLICE DEPARTMENT The Police Department, under the direction of the Chief of Police, is responsible to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equality and justice. In all of these deeds we dedicate our efforts to the citizens of the City of La Porte. -- The department enforces the laws of the United States, State of Texas, as well as the ordinance~of the City of La Porte. ADMINISTRATION We are proud of the smooth transition of the personnel of the department to our new Chief. The increase in the moral of the department is contributed to the divisions working together as a team. Our contribution to Desert Shield: The cooperation of our personnel to work with and assist the military officers with traffic control in moving the convoys and the use of our training room for their training sessions. It makes us feel very loyal that we could help this effort in any way. Within the Police Department there are five Divisions. The Department employs 62 full personnel. This quarter we wish to highlight the activity of the Patrol Division and the Criminal Investigation Division. PATROL DIVISION Assigned to work the Patrol Division are 24 certified police officers and five sergeants. The sergeants report directly to lieutenants in the Police Administration Division. The primary responsibility of the Police Patrol Division is to respond to all calls for service and begin the initial investigation. These calls for service include: Index crimes (homicide, sexual assault, robbery, theft, burglary, fraud, and auto theft), and City Ordinances (class C misdemeanors, assault, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and traffic). They accomplish this by providing staff twenty-four hours a day that can respond to any calls for services that are received. The Police Patrol Division goals for the current year are: 1. Maintain the present level of traffic enforcement against increasing calls for service. 1990 traffic goal was 10%, that has been exceeded by 40%. 2. Maintain case clearance rate by patrol officers, that has exceeded the 1990 goal by 24%. 12