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Public Relations LaGrange Police Department's 2008 Kids' Fishing Derby DATE: Saturday, September 20, 2008 TIME: 8 AM to Noon PLACE: Eagle Creek Golf Course *Free community event for families. *Some loaner fishing poles and bait will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring their own. *Anyone under 16 can fish without a license. Parents assisting their child in fishing do not need a license. *Hot dogs and soft drinks will be provided.
LaGrange Police Department 2008 Citizen’s Academy
The LaGrange Police Department hosts an annual police citizen’s academy and meets once a week for ten weeks. The academy is a community oriented police project that is free of charge to persons eighteen years of age or older with exceptions handled on a case by case basis. The purpose of the academy is to introduce the community to its police department and to foster a positive relationship with the officers and staff of the department. We also introduce the community to the different facets of law enforcement and attempt to dispel myths about police work.
Class attendees are introduced to the command structure of our agency and are given instruction on topics including: Crime scene investigation, Evidence processing, Traffic enforcement, Communications, The judicial system, The corrections system, and many other topics.
In addition to classroom study, participants take tours of Oldham County Central Dispatch, The Oldham County Justice Center, and The Oldham County Jail. All of the study culminates in a ride-along with an officer during a regular shift assignment. At the end of the ten week course, we celebrate the conclusion of the academy with a dinner and presentation of a certificate of completion.
Realistically, most people meet police officers during the course of some negative event, be it a traffic violation, or some sort of criminal investigation. This gives the public a chance to meet us in a non-threatening, non-judgmental environment that is really a lot of fun for both the participants and the officers. We enjoy the opportunity to visit with participants and “show off” what we do.
As a whole, we are proud of the LaGrange Police Department and enjoy the opportunity to serve the community. We feel that community oriented projects are a great way to work not just for the public but with the public. Let’s face it; crime prevention is a team effort that everyone can help with. Understanding what we do and how we do it helps coordinate the effort to our ultimate goal; a safe and prosperous community.
Our agency advertises the academy about a month before the first class in both the local newspaper and online at www.lagrangepolice.com. The 2008 Citizen's Academy is scheduled to begin TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008 at 7 P.M. You may print the application below or obtain one in person at the LaGrange Police Department. (502) 225-0444
All applicants are subject to a criminal background check prior to enrollment in the course. All materials for the course are also provided free of charge.
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It is with great pleasure to present the LaGrange Police Department’s third annual report. We spend a substantial amount of time gathering and compiling statistics that are related to the daily activities of our officers. The amount of time spent calculating these numbers is valuable for the analysis of how our resources are being used on a daily basis. Like many police agencies when you have limited resources and staffing it is imperative for our officers to work in the most efficient manner possible.
Overall, you will notice that the activity for the City of LaGrange has increased. This is to be expected when you have a population that is increasing and the growth of business. Having an annual report each year will be an essential tool for us to study trends in criminal activity and traffic related issues.
The City of LaGrange is extremely fortunate to have a staff of police officers who take pride not only in their work, but also our community. Together our goal is to do our part to make a difference in our growing city.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forward………………………………………………………………………… i
Table of Contents……………………………………………………………. ii
10-99 Report…………………..…………………………………………….. 1
Accident Data…………………………………………………………………. 3
Alcohol Beverage Control Administration………………………………. 4
CID Unit…………..……………………………………………………………. 6
Citation Summary……………………………………………………………. 7
Citizens’ Academy…………………………………………………………… 14
Code Compliance Mediator………………………………………………… 15
Dispatched Runs…………………..…………………………………………. 16
Domestic Violence……………………………………………………………. 18
DUI Summary………………………………………………………………….. 19
SAFE Program………………………………………………………………….. 20
Uniform Offense Reports……………………………………………………. 21
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10-99 Report
At the start of the 2005 fiscal year, we began tracking and monitoring activity that is not otherwise documented by a Uniform Offense Report, Accident Report, Citation, or Courtesy Notice. A review of the 10-99 data for the calendar year of 2007 showed a total of 24,789 such activities resulting in 6,965 hours.
The most prevalent types of response activities were 21,666 extra patrols including house watches, subdivision details, and citizen’s requests for additional area patrols; 320 school traffic control activities; 123 other officer assists; 307 alarms; 140 suspicious person reports; 100 suspicious vehicle reports; and 1,756 miscellaneous activities including crime prevention, motorist assists, welfare checks, and others.
There are 14 apartment complexes located in the City of LaGrange. With a higher concentration of people in a single location such as an apartment, there are of course more calls for service. The graph below represents the disbursement of calls among the complexes.
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There were a total of 219 accidents in the City of LaGrange for 2007, a reduction from 230 the previous year. Of those, 38 were injury accidents causing 49 people to be injured. There was one fatality caused by a motor vehicle accident during the year.
Further breakdown of our statistics revealed that 50% or 108 of the 219 accidents occurred on Highway 53, of which 23 were injury accidents and 1 fatality. We had 10% or 20 collisions happen on Highway 146, 5 involving injuries. The frequent trains traveling through LaGrange caused 1 injury accident for the year.
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The Limited Restaurant and Sunday sales ordinance was passed in June of 2004. The LaGrange Police Department has been responsible for overseeing the program and collecting the associated taxes. Restaurants pay an annual fee of $500 for the Limited Restaurant license and an additional $1 for the Sunday Sales license. In addition they pay quarterly taxes based on their alcohol sales less one fourth of their annual fee. The total ABC taxes collected for the City in 2007 were $19,164.
Since the origination of the ordinance, the City of LaGrange has had up to 9 restaurants, both state and city licensed. As of the end of 2007 there were 7 restaurants still doing business under the provisions provided by the Limited Restaurant ordinance. The following information is based on the documented retail sales of alcohol in each of our licensed restaurants. Restaurants must keep their percentage of alcohol sales to 30% or less of the amount of their total sales. The sales amounts range from $2,020,558 in total sales and $242,815 in alcohol sales for Applebees to $166,339 in total sales and $7,165 in alcohol sales for Louie’s FishHouse.
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Citation Summary
Traffic Citation Summary
The LaGrange Police Department issued 3196 citations for the 2007 calendar year as compared to 4909 for 2006. Of the 2007 citations, 2799 were for traffic violations. The three most prevalent types were “No Registration Plate or Receipt” with 903, “Moving Hazardous” (which include citations such as speeding, improper passing, reckless driving, etc.) with 594, and “No Insurance” with 530. The following graph represents the increase in these areas from the previous year and the summary of all traffic violations is on the following page.
ALL CITATIONS
00010 SPEEDING 10 MPH OVER LIMIT 76 00011 SPEEDING 11 MPH OVER LIMIT 8 00012 SPEEDING 12 MPH OVER LIMIT 16 00013 SPEEDING 13 MPH OVER LIMIT 18 00014 SPEEDING 14 MPH OVER LIMIT 15 00015 SPEEDING 15 MPH OVER LIMIT 70 00016 SPEEDING 16 MPH OVER LIMIT 37 00017 SPEEDING 17 MPH OVER LIMIT 32 00018 SPEEDING 18 MPH OVER LIMIT 32 00019 SPEEDING 19 MPH OVER LIMIT 19 00020 SPEEDING 20 MPH OVER LIMIT 26 00021 SPEEDING 21 MPH OVER LIMIT 11 00022 SPEEDING 22 MPH OVER LIMIT 6 00023 SPEEDING 23 MPH OVER LIMIT 5 00024 SPEEDING 24 MPH OVER LIMIT 3 00025 SPEEDING 25 MPH OVER LIMIT 12 00026 SPEEDING 26 MPH OVER LIMIT 7 00100 SPEEDING 1 00107 IMPROPER PASSING 3 00108 FAILURE TO OR IMPROPER SIGNAL 15 00109 IMPROPER TURNING 1 00111 DISREGARDING STOP SIGN 56 00113 DISREGARDING TRAFFIC CONT DEV-TRAFFIC LIGHT 15 00114 IMPROPER START FROM PARKED POSITION 1 00115 RECKLESS DRIVING 19 00116 PASS/LOADING/UNLOADING/SCHOOL/CHURCH BUS 1ST OFF 1 00120 DRIVE TOO SLOW FOR TRAFF COND/MINIMUM SPEED 1 00122 FAILURE TO DIM HEADLIGHTS 1 00125 FLAMMABLE LIQ/EXPL TRANS FAIL TO STOP AT RR CROSS 1 00128 DISREGARDING RR CROSSING FLASHER 16 00130 FAILURE TO STOP AT RR CROSSING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
