--- title: "The Best Little Town For Miles Around Maintenance Project" type: "pdf" year: "1997" canonical: "/projects/476" --- 97-24 Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: 6-26-97 Caso No: ABSTRACT Page No.: 1 MY CAREER STARTED IN OCT. 1965, Two weeks before Hurricane Betsy. I was an aux. officer at that time, Working my way up to part-time, full-time, to present status, chief of police. After taking office in Jan. 1991, I had no equipment, a basic log of problems, corrupt police officers, etc. It took me 11.15 months, to clean up that mess, so I could start off with a clean. Slate. Report: May 11, 95 DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: 6-26-97 Case No.: 2 ABSTRACT: Page No.: 2 WHEN I, CHIEF CARL SPIZALE, WAS ELEVED IN 1991, I ARLREADY KNEW A BOUT THE - PROBLEMS, WORKING SEVERAL YEARS AS - A PATROL OFFICER. THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF DID NOT WANT TO USE HIS AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE CIVIL LAWS, THAT PERTAIN TO ABANDONED HOUSES, VEHICLES OVER GROWTH ETC. THE MAYOR AND CLTY COUNCIL, DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED ALSO: STATED: "YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN A CAN OF WORMS" REPORT MADE: 11Y C. 6/26 DATE: 6-26-97 Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: 6-26-97 Caso No. I ABSTRACT Pago No.: 3 IN THE LATTER PART OF 1991, I STARTED TO PHOTO GRAPH, DOCUMENT ALL-OF THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROBLEMS I CLASSIFIED THE AREAS, "HOT SPOTS" HIGH CRITIE AREAS, "CRACIC HOUSES," LITTER, LOITERING, E.T.C. OUR CITY HAD A LOT "EYE SORE'S", JUNK UEMICLES, "WHITE GOODS", OVER GROWTH ETC. USING THE CITY ORDNANCE'S, THAT WAS ON THE "BOOK'S" TWO DECADES ABO: (CIVIL) I USED THE CIVILORD'S TO ATTACK THE CRIMINAL ACTIVIES: REPORT MANIL.IIY: C.S. DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: 6-26-97 Case No: 2-DESCRIPTION Page No: 2 A - SCANNING: 1. WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM? OUR CITY HAD A LOT OF ABANDONED- BUILDINGS, JUNIC AXLED VEHICLES, OVER GROWTH, WEEDS ETC: THIS LED TO DRUG DEALERS, USERS, ADULT AND JUVENILE LLEND ACTS, STRAY ANIMALS, AND REPTILES. WE HAD BUSINESS BURGLARY'S, BECAUSE OF OVER GROWTH, BUSHES, TREES, ETC. NOTE: PHOTO COPY OF A STORE THAT A - REPORT MADE: 11Y: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: Case No.: 2 Page No.: GERPETRATOR USED A 20 LB MAUL, To- BREAK INTO THE STORES BLOCK WALL TO GAIN ENTRY: WE ALSO HAD STREET GANG'S - "G.T. BOYZ" REPORT MAIL: BY: C.S. DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Date | Case No. | Page No. | | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | HOW WAS THE GNOBLEM IDENTIFIED? | | | | I, CARL SGZALE MADE AN ANALOGY - | | | | IN FEB. 1991, ALONG WITH 100 + PHOTOS OF "HOT SPOTS", CRIMNAL ACTIVITY (S) | | | | CRIME STATS, AND COMPLAINT LOGS. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No: 4-3 Page No: 3 3. WHO IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM? I, CHIEF SPRALE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM ON THE JOB. PHONE CALLS WERE MADE TO ME AT MY HOME, FROM SENIOR CITIZENS, AND CONCERNED CITIZENS. ALL OF THIS WAS DOCUMENTED. REPORT MAIL: BY: CS DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: A-4 Page No.: FAR MORE PROBLEMS ARE IDENTIFIED THAN CAN BE EXPLORED ADEQUATELY. HOW AND WHY WAS THIS PROBLEM SELECTED FROM AMONG THE OTHER PROBLEMS? A4. "CRACK HOUSES" WAS A PROBLEM THAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH FIRST HAND. DRUG DEALERS, USERS, ARE THE REASON'S WE HAD OTHER, CRIMES EC. LITTER, LOITERING, ASSAULT'S THEFT'S TO SUPPORT THEIR DRUG HARITS: REPORT MAIN: UY: CS DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: A-5 Page No.: WHAT WAS THE INITIAL LEVEL OF DIAGNOSIS - UNIT OF ANALYSIS - 22 - CRME TYPE, SPECIFIC PREMISE, NEIGHBOR HOOD, - SPECIFIC OFFENDER GROUP? A-5 WE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE AGE GROUP: 16 - 28 - OUR POLICE DEPT, WOULD RECEIVE CALLS DAILY, ABOUT LOITERING, DRINICING IN PUBLIC, SHOTS FIXED (IN THE AIR) HOLD LEED MUSIC, INSIDE AND OUT SIDE OF A BAR, OR COMING FROM A SPECIFIC RESIDENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD! REPORT MAIL: 11Y: CS DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No: B-1 ANALYSIS Page No.: 1 WHAT METHODS, DATA AND INFORMATION B-1 SOURCES WERE USED TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEMS CEED SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, OBSERVATION, CRIME ANALYSIS, ETC.? THE PROBLEM STARTED TO DEAIC IN 1988 I ALREADY HAD DATA COMPILED, ALONG WITH ON-VIEW ARRESTS, OBSERVATION'S TELEPHONE CALLS FROM SENIOR CITIZENS REPORTING THE CRIME IS! ALL I HAD TO DO NOW IS GET ELECTED! REP0111 MA114: 11Y: CS DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: B-2 History Page No.: 2 History: How often, and how long WAS IT A PROBLEM? B-2 THE ABANDONED HOUSES, VEHICLES WERE AN "EVE SORE" ONLY, IN THE 60'S & 70'S IN 1981, THE DRUG SCENE CAME INTO FOCUS, CRACK CO CAME WAS THE NUMBER 3 PROBLEM! THE DRUG, BEING SO ADDICTIVE, CAUSED REPEAT-OFFENDERS, TO STEAL, BURGLARILE ETS TO SUPPORT THEIR HABBITS. THIS PROBLEM WAS ON-GOING FROM 1981 TO 1991, SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, AM'S ON HRS. REPORT MADE: 11Y: ES DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: Case No.: B-3 Page No.: 1 WHO WAS IN VOLUED IN THE PROBLEM, OFFENDERS, VICTIMS, OTHERS AND WHAT WE RE THEIR RESPECTIVE MOTIVATIONS, GAINS AND LOSSES? B-3 WE HAD THE BEGINNING OF STREET GANGS, DRUG RELATED; BLACK ON BLACK CRITIES; SENIOR CITIZENS HAD A LOT OF ITEMS STOLEN; CASH, JEWELRY, HEIR LOOMS; ETC. 95% WERE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE SENIOR CITIZENS, WHO REPORTED THE THEFT, SOME WERE AFRAID TO REPORT THE THEFT, BECAUSE OF FAMILY IN VOLUED. REPORT! MANU: IIY: DATE: Gramorcy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: B-3 cont. Page No.: 2 LOTS OF MONEY, SMALL CHANGE, DIGY-BANES, WERE TAKEN BY RELATIVES, APROX AGES 14-21, TO SUGPORT THEIR DRUG HAGIT, OR DEBT. $\qquad$ $\qquad$ $\qquad$ $\qquad$ $\qquad$ $\qquad$ $\qquad$ REPORI MADE: HY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Date | Caso No.: B-4 | Pago No.: | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | WHAT HARMS RESULTED FROM THE PROBLEM? 1. WE HAD LOTS OF SCHOOL DROP-OUTS, BECAUSE OF DIVORCE PARENTS, THEIR KIDS ON DRUGS, AND A LONG WAITING LIST FOR ADDICTED USERS TO GET INTO A STATE-OWNED DE-TOX HOSPITAL, BECAUSE OF NO HEALTH INSURANCE. REPOIII MAUL:IIY: C.S. DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: ______________________ Case No.: 5-8 ______________________ Page No.: ______________________ How was the problem Brwk Addressed Be Fore the Problem - Solving Project? What were the results of Those Responses? 5-8 HANDs. ON APPROACH, AND POLITICS! My former Elected Officials, And Police Officers. Reports were Thicen, But No - Follow-ups, To Address: The Problem, on Analize; A Very Small Complaint, Incident, Was Not Loked Down! 111 REPORT MAIL: 11Y: ______________________ DATE: ______________________ Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: Case No.: B-6 Page No.: WHAT DID THE ANALYSIS REVEAL ABOUT THE CAUSES AND UNDER LYING CONDITIONS THAT PRECIPITATED THE PROBLEM? B-6 WE HAD YOUNG JUVENILES, HANGLING OUT WITH ADULTS, IN AND A ROUND BARS, ABANDONED STRUCTURES, WOODED AREAS, STREET CORNER'S ETC. THEIR WAS NO JUVENILE CURFEW AS OF FEB. 1991. WE ALSO HAD AM ยง PM SHOPPLIFTING IN OUR STORES. REP0111 MAIH: 11Y: CS DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: B. 7 Page No.: WHAT DID THE ANALYSIS RE VERL ABOUT THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM? B.7. WE HAD A PATTERN, REPEAT OFFENDERS Doing Drugs, Drinking in Public, NITTENING, Loitening Around FAST Food Stores, Especially on WEEK ENDS. REPORT MAIL: DY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: B-8 Page No.: WHAT SITUATIONAL INFORMATION WAS NEEDED TO BETTER UNDER STAND THE PROBLEM (EC. TIME OF OCCURRENCE, LOCATION, OTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ENVIRONMENT)? B8 WE NEEDED TO GET THE OFFICIAL DIS GATEM LOG SHEETS, OFFENSE REPORTS, WITH TIME, DATES, NATURE OF COMPLAINT. WE NEEDED INFORMATION FROM CONCERN CITIZENS! INFORMANTS. ETC IT WAS TIME TO RESEARCH THE ESTATE OWNERS, THAT OWN ABANDONED, BliGHTED PROPERTY IN THAT AREA. REPOUL MAUL. HY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: B-9 Page No.: WAS THERE AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROBLEM? B-9. WE HAD SEVERAL CONCERN CITIZENS ATTEND OUR MONTHLY TOWN MEETINGS TO VOICE THEIR COMPLAINTS. THIS WAS A START IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. REPORI MAUL. IY: C.S DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: 6-26-97 Caso No: C-1 Response Page No: WHAT POSSIBLE RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES WERE CONSIDERED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM? C-1 WE NEEDED MORE COMMUNITY - AWARENESS, PO% WERE AFRAID TO CALL THE POLICE, AND REPORT THE ON-GOING PROBLEM(S), WE NEEDED NAMES, NICH NAMES, AKA'S BTC. THE CRIMUAL ACTIVITY, DRINKING, LOITERING, LOUD LEGO MUSIC, DRUGS, ETC. WERE THOSE (95%) WHO LIVE IN GRAMERCE, AND ON FOOT OR Bicycle! REPORT MAID: 11Y: C.S DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: C-2 Page No: $\qquad$ WHAT RESPONSES DID YOU USE TO ADD RESS THE PROBLEM? $C-2$ I USED SEVERAL RESPONSE METHODS. AS A WORKIN'N POLICE CHIEF, WITH A MARKED UNIT, FULL UNIFORM, I MET WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, CHURCH PASTORS, AND MOSTIMPORTANT, ONE ON ONE, WHO FILED A CRIMNAL OR CIVIL COMPLAINT! $\qquad$ Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: C-3 Page No.: C-3-HOW DID YOU DEVELOP A RESPONSE AS A RESULT OF YOUR ANALYSIS? ANALOGY WAS STARTED IN FEB. 1991, PHOTO'S, CRIME STATS, COMPLAINTS FR. THERE AS A PATTERN OF REPEAT OFFENSES. SEVERAL ORDINANCES WERE PASSED AS MORE TOOLS TO DEAL WITH THE RESPONSE ANALYSIS SEE NEXT PAGE REPORT MAIL: 11Y: C-1 DATE: C-3-CONT. GRAMERCY POLICE DEPARTMENT 120 NORTH MONTZ P.O. DRAWER 340 GRAMERCY, LA 70052 (504) 869-8005 1--- COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM 2--- ABANDONED BUILDING REMOVAL, ALONG WITH JUNE OR ABANDONED VEHICLES REMOVAL 3--- INVESTIGATE CURRENT PUT INTO EFFECT 4--- CRITICAL WATCH AND CONCERN CITIZENS PROGRAM 5--- NEW DRUG TRAFFIC LOITERING PROGRAM 6--- CLEAN UP OF ALL DEBRIS (OVER GROWTH, TREE AND BUSINES, ETC.) 7--- NEW SELF TIMER SOLAR LIGHTS IN HIGH CRITIC AREAS 8--- TASK FORCE (STREET SWEEP UNIT) 9--- DRUG: HOT LINE 10--- AARP AND S.A.L.T. PROGRAM, (SENSITIS & LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TOGETHER) CRIME AGAINST THE ELDERLY OVER 65, STIPPER PENALTY 11---OPEN CONTAINER ALCOOL, DRINKING IN PUBLIC, ORDINANCE. Name of Nominee: CARL A. SPIZALE Local Government: TOWN OF GRAMERCY Title CUTEE OF POLICE Population: 3,100 Nominee's Address: P.O. BOX 1504; GRAMERCY, LA. 70052 Nominee's Town: GRAMERCY State LA. Zip Code 70052 Nominee's Phone: Day (504) 869-8005 Evening (504) 869-8115 Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | | Case No.: C-4 | Page No.: | | :--: | :--: | :--: | | WHAT EVACUATION CRITERIA WERE MOST | | | | I M GORTANT TO THE DEGT BEFORE | | | | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESPONSE - | | | | ALTERNATIVE(S) (LEGALTY, COMMUNITY - | | | | VALUES, POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS, | | | | COST, PRACTICALITY ETC? | | | | I MADE A SURVEY, LISTING ALL OF | | | | THE PROBLEM AREAS, PHOTO GRAPHED | | | | BLIGHTED: PROPERTY, JUNIC AYLED | | | | VEHICLES, ETC; THESE WERE | | | | CIVIL VIOLATIONS, AND I HAD | | | | THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THEM! | | | | I HAD A PLAN TO WAIVE SOME COSTS | | | | REPOHII MAUL IIY: ES | | DATE: | Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Daily | Case No.: C-5 | Page No.: | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | WHAT DID YOUNENTEND TO ACCOMPLISH WITH YOUN RESPONSE PLAN (PROSECT GOAL AND CONGRESPONDING MEASURABLE O B JECTIVE'S)? C-5 I WANTEA THE COMMUNITY ON MY SIDE, BEFORE I STARTED TO CONDE NMED THE ABANDONED "CRACIC HOUSES" AND JUNK. AXLED VEN (s) ON THRIR PROGERTY. THIS IS ALIN ACCORDANCE WITH ORD, NO 5-50-54 MY OB JECTIVE WAS TO LOWER THE CRIME RATE, AND GIVE OUR TOWN A VERY MUCH NEEDED"FACE LIFT' REPOIII MAUL IIY: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | | Case No.: C- 6 | Page No.: | | :--: | :--: | :--: | | WHAT RESOUNCES WELE AVAILABLE TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM? | | | | C-6 I DID NOT HAVE ANY FUNDS OR GRANT | | | | MONIES TO START THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE | | | | I THOUGHT THE CITY OF GRAMENCY, | | | | MAYOR'S OFFICE, HAD ENOUGH EPUIPMENT | | | | AND MAN POWER TO HELP ME WITH | | | | THE PROGRAM. I WASYURONG! | | | | I DID GET HELP FROM OUR ST JAMES | | | | PARISH PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL, ALONG | | | | WITH OUR NEIGHBORNG TOWN OF LURHEE, AA | | | REPOH! MAUL IIY: DATE: Gramercy Police Departmen! SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: C-7 Page No.: WHAT WAS DONE BE FORE YOU IMPLEMENTED YOUR RESPONSE PLAN? C-7. IN REF. TO THE ABANDORED BOILDING PROGRAM, I HAD TO RESEARCH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, SOME WERE DECEASED AND ANY LIVING HEIR COULD JUST BE PAYING. THE TAXES, (AMOX $20.00 GER YEAR) TO KEEP THE PROPERTIES FROM SEIZURE. SOME PROPERTIES WERE TIED UP IN COURT, BE CAUSE OF LACK OF A WILL, OR RELUCTANT HEIR: THIS RESEARCH TOOK B. MONTHS REPOH! MAUL IIY: C.3 DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Daily | Case No.: 8.C. | Page No.: | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | WHAT DIFFICULTIES WERE ENCONTERED. DURING RESPONSE IMPLEMENTATION? 20 AGAIN, I N REF. TO BLIGHTED, ABANDONED PROPERTIES, AFTER A CERTIFIED LETTER TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, 60 DAV REPAIR OR TEAR DOWN, NOTIFICATION, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE DEBRIS? I WAS FACED WITH THIS MICIND OF PROBLEM! I GAVE THE ESTATE, HEIR'S FIRST CHOICE OF ALL THE LUMBER; USED CYPRESS OR LONG LEAF PINE, LAST FOREVER. REPOH! MAIL! IIY: 05 DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: 8-C-CONT. Page No.: IF THE HEIRS WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO THE LUMBER, I ADVERTISE TO THE PUBLIC, "FREE LUMBER, YOU TEAR DOWN" AFTER THIS METHOD WAS EXHAUSTED, YOU CAN STILL HAVE TONS OF DEBRIS! REPONI MAUL.IIY: CS DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | | Case No.: C-9 | Page No.: | | :--: | :--: | :--: | | WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE TO YOUR PROBLEM? | | | | C-9 | TO HAUL AWAY TONS OF DEBRI3. | | | | WAS A PROBLEM, AT FIRST, BECAUSE | | | | OF EPA, LAND FILL REGULATIONS, EXSPENSIVE | | | | DUMPSTERS:ETC. I WROTE TO AND | | | | VISITED OU.R WASTE MANAGEMENT CO. | | | | MR. HARVY PARICS, C.E.O. UNDER | | | | 3TOOD MV PROBLEM, AND GAVE ME | | | | A SPECIAL DERMIT, TO HAUL THE DEBRI3 | | | | TO A TRANSFER SITE, FREE OF CHARGE. | | | | | | | | | DATE: | Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing D. Case No.: ASSESSMENT Page No.: WHAT WERE THE RESULTS? WHAT DEGREE OF IMPACT DID THE RESPONSE PLAN HAVE ON THIS PROBLEM? D-1 BY JUST TEARING DOWN ONE HOUSE MADE A DIFFERENCE! NO PLACE FOR THE DRUG DEALERS TO HIDE! A. FREE FACE LIFT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THE ADDED VALUE TO THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS PROPERTY ETC. CRIME RATE WAS DOWN! REPORT MADE: HY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: D-2 Cont- Page No.: WHAT WERE YOUR METHODS OF EVALUATION, AND FOR HOW LONG WAS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROBLEM SOLVING EFFORT EVALUATED? D.2 WE WENT BASIC TO RECORDS FROM 1986-1990 EXAMPLE: "PEEPING FOR" 48 CASES REPORTED FROM 1986-1991. 2-CASES REPORTED FROM 1991-1996 THIS, ALONG WITH TRAINED NEW POLICE OFFICERS MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PROBLEM SOLVING EFFORTS, AND THE PURCHASE OF A NEW COMPUTER TO COMPLY WITH THE U.C.R. SYSTEM REPORTED MADE BY: __________ C.S. DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: D.3 Page No.: WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE EVALUATION? D-3 BEFORE I CHIEF CARL SPIZALE WAS ELECER IN 1990, I COULD SEE A VOID IN THE COMMUNITY, CRACK HOUSES, JUNIC ARLES, VEHICLES, "WHITE GOOD", NOTHING WAS BEING DONE. I WENT BASIC TO BASICS. WHAT EVER PROBLEMS (NO MATTER HOW SMALL) DISTURBED THE CITIZENS, I ADDRESSED! I MADE MY OWN ANALOGY, AND EVALUATION! REPONI MAUL: 11Y: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Daily | Case No.: D-4 | Page No.: | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | WERE THERE PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTING THE RESPONSE PLAN? I DID NOT HAVE ANY FUNDS OR GRANT- MONIES TO START THIS PROJECT... I GAVE MY WORD, (EAMPAIGN PLATFORM) THAT I WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IF I WAS...ELECTED, I KNEW I WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS TAYING TO ENFORCE CIVILLAWS, ORD.ER, BE CAUSE, MY PROGRAM WAS A FIRST. NO ELECTED MAYOR, PGCRECHIEE, HAS EVER TAKEN ON A PROJECT, LIKE THIS IN GRAMERLY! REPONI MAUL IIY: ES DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: D5 Page No.: IF THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT OTHER SYSTEMIC EFFORTS WERE, CONSIDERED? D-5 EVERY THING I DID, WAS AN IMPROV- MENT! DIST. I IN GRAMERCY, WAS NEVER TOUCHED (FACE LIFT) IN THE 100 YEAR (AS OF 1995) HISTORY OF GRAMERCY. REPORI MADE IIY: ES DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Daily | Case No.: D-6 | Page No.: | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | WHAT RESPONSE GOALS WERE ACCOMPLISHED? WHILE I WAS ENFORcING THE CIVIL- LAWS ORD'S!, MY PATROL OFFICERS WERE ENFORcING THE CRIMINAL LAWS, AND TRAFFIC VIOLATORS. RUNNING RADAR AT OUR CITY LIMITS. DETER POTENTIAL CRIMINAL'S! COMING INTO OUR CITY, VIA S LA STATE HWY,' AND I' W. 3 HWY, (61), AND I. 10. I CONSIDER RUNNING RADAR A FIRST STEP IN OUR E.O.P.P. PROGRAM. REPORT MADE BY: ES. DATE: Gramorcy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: D.7 Page No.: D.7 How did you measure your RESULTS? RESULTS were measured, By not The Number of Arrests, But By A REDUCTION in Complaint Calls From THE ("Hot. Spots")Criminal Activity Areas. TO DATE, Complaints are cited To me at our Town Hallmeetings Each month, From the Concerned Citizens Assoc. Et. Al. REPOIII MAIII. HY: ES DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: D-8 Page No.: How Could you HAVE MADE THE RESPONSE MORE EFFECTIVE? D-8 As STATED, I HAD NO INPUT FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN 1991 AND 1992. I HAD NO GRANT MONIES. TO FUND THE COSTS; IF I WOULD HAVE HAD THE AFORE MENTION, I WOULD HAVE FINISH THE BILLGEST PART OF THE PROGRAM IN 2 YEARS, OR SOONER! REPOIII MAIJI: IIY: DATE: Gramorcy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: 0.9 Page No.: WAS THERE A CONCERN ABOUT - DISPLACEMENT, PUSHING THE PROBLEM SOME WHERE ELSE? D-9 AT THAT TIME (1991) ILLUSMIST CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CITY'S PROBLEMS. I DID NOT CARE WHERE THE START GANGS, OR DRUG DEALERS RE.LOCHTES, AS LONG AS THEY LEFT GRAMERCK. AS IT WOULCED OUT, OUR NEIGHBORING POLICE DEPT'S GOVERNMENT, ETC. STARTED A CLEAN UP PROGRAM (SI. REPORT MAIH. BY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policiag Date Case No.: 0-10 Page No.: Will your response require Monitoring, or Continuing Effort to main thin your results? Do the response is on-going to date But on a smaller scale: Example: Where a problem structure Once stood, or a hot with several Junk vehicles, that were moved Grases and weeds has to be Cut, etc: Also, I scan the neighbor hood on a regular basis, for potential problems. REPOH! MADE BY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Date 6-26-97 | Case No.: 3 | Page No.: | |-----------------|--------------|-------------| | 1- AT WHAT LEVEL OF THE POLICE ORGANIZATION WAS THIS PROBLEM - SOLUING - INITIATIVE ADOPTED? | | | 1-3 I CHIEF CARL SPIZALE, ALONE, TOOK ON THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE OF NO BACKING FROM CITY HALL. STATED AT FEB. 1991 TOWN MEETING, "THAT'S YOUR BABY!" NOTE: OPEN A CAN OF WORMS ANOTHER TERM USED BY LA. ATTIS MEANS: WHEN SOME LAWS HAVE BEEN DORMANT FOR A LONG TIME: EXAMPLE: CONDEMMIND PROPERTY; THE ESTATE, HEIRS, RAISE CONCERN! REPORT MAIL: IIY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: 3-2 Page No.: 3-2 DID OFFICERS OR MANAGEMENT RECEIVE ANY TRAINING (C.O.P.P.) OR PROBLEM SOLVING, BEFORE THIS PROJECT BE CAN OR DURING ITS EXECUTION? I, CHIEF CARL SOIZALE READ EVERY THING THE DEPT OF JUSTICE SENT ME, ALONG WITH NEWS ARTICLES: IN MY MIND, IT WAS SELF EVIDENT ABOUT THE PROBLEM(S) AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM. REPORI MAUL: HY: CS DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Polichy | Date | Case No.: 9-3 | Page No.: | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | WERE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES GIVEN TO POLICE OFFICERS WHO ENFARED IN THE PROBLEM SOLVING? 3-3 MY OFFICERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO BE VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY GET OUT OF POLICE UNIT (STRIPED MARKED UNIT) AND TALK TO SOME OF THE CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY THE JUVENILES, AND SCHOOL ICIDS. VERY IMPORTANT: GET ON A FIRST- NAME BASIS, "SELL YOUR SELF TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY PAY YOUR SALARY." REPORI MAIJI: IIY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date: 6-26-97 Case No.: 3-4 Page No.: WHAT RESOURCES AND GUIDELINES, MANUALS, PAST PROBLEM SOLVING EXAMPLES WERE USED? 3-4 MY COLLECTION, 100 60' PHOTO'S BEFORE AND AFTER OF PROBLEM (3) ARE IN OUR POLICE LIBRARY. ALL C.O.P. MANUALS SENT BY DEPT. OF SUSTICE WERE DISSEMINATED. REPORT MAIL: 11Y: E.S DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing Date Case No.: 3-5 Page No.: WHAT ISSUES, PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED WITH THE PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL? 3-5 THE OLD METHODOI," STRONG ARM TACTICS", POLICE OFFICER ATTITUDE (3) BONE CITIZENS AND SMALL KIDS AFRAID OF THE "MAN IN BLUE" HAD TO BE REVERSED! THE MAN IN BLUE IS A FRIEND OF KOU? REPOH! MAN! BY: DATE: Gramercy Police Department SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Community Policing | Date | Case No.: 3-6 | Page No.: | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | WHAT GENERAL RESOURCE (MONETARY AND OR PERSONNEL) COMMITMENTS WERE MADE TO THIS PROJECT, AND OF THOSE RESOURCES, WHAT WENT BEYOND THE EXISTING DEPT. BUDGET? 3-6 I DID A LOT OF LOBBYING WITH OUR PAUSE OFFICIALS, ESPECIALLY ABOUND ELECTION TIME. AND WENT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR HELP, ALONG WITH LOTS OF HONG HOURS, AND DETERMINATION TO FULFILL MY PROMISE, GOAL ETC. FUNDING SOURCES: NEXT PAGE. REPORT MADE: IIY: P.S DATE: