City of Palos Heights Public Safety Committee met May 23.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
CALL TO ORDER
1. Roll Call
2. Approval of Minutes February 28th, 2023
3. Police Activity Report- 711 calls for service
4. Traffic Crash Report
Hit & Run 7
Property Damage 28
Personal Injury 1
TOTAL 36
5. Miscellaneous Reports
a. Police Department Budget Report - See attached
b. Red Light Violations 130
c. MSI Report Citations 68
d. Training Report Hours 315
6. DUI/Traffic Summary -
DUI YTD 19
Arrests YTD 88
Traffic Stops YTD 1367
7. Crisis Intervention
Team Cases YTD 9
8. Old Business:
9. New Business:
Retired Springfield Chief Kenny Winslow from the Illinois Association Chiefs of Police to present Detective/Sergeant John Parnitzke and Sergeant Gerard P. Wodka the Designation of Certified Eligible Award.
In Car Camera
Replace 10-Panasonic in car cameras that are soon to be outdated with 10-Axon Cameras. Cameras are 10-months out before delivery. Industry standard cameras. Camera replacement after 5 years. State mandated by 2025, 30-plus 1, body cameras to work in conjunction with our Evidence .Com and Axon Tasers. All storage will be moved from dated servers to cloud storage. Camera replacement after 5 years.
$15,000 - Single Source
10. Correspondence/Employee Recognition
A resident complimented Officer Ashley Vinson for escorting her to a local bank where she had business to do she was both appreciative for the Officer's kindness and professionalism.
Deputy Special Agent, Chris Watkins, from Homeland Security Investigations thanked a team of HSI Officers, which included Eric Czajkowski on their efforts in seizing one pound of fetanyl and narcotics during this HIS-led OCDETF investigation.
On Friday, April 28th, 2023, Greg Castor from the PHPD retired, after 28-years of dedicated service to the men and women and citizens of Palos Heights. While with the department, Greg served as a Truck Enforcement Officer, Officer in Charge, Range Instructor, and Task Force Officer, for both Homeland Security investigations and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. We wish Greg a happy, healthy, and prosperous retirement.
11. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE* Procedure for addressing the Committee: be recognized by the Chairman, rise, and give your name and address. Discussion is limited to 10 minutes, unless an extension is granted by a majority vote of the Committee. All meetings are tape recorded
12. ALDERMEN'S COMMENTS
13. ADJOURNMENT
https://palosheights.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05232023-844
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