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City of Palos Heights Public Safety Committee met Oct. 24

Here are the agenda provided by the committee:

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

August 22, 2023

September 2023 meeting canceled

POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT

• 689 calls for service

• Sergeant Jeff Crowley was promoted to Deputy Chief, Officer Walter Droba and Officer Craig Clark were promoted to Sergeant

• The 2024 Police Budget was presented to Administrator Strohl and Chairman Basso

• Investigators seized a Volkswagen Jetta as a result of a money laundering investigation

• As of September 18th, the department is now compliant with the Pre Trial Fairness Act

• The department applied for and received a $42,000.00 IDOT traffic grant

• TFO’s Seized several kilograms of cocaine and $70,000.00 in United State Currency

TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT

• Hit & Run 1

• Property Damage 26

• Personal Injury 4

TOTAL 3 1

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS

• Police Department Budget Report - see attached

• Red Light – 120 violations issued

• MSI Report – 14 citations issued

• Training Report – 288 Hours

DUI SUMMARY

• DUI Arrests YTD 29

• Traffic Stops YTD 2439

• Arrests YTD 200

CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM

• Cases YTD 56

FLOCK CAMERA ACTIVITY

• Flock Hits YTD 39

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

CORRESPONDENCE/EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION

• The owner of Richard’s Bicycle called and commended the Officer Paul Mikolajcak for solving the case of the stolen bumper. He appreciated Paul’s efforts.

• A resident wrote an email thanking Officer Nick Belseth for his professionalism and compassion that he offered Mr. Londos, who was involved in a car accident.

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.

ALDERMEN’S COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

https://palosheights.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10242023-907