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BOWLING GREEN POLICE DIVISION MISSION STATEMENT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCED IN THE CITY’S NEIGHBORHOODS; INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN DECISIONS WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECT THEM; AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICES IDENTIFIED BY1 THE COMMUNITY AS IMPORTANT.

CHIEF OF POLICE Tony Hetrick

Chief Noah A. “Tony” Hetrick was hired on August 26, 1996. Prior to his promotion to Deputy Chief in July of 2011, Major Hetrick served as the Operations Bureau Commander for one year and the Administrative Bureau Commander for 4 years.

Chief Hetrick holds an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from The Community College of the Air Force. Chief Hetrick is a graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy’s 231 st Session, a graduate of the Ohio Certified Law Enforcement Executive training (CLEE XIII), the Police Executive Leadership College (PELC XXXVIII) and the Northwestern University Traffic Institute, School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC #190).

Chief Hetrick also works as an independent contractor for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA) of Gainesville, Virginia where he serves as a Team Member conducting assessments of law enforcement agencies that are participating in the CALEA Accreditation process.

Chief Hetrick is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served as a Security Police Law Enforcement Specialist.

2 DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE Major Justin White

Major Justin D. White started his career at the Police Division on August 13, 2001. Prior to his promotion to Deputy Chief in November of 2015, he served as a sergeant for 3 years, detective for 5 years, and patrol officer for 6 years. Throughout his career at the Division, Major White has served in various capacities such as: Field Training Officer, Bike Patrol Officer, Hostage/Crisis Negotiator, Narcotics Detective, General Detective and Patrol Sergeant.

Major White holds a Bachelor and Master of Criminal Justice Degree from Tiffin University. He is a graduate of the Police Executive Leadership College (PELC 65), The Ohio State University, John Glenn College of Public Affairs Public Safety Leadership Academy (PLSA III) and the Ohio Certified Law Enforcement Executive training program (CLEE XX).

Major White has also worked as an adjunct professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences for Tiffin University.

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OFFICERS NAME RANK YEARS OF SERVICE

NOAH “TONY” HETRICK CHIEF 19 JUSTIN D.WHITE DEPUTY CHIEF 14 BRADLEY E. BILLER LIEUTENANT 22 DANIEL A. MANCUSO LIEUTENANT 20 ALAN W. CARSEY SERGEANT 24 DOUGLAS G. HARTMAN SERGEANT 23 JASON W. STANLEY SERGEANT 21 PAUL A. TYSON SERGEANT 20 MICHAEL A. BENGELA SERGEANT 17 GORDON G. FINGER SERGEANT 17 SCOTT R. KLEIBER SERGEANT 16 MARK R. HANSON PATROL OFFICER 20 RYAN M. TACKETT PATROL OFFICER 20 MATTHEW D. KEILMAN PATROL OFFICER 19 ROGER A. KERN PATROL OFFICER 19 SCOT M. BECKER PATROL OFFICER 19 DARIN E. REINHART PATROL OFFICER 19 BRIAN C. CRITES PATROL OFFICER 18 NOEL M. CRAWFORD PATROL OFFICER 18 RYAN K. ROSACRANS PATROL OFFICER 18 RAYMOND R. BAER PATROL OFFICER 17 JEREMY P. LAUER PATROL OFFICER 17 JASON R. BROSHIOUS PATROL OFFICER 16 TERRY P. DAVIS PATROL OFFICER 16 ROBIN R. SHORT PATROL OFFICER 16 JEFFERY A. LOWERY PATROL OFFICER 14 JESSICA McCLURE-WEIS PATROL OFFICER 14 MICHAEL D.GIEMAN PATROL OFFICER 14 KRISTOPHER R. GARMAN PATROL OFFICER 13 MICHAEL A. CLINGENPEEL PATROL OFFICER 13 ADAM A. SKAFF PATROL OFFICER 13 CORY L. FAIRBANKS PATROL OFFICER 12 MATT A. ROBINSON PATROL OFFICER 11 TYSON D. RICHMOND PATROL OFFICER 9 SCOTT M. FRANK PATROL OFFICER 9 BRIAN HOUSER PATROL OFFICER 8 ANDY L. MULINIX JR. PATROL OFFICER 8 ADAM J. COX PATROL OFFICER 2 CALEB M. KUSMIEREK. PATROL OFFICER 2

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EMPLOYEE’S NAME POSITION YEARS OF SERVICE

LORI KETNER COMMUNICATIONS 18 EMILY SNYDER COMMUNICATIONS 17 ELLEN WILSON COMMUNICATIONS 15 TALYA FELTNER COMMUNICATIONS 14 BECKY WRIGHT COMMUNICATIONS 12 MIKE STROBEL COMMUNICATIONS 12 AIRIN GAGE COMMUNICATIONS 7 TRENT TATHAM COMMUNICATIONS 4 CLARK MYLES COMMUNICATIONS 1 COURTNEY SNIDER COMMUNICATIONS 1 REBECCA ALBRIGHT COMMUNICATIONS 1

BETH LAMBERT ADMINISTRATIVE 26 SECRETARY

KIRK COWAN PARKING TECHNICIAN 14 JAMIE TAYLOR PARKING TECHNICIAN 13

TOM SIEVING ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER 14

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Grant Administration Completion of the training allows the Police Division to recoup $20.00 per In 2015, the Bowling Green Police hour per officer from the State of Division received a total of Ohio. This reimbursement is applied $34,429.00 in grants from federal, toward the training budget in 2016. state and local sources. Grants Total required CPT hours will be provided the agency with raised to 11 in 2016. In-service opportunities to supplement salaries training has been completed using and purchase equipment. Detailed the on-line learning program Moodle. grants included: Ohio Drug Use Moodle allows annual testing and Prevention Grant ($22,238.00) used documented training on recurring to supplement the salary of the topics 24/7 to insure access by all DARE Officer, OCJS (Jag-LE) grant personnel. Hands-on training was totaling ($7,191.00) for the purchase conducted for Response to of in-car video cameras, and a grant Resistance and Aggression, from Wood County ESC ($5,000.00) Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons for alcohol compliance checks and as required by state law and division equipment to record transactions. policy. The training was supervised and taught by the BGPD in house Training / Career Development training cadre.

In 2015, Bowling Green Police Division’s employees received training in multiple areas of law enforcement and dispatch-related topics. This was the third year for the Owens Community College Law Enforcement Consortium Program. This Consortium allowed the division access to 200 classroom hours of law enforcement training for a flat fee of $850. In addition to the consortium, the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission (OPOTC) required sworn officers to complete Continuing Professional Training (CPT). The Commission required every officer to complete four hours in 2015. All officers successfully Officer Richmond assisting a young lady at “Cops completed the required training, and Kids” Christmas shopping event. which included training in family violence.

6 Recruiting

Agency recruiters are Officers Ryan Tackett, Gordon Finger, Brian Crites and Jessica McClure-Weis.

The police division hired Dispatchers Clark Myles, Courtney Snider, and Rebecca Albright in 2015.

In 2015, the agency recruitment plan was reviewed. A test was administered for new recruits in December of 2015 in anticipation of hiring to begin in the summer of 2016. Sergeant Gordon Finger in training with BGPD

Canine Officer Arci.

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CHIEF OF POLICE Bradford M. Conner

Chief Bradford M. Conner retired from the Bowling Green Police Division in June after 34 years of service.

DISPATCHER Carol Doyle

Dispatcher Carol Doyle retired from the Bowling Green Police Division in March after 25 years of service.

Thank you for your many years of dedicated service!

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SERGEANT Gordon G. Finger

Sergeant Gordon Finger started his career at the Police Division in October of 1998. Prior to his promotion to Sergeant in October 2015, he served as a patrol officer for 17 years. While in that position, he served as a Field Training Officer and was assigned to the Special Investigations Unit. Finger was also selected as the handler for the Division’s K-9 “Arci.”

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SERGEANT Scott R. Kleiber

Sergeant Kleiber started his career at the Police Division on October 4, 1999. Prior to his promotion to Sergeant in December 2015, he served as a patrol officer for 7 years and a detective for 9 years. Throughout his career at the Division, Sergeant Kleiber has served in various capacities such as: Field Training Officer, Bike Patrol Officer, Hostage/Crisis Negotiator, and General Detective

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graduate of the Ohio Certified Law Enforcement Executive training (CLEE XIII), the Police Executive Leadership College and the Northwestern University Traffic Institute, School of Police Staff and Command.

Lieutenant Biller also works as an independent contractor for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA) of Gainesville, Virginia where he serves as a Team Leader conducting assessments of law enforcement Lieutenant Brad Biller agencies that are participating in the The Operations Bureau consists of CALEA Accreditation process. the Patrol, Investigations, Parking and the Animal Control Sections. Lt. Biller is a retired veteran of the These sections comprise the U.S. Army having served as a majority of the Division’s personnel. Military Policeman and Combat The Operations Bureau is the larger Engineer, on active duty and in the of the two bureaus. Ohio National Guard. He was employed as a police patrolman and The Operations Bureau is sergeant in the City of Van Wert, and commanded by Lieutenant Brad as a corrections officer and Biller. supervisor for the Lucas County Division of Work Release prior to his Lieutenant Biller was hired on employment by the City of Bowling September 1, 1993. Lieutenant Green. Biller has served in patrol, investigations, and training positions Patrol Section within the agency as well as being in command of the Administrative, In 2015, the Police Division operated Services and Operations Bureaus at its peak with 41 officers or 2 below during his tenure. authorized strength. As a result of a retirement and a resignation, that Lieutenant Biller holds a Bachelor’s number was reduced to 39 officers. Degree in Criminal Justice from The The personnel of the Operations University of Toledo. Lt. Biller is a Bureau consisted of 6 sergeants and graduate of the F.B.I. National 28 patrol officers assigned to 3 Academy’s 214th Session, a investigative, 2 special investigative

11 and 23 patrol positions. Patrol warnings, issued 168 civil citations officers are assigned to one of three and 4,044 written traffic warnings in 8-hour shifts. The shifts are 6am- 2015. Agency personnel made 217 2pm, 2pm-10pm, and a 10pm-6am. operating a vehicle while impaired The shift system ensures that a (O.V.I.) arrests in 2015 compared to patrol officer is mobile during shift 225 in 2014. The 1,078 traffic change roll calls. Shift sergeants are crashes in 2015 reflect an increase assigned to each shift and have the of 33 from 2014. Injury crashes for responsibility of supervising the 2015 totaled 112, an increase of 1 officers assigned to the shift. from 111 in 2014. The city Officers continue to patrol the city in experienced four fatal crashes in marked and unmarked vehicles, on 2015. foot and on bicycles, primarily in the police uniform, but sometimes during special assignments in plain clothes.

Crashes of all kinds occur

Quarterly crash analyses are conducted and distributed to patrol

Officers working a crash supervisors, and the document is used to tailor responses to areas The Police Division conducted 56 where crashes and contributing presentations, 4 Liquor factors are identified. The 2015 Establishment Enforcement Training Goals and Objectives were written to sessions (L.E.E.T) as well as other emphasize enforcement and building tours and training for education strategies. There was also community organizations, child an emphasis placed on quarterly identification and stranger danger crash analysis to determine presentations. emerging trends and mitigation strategies. The Police Division handled 27,952 Calls for Service (CFS) in 2015, The Division participated in several which is a decrease from the statewide efforts to curb drinking and (30,598) handled in 2014. Division driving and to encourage seat belt personnel issued 3,213 traffic usage. Participation included the citations, performed 2,310 criminal statewide impaired driving program arrests, issued 971 criminal “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”

12 from July 2, 2015 through July 5, The Police Division provides the 2015, as well as the “2015 Click-It- public with the opportunity to file Or-Ticket” seatbelt campaign, which complaints against any employee was conducted from May 18, 2015 through its website or in person. In through May 31, 2015. The agency 2015 the Division received twelve participated with the Ohio State (12) documented complaints from Highway Patrol, the Wood County citizens regarding Operations Sheriff’s Office and Bowling Green Bureau employees. The complaints State University Police Department were reviewed and resulted in no in two Operating Vehicle Impaired disciplinary action being taken Checkpoints during the year. against involved employees. When the division receives complaints from The Police Division seeks citizen citizens, each case is thoroughly input through a citizen contact reviewed by listening to related survey and through a dispatch telephone calls, if they were contact survey. The patrol officers recorded, review of any associated provide printed copies of the contact reports and documents, and by survey to citizens when handling contacting the complainant and calls for service as well as directing involved officer(s) and witnesses to subjects to the Police Division review the facts of the incident as website where there is an on-line recalled. Each complaint from within version of the contact survey. The the Division regarding Operations division continues to track how many Bureau personnel is reviewed for contact surveys are being handed resolution through the chain of out by officers. During 2015 officers command. handed out 3,861 printed contact One of the complaints resulted in an surveys, 100 of which were returned internal affairs investigation initiated to the division, dispatchers in 2015. completed 97 phone surveys, and the agency received 34 on-line Use of Force surveys. Of those who responded, ratings are as follows: 73.2% In 2015, there were 40 Response to Excellent, 19.1% Good, 3% Fair, .4% Resistance/Aggression reports filed Poor and 4.3% not rated. Surveys by officers of the Bowling Green provide the agency with much Police Division, an increase from 36 needed feedback and give the police in 2014. These reports were as a division an opportunity to offer result of 30 separate incidents. additional services to citizens such These numbers show an increase as information on programs and from 23 incidents in 2014. Nineteen home or business security surveys. officers accounted for the use of force reports filed for the year, and it The Chief and Deputy Chief review appears that the continued every survey to ensure that the deployment of Tasers for officer use agency is providing quality service. continues to contribute to the Surveys are assigned for follow up or reduction of force use incidents prior corrective action if needed. to 2011. In other areas of the

13 country during the year, force used assaults, identity fraud, theft, by police and against police saw a robbery, burglary, and drug-related continued upswing, as citizens rallied cases. The Investigations Section is as a result of incidents in various also responsible for pre-employment cities throughout the country. That background investigations of agency social circumstance did not appear employees, internal affairs to have measurable impact on the investigations into alleged employee Bowling Green Community in this misconduct, and provides for the area. receipt, processing and dissemination of intelligence Response to information related to criminal and Resistance/Aggression Incidents homeland security activity. 2013 2014 2015 Firearm 0 0 0 The Investigations Section was TASER 5 1 6 comprised of four officers. Sergeant Baton 0 0 0 Doug Hartman supervised OC 2 1 5 Detectives Brian Houser, Andy Weaponless 11 21 29 Mulinix and Scott Kleiber. Members of the Investigations Section Total Types 18 23 40 represent the division on area task of Force forces and committees such as: the Complaints 22,708 21,863 19,905 Area Law Enforcement Investigator’s Association (ALEIA), Ohio Homeland Security Terrorism Liaison Officers Investigations Section (TLO) Program, the Sexual Assault Response Collaborative (SARC), the

county Fatality Review Team FRT), Domestic Violence Services Liaison, Suicide Prevention Services, Wood County Prevention Coalition and the Wood County Sex Trafficking Committee.

In 2015, the Investigations Section was assigned 400 total cases. Of those, 331 were investigated and

Psilocybin Mushrooms seized closed for a clearance rate of 83%.

The Investigations Section is The section was directly involved in responsible for in-depth, time- the service of 96 search warrants intensive investigations or and conducted 42 controlled buys. investigations that require a The Investigations Section continued particular expertise and/or to utilize cutting edge technology in equipment. Cases that are typically the form of the Cellebrite Touch handled by the Investigations Ultimate system. The Touch Section are felonious and sexual Ultimate, obtained through a grant,

14 enables the most technologically attended a 6 week training course at advanced extraction, decoding, Shallow Creek in the summer of analysis, and reporting of mobile 2015. Arci is a dual purpose canine data. It performs physical, logical trained in drug detection and patrol file system and password extraction work. The Canine Team is certified of all data (even deleted) from the by the Ohio Peace Officer’s Training widest range of devices including Academy (OPOTA) and the North legacy and feature phones, American Police Work Dog smartphones, GPS devices, and Association (NAPWDA). tablets. The detectives in the Investigations Section utilized the Division Programs & Events Cellebrite machine for a wide variety of cases and recovered evidence The Police Division sponsors several that has led to arrest and conviction community based programs aimed at as well as created new cases. Over improving the quality of life and to 200 extractions from 156 mobile enhance relationships with the devices were conducted during the citizens of Bowling Green. year. In 2015 there were no specific team The Special Investigations Unit assignments for specific programs. comprised of Patrolmen Gordon The Operations Bureau was Finger and Adam Skaff was structured to make assignments to disbanded in May 2015, but prior to community events. Employees from that was under the direct supervision all shifts were utilized to staff events. of Sgt. Hartman. It provided direct surveillance, general investigation, Ward Officer Program narcotics investigation and patrol saturation support to the division with The Police Division has embraced significantly flexible deployment ward assignments for officers for a option. number of years. The City of Bowling Green is broken down into four Canine Program wards for establishment of representatives on city council as The Police Division was fortunate to well as Police Division personnel field a canine program with the assignments. Each ward has a team addition to the organization of of officers headed by a sergeant. Canine Officer, Arci, following his The ward team is available to assist training at Shallow Creek Kennels in the public with problems that may Sharpsville Pennsylvania. Arci was arise concerning neighborhood selected for the Police Division by safety, disputes, city infrastructure Master Trainer and owner of Shallow problems and other ward specific Creek Kennels John Brannon and issues. Ward officers can be seen was imported from Europe at the age patrolling neighborhoods on foot and of one. Arci was pre-trained prior to in marked cruisers. They can being assigned to his handler, provide support to neighborhoods Sergeant Gordon Finger, who wishing to start a Block Watch

15 program and are available to present division representatives on the Wood information to community groups and County Domestic Violence Fatality businesses. If a citizen has a Review Team, the Sexual Assault concern, they can contact the ward Response Collaborative and the Sex sergeant or any member of the ward Trafficking Committee. The Police policing team. Contact information Division worked closely with specific to each ward can be found representatives from Bowling Green on the agency website or contact State University to provide up to date may be made in person at the Police victim of crime information packets Division. for victims with BGSU affiliation. The agency has been active in participation with representatives from other area law enforcement Community Notification Programs agencies, court and prosecutor representatives, education and The Bowling Green Police Division health care, and mental health supplies the local community and professionals in attending to issues business owners with timely, up to directly related to substance abuse date crime information. When the and mental health advocacy in the division feels it is necessary to alert community. the community about criminal or suspicious activity, an email alert is sent to all registered members. Community Policing / Problem Messages may also be sent to Solving update the community on training and events at the Police Division. The agency collaborates with Anyone may sign up for notifications community leaders and by going to the BGPD website. A organizations to explore community person may also receive this problems and find workable information via Facebook and solutions. During 2015, the Police Twitter. Emergency notifications are Division worked with other City sent out via Nixle. Nixle is unique in divisions to install and upgrade that signing up for alerts in the camera systems in the downtown Bowling Green zip code allows a area, to address issues occurring in person to receive alerts from BGPD the downtown business district. as well as the Wood County Sheriff’s The Police Division once again Office. worked the Black Swap Arts Festival and provided information to festival

goers from the Joint Command Victim Advocacy Trailer.

During 2015 the Bowling Green The Police Division supported the Police Division continued its efforts “Not in Our Town” initiative, by to provide quality victim services. involvement in and attendance at Members of the Investigations community forums and other Section continue to serve as the initiatives.

16 Parental Notification Wood County Hospital, The Wood County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and The Parental Notification Program is Mental Health Services Board, and a program in which letters are sent to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office to parents of persons under the age of provide the public the ongoing 21 who are arrested for an alcohol or opportunity to prevent pill abuse and drug related violation. A standard theft by ridding their homes of letter has been developed that is potentially dangerous expired, sent to the parents of the accused. unused, and unwanted The letter advises the parent(s) that pharmaceutical drugs. A secure drop their son/daughter has been charged box is located in the public lobby with an alcohol or drug-related area on the first floor of the Bowling offense. The letter encourages the Green Police Division for this parent to call the police division if purpose. The drop box is under they have any questions regarding continuous video surveillance 24 the arrest. To date, the majority of hours per day. When citizens utilize responses from parents continue to the drop box to turn in be extremely positive. It is the pharmaceuticals, no documentation position of the Bowling Green Police is required by the citizen. During Division that we need to involve the 2015 the Drug Take Back boxes courts, parents, the community and located at the Wood County Sheriff’s the university when appropriate, to Office and the Bowling Green Police address underage drinking and drug Division collected a total of 90 offenses. In 2015, the police division pounds of material. The materials mailed 442 letters to parents, down collected from the boxes were from 600 in 2014. destroyed in accordance with Bowling Green Police Division Drug Take Back procedures.

General Law Enforcement Support

The agency provided direct law enforcement and planning support to a variety of community events during 2015. Those events included: Buckeye Boys’ State, The Black Swamp Arts Festival, The Community Independence Day Celebration, The Community Holiday Tree Lighting, The Community Holiday Parade (planning was completed although the event was Drug Take-Back receptacle cancelled), The Boy Scouts of America Soaring Eagle 5k and Half- In 2015, the Police Division Marathon run, Winterfest, Classics continued its partnership with The on Main, Bowling Green State

17 University Homecoming and Parade, alleviate parking problems, while The Community Memorial Day focusing on law compliance, Parade, The Community Martin contemporary City issues, and the Luther King Day Celebration, Project highest degree of customer service Connect, and Bowling Green State possible. They will also respond to University Bikes for Tykes. Planning citizens’ identification of parking and operational deployments were problems and try to resolve any also accomplished for events issues immediately. In 2015, the surrounding parties at the Victory Inn division issued 9121 meter violation and the community St. Patrick’s Day tickets and 5951 general parking Celebration. violation tickets.

Parking Services The parking techs continue to use bicycles and foot patrol while Kirk Cowan and Jamie Cook are the enforcing parking violations in an Police Division Parking Technicians. effort to conserve fuel costs. They are responsible for the enforcement of parking ordinances within the City. They also are Animal Control responsible for the maintenance and repair of parking meters, and the enforcement of 2 hour and 24 hour parking areas. The technicians collect parking meter monies, assist the Animal Control Officer when needed and assist with school crossing details.

ACO Sieving

Tom Sieving is the Division Animal Control Officer. He is responsible for the enforcement of all ordinances regulating animals within the city. He is also responsible for investigating

all animal complaints, including Parking Technicians Kirk Cowan and Jamie Cook animal cruelty and animal bites received by the police division. The Parking Technicians are tasked with maintaining meters to provide During 2015 the animal control for accurate enforcement of meter officer handled animal complaints as violations. They are asked to identify indicated on the following page. and initiate corrective action to

18 Barking Dogs 43 Loose Dogs 137 Dog Bites 13 Dog Lost 17 Dog Impounded 45 Dog Other 85 Cat Loose 5 Cat Bite 4

Cat Lost 7 Skunk captured in residential area Cat Impounded 64 Cat Other 14 The Animal Control Officer had to Wildlife take extended leave in May, during a Nuisance 71 typically high demand period. Two Bite 1 dayshift patrol officers were assigned Other Domestic /Exotic to Animal Control along with their Loose 6 regular duties. Patrol Officers Ray Other 3 Baer and Matt Keilman performed Request for Trap 50 these additional duties with little interruption of service to the Citations Community.

Criminal: Community Involvement Failure to Confine Dog 4 Failure to Register Dog 1 Members of the division raised $125 Civil: for the Wounded Warrior Project Failure to Confine Dog 2 during the holiday season. Failure to Confine Cat 1 Agency members are active as Nuisance Animals Captured Scout leaders, coaches of youth soccer, hockey, lacrosse, baseball, Raccoons 46 football, and basketball programs, as Skunks 52 well as being active in churches and Opossum 33 service organizations in the Woodchuck 6 Community.

This year’s interesting incidents Bureau members take an active included a drive-by ratting on March interest in involvement in the Wood 27, which involved 3 rats thrown out Co. Prosecutor’s annual Youth of a moving vehicle into a resident’s Olympics, serving as volunteers at yard, and a large skunk with a Ragu the event and participating on the jar stuck on its head found in a planning committee. residential area.

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Communications Center

The Communications Center is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are 11 people assigned

Lieutenant Dan Mancuso

The Services Bureau is comprised of many functions that are essential to the operation of the Police Division. Included within the Services Bureau Dispatchers Courtney Snider and Rebecca Wright are the Communications Center to the Dispatch/Records section. The (Dispatch), a Records Section that primary objective of the includes Parking Records Communications Center is to ensure Management, Computer Systems prompt, efficient response to persons Section, Property Control Section, requesting emergency service or the D.A.R.E. and Juvenile Program assistance, as well as to ensure the Section and management of the support and safety of police accreditation process. personnel. Dispatchers handle the

duties of call taking and dispatching The Services Bureau is commanded officers, as well as inputting each by Lieutenant Dan Mancuso. He is incident report in the division records responsible for 14 employees to management system (RMS). All calls include 11 Dispatchers, 1 Property are prioritized and dispatched Officer, 1 D.A.R.E. and Juvenile dependent on the severity of the Program Officer and 1 Assistant crime and whether or not it is Computer Systems Administrator. currently in progress. Dispatchers

provide officers with call information, The Services Bureau continues to arrest warrant information, alarm provide professional and courteous information and vehicle information service to the citizens of Bowling on traffic stops. Dispatchers also Green and any other agency or enter all arrest information that may individual requesting or requiring result from an incident or call for division assistance. service. Dispatchers serve as

Deputy Clerks of Bowling Green

20 Municipal Court and accept bonds to be assigned to the Records and fee waivers when the Court is Section. not open. Dispatchers receive, dispatch or transfer all 911 calls for The Records Section provides Police, Fire and Ambulance services prompt, courteous service to the for the City of Bowling Green. Calls public, other law enforcement for service outside of the Bowling agencies, and insurance companies Green jurisdictions that are received when they request background by the Bowling Green Police Division checks or police reports. The are transferred or relayed to Division Records Section is open agencies within appropriate during normal business hours, and jurisdictions by dispatch personnel. some functions of the Section are available to the public during non- Training standard business hours by Dispatch personnel. Requests for information Services Bureau Personnel attended can be made by mail or through the training seminars and were provided Division website as well as in person in-house training in 2015 to include: at the Division. LEADS Certification, LEADS Inquiry Test, LEADS Security 2015, LEADS The Division reports crime statistics Recertification, LEADS TAC In- to the Ohio Criminal Justice Services Service, No Wrong Door, The Ohio using National Incident Based Ethics law, Wood County Reporting System (NIBRS) Prosecutor’s Conference, Domestic standards. Each month we submit a Violence investigating the Abuser, report that has been consistently well Dispatcher in-service, Terrorism below the error threshold standard Awareness and Crime Victim’s accepted for agency reporting, due Rights and attendance at the City in large part to the diligence and Bloodborne Pathogen training. The scrutiny of Records personnel. The training is provided to help keep agency provides a monthly domestic personnel up-to-date with current violence report to the Ohio Attorney issues and available information to General's Office, which provides for enhance their skills so they will be statewide statistics that are analyzed able to provide the highest level of to inform communities of trends and customer service to the citizens of recommend response strategies to Bowling Green. attend to this pervasive and tragic crime. Records The Records Section provides video The Division Records Section evidence as well as audio recordings includes the review, control, from telephone calls to the maintenance, retrieval and prosecutors’ offices and other distribution of all original reports and entities upon request. The video documents of the Police Division. evidence supplied to the During 2015 Emily Snyder continued prosecutors’ offices has been

21 invaluable in helping to prosecute suspects and submit reports to the numerous traffic and criminal cases. Prosecutor as well as serve as a platform for information sharing. Dispatcher Mike Strobel processes and manages all records related to The Division continues to post media parking ticket issuance in the City of releases on the Division web page Bowling Green. He manages the advising the public of noteworthy financial transactions and other incidents and arrests, as well as a record-keeping associated with posting of the daily Police blotter. those processes. www.bowlinggreenpolice.org can be used to contact the Police Division as well as keep up with the latest events and announcements involving the police division and the community. The Division has computer and network related interfaces with the State of Ohio, The United States Government, City of Bowling Green and other local area entities, as well as a variety of intranet utilities, which demand the attention of systems administration personnel. Computer Systems Section Property/Equipment/Evidence

In 2015, the division purchased three Ford PI SUVs as patrol vehicles after trading in three patrol cars from the fleet. Patrolman Jessica McClure- Weis coordinated the efforts of the vendors contracted to equip the new vehicles with emergency equipment

Ptl. Scot Becker, Assistant Systems Administrator and related accessories.

Ptl. Scot Becker is assigned to the Computer Systems Section. The Division continued to upgrade its operations in 2015. The Police Division utilizes the computer utility Matrix allowing the agency to interface with the Wood County Prosecutor's Office and other law enforcement agencies. Matrix allows the agency to electronically charge Division Evidence lockers

22 program. The 2015-2016 school Ptl. McClure-Weis was assigned as year marks the fourth year of the the property control officer during new D.A.R.E. Keeping It Real (K iR) 2015. elementary curriculum. It was developed using the most advanced There are currently over 6698 items prevention science principles based of property and evidence stored at on over 30 years of teaching and the Bowling Green Police Division. research. The curriculum enhances Items are continuously entered and the development of safe and purged as cases proceed through responsible citizens who lead the courts. successful, drug free lives. The lessons teach young children the skills they need to accomplish these goals, including how to assess the risks and consequences of their behaviors and make safe and responsible choices.

The curriculum is designed so that students have the opportunity to develop competency in using the skills learned. Students are also DARE and Juvenile Programs taught about communicating, as well as giving and getting help. The lessons in the curriculum address the many challenges facing our elementary school-aged youth to include relationships, school work, and drugs. During the 2015-2016 school year, DARE will be taught to approximately 273 5 th grade students in 12 classrooms. D.A.R.E. student observing the health effects of smoking

Officers Robin Short and Matt Robinson serve as the Division’s primary and part-time DARE Officers respectively. Officer Short is in her twelfth year as a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) instructor. The 2015-2016 School year is her tenth year as the full time Officer Short with D.A.R.E. Students DARE Officer. Officer Short is continuing the Bowling Green Police Officer Short is also involved in Division’s twenty-fifth year of several other youth programs offered involvement with the D.A.R.E. by the Bowling Green Police Division

23 in coordinated efforts with other The Third Grade Safety Belt program organizations. Officer Friendly and is a curriculum designed by the Ohio Stranger Danger are programs that Department of Public Safety. Officer provide the first opportunity for Short instills the importance of children to interact with a police always wearing a safety belt by officer. Officer Friendly is used to covering why we wear a safety belt, help children understand what a how to wear a safety belt properly, police officer’s job is and to become and where the safest place for a comfortable in his or her presence. child to sit in a vehicle is. During the Stranger Danger teaches children 2014-2015 school year how to stay safe when they don’t approximately 230 third grade know if someone is good or bad. students in eleven classrooms in Three simple rules are established: Bowling Green received this vital don’t talk to strangers, don’t take information. things from strangers, and don’t go with strangers. This information is EZ + Program relayed by using magic tricks and a McGruff (crime dog) puppet. Officer The EZ+ program engages youth in Friendly and Stranger Danger the 6th , 7th and 8 th grades in an effort programs were each presented 12 to reward them and reinforce positive times in 2015. behavior. For the 2015-2016 school year, 509 students have enrolled in Safety Town is a Bowling Green the EZ+ program. Parks and Recreation program. Officer Short works with the staff and While DARE focuses on decision student volunteers in covering making, the EZ+ program asks the countless safety issues children face students to look more closely at the daily. A total of 102 children consequences of their decisions participated in five safety town including who their decisions affect. sessions in 2015. An Advanced All incoming 6th graders receive this Safety Town session, which focused curriculum at BGMS and St. Aloysius on bike safety, was taught to 22 schools. When the presentation is youths in 2015. completed the students have the opportunity to sign the following pledge:

I promise to remain ; *drug free *crime free *violence free

Safety Town Students

24 Students receive a photo I.D. that Officer Short was also involved in identifies them as EZ+ members and various safety fairs and safety days. provides them admission to EZ+ Patrolman Short has worked with events sponsored by the Police other agencies at larger DARE Division. The Police Division is very events such as DARE Day at the proud of this program and its focus Wood County Fair and the Ohio on reinforcing positive behaviors in DARE Conference. Officer Short our youth. As an added benefit to additionally swears in school safety area youth, the family of Officer Eric patrols, gives tours of the BGPD, Zimmerman has partnered with the and speaks to a wide variety of Bowling Green Community classes at the request of school Foundation to create the Eric faculty. Officer Short has developed Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship. presentations for subjects that Officer Zimmerman was killed in an existing curricula do not provide for off-duty motor vehicle accident in to include: fingerprinting, bike safety, 1997, thereby leading to the creation internet safety and other topics and of the EZ+ program. The areas of interest in the community. scholarship is awarded to a BGHS senior who chooses to pursue a Accreditation degree in Criminal Justice. The EZ+ program is conducted in partnership The Bowling Green Police Division is with the Bowling Green School committed to improving the quality of System and has led to the creation life in our neighborhoods and of Bobcat Plus, a similar program at involving the community in decisions the high school level. that directly affect them. That tenet of the agency mission statement In the Bowling Green High School, leads to the commitment that the Officer Short teaches the Bobcat agency has made to the P.L.U.S. (Positive Living Utilizing accreditation process. This Skills) Program. The two day commitment ensures that the program picks up where E.Z Plus left Division provides excellence in its off by identifying where the students law enforcement services by utilizing may fall in the court system. Many “best practices” in its daily functions high school students reach and operations. The Bowling Green adulthood and as such are Police Division has been processed through court systems internationally accredited since 1993 differently than their classmates. by the Commission on Accreditation Decision making, consequences, for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. laws, and negative health affects of During 2014, the Police Division drugs are revisited. The Bobcat Plus began preparing for the next on-site Program was presented to the assessment for re-accreditation in summer health class for the third 2016. time during 2015. Approximately 250 high school students will receive these valuable lessons during the 2015-2016 school year.

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