Southwest Neighborhood Response Meeting

Madison Police DepartmentMadison Police DepartmentNeighborhood Response Session

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz

Chief Noble Wray

Captain Jay Lengfeld

Alderperson Thuy Pham-Remmele

Long-Term MPD Response

• Adjust our citywide approach on how we focus on problems– Prioritization with limited resources– Displacement issues– Three levels

• Serious crimes/emergencies

• Quality of life issues

• Expectation of service, but not a violation of law

Long-Term MPD Response

• We must pay attention to quality of life issues:– Self reporting– Thefts from autos– Gang graffiti– Alcohol/burglaries– Loitering, drugs, prostitution– Speeding, landlord/tenant issues, etc.

Long-Term MPD Response

• Work towards a higher level of officer engagement and problem solving– Build trust– Foot patrol/bike patrol– Citizen communication with district

Community Policing Team (CPT)– Ongoing relationship with district officers

Impact Before 2009

• Accelerated academy in 2008• Separate Community Policing Teams for

North & East districts• Increase size of West Community Policing

Team• West District field lieutenant• Six new detective positions in 2008• Short term strategies (Capt. Lengfeld)

MPD Staffing

• MPD staffing in 2009 and beyond (request for 30 additional officers)

• Police staffing study

• What we need from you/expectations of us– Improve response to quality of life issues– Improve communication– Positive impact on area of concern

The West District

• 28+ Square 28+ Square Miles of Land Miles of Land MassMass

• Population of Population of 80,000 80,000 (approximate)(approximate)

• 370+ Miles of 370+ Miles of RoadwayRoadway

West Police District

• Patrol Officers:– 1st Detail (7a-3p): 6 officers– 2nd Detail (3p-11p): 9 officers– 3rd Detail (11p-7a): 6 officers

• Neighborhood Officers:– Allied Drive– Theresa/Hammersley/Bettys– Tree/Wexford

• Community Policing Team:– 1 sergeant & 5 officers

•Patrol Staffing (1st & 3rd shifts):

•1 officer per 5 square miles•1 officer per 63 miles of roadway•1 officer per 13,000 residents

***6 officers are required to staff 1 patrol beat 24 hours a day/7 days a week

West Police District = Busy

• From January 1 – September 11, 2007, WPD officers responded to 25,727 calls for police service

• That’s an average of more than 100 police calls per day

• West is the busiest police district in the City (25% of total CFS)

•West District calls in 2007 include:

•2 homicides•6 arsons•59 sexual assaults•55 robberies•126 weapons offenses/gun calls•45 death investigations•143 stolen autos•273 drug incidents•299 batteries•888 domestic disputes•2,283 auto crashes•3,515 citations issued (through August 1)

Safety Concerns from Listening Session

• Loitering (80)

• Drugs (57)

• Speeding/traffic (57)

• Thefts/burglaries (52)

• Deterioration of property (42)

• Noise (39)

• Damage to Property (38)

• Unsupervised children (35)

• Unsafe to walk through neighborhood (34)

• Graffiti (28)

• Crime in general (25)

• Absent/bad landlords (24)

• Gun shots (24)

• Gangs (23)

How attendees characterized the level of criminal activity in their

neighborhood

• Very high – 89• Very high/high – 12• High – 104• High/moderate – 14• Moderate/low – 78• Low – 8

Calls for Police Service – West District

• 2001: 31,393

• 2002: 34,145

• 2003: 35,930

• 2004: 34,743

• 2005: 36,442

• 2006: 36,975

• This reflects:

– A 15% increase over the last six years

– A 6% increase over the last three years

City Growth & Displacement

• Increase in poverty/unemployment in area

• Families on public assistance:

Feb. 2000 Feb. 2007

Balsam Road Area 46 99

Hammersley Road Area 45 94

Morraine View Area 35 124

Schroeder Road Area 44 63

City Growth & Displacement

• Housing Issues:– Higher level of Section 8 housing– More absentee/problem landlords– Increase in single parent families

City Growth & Displacement

• Cultural lifestyle expectations (urban/suburban):– Noise level– Bedtime hours– Supervision of children– Socializing– Drug dealing & usage

Response to Community Concerns

• Short term (September – December, 2007)

• Intermediate (2008)

• Long term (2009 and beyond)

Short Term Response

• Expectations letter to area residents

• Expectations letter to property owners/landlords

Short Term Response

• Officer overtime (600 hours)– Traffic enforcement– Foot patrol/bike patrol– Drug enforcement– High visibility patrol– Quality of life offenses– Property assessments

Short Term Response

• Increase communication between MPD and neighborhood watch groups

• Report of monthly calls for police service mailed to landlords

• Increase building inspections in area

• Increase lighting by trimming trees and adding street lights

Short Term Response

• Focus on problem landlords

• Work with City Attorney’s Office to fast track any drug/nuisance abatement actions

• Passing the nuisance ordinance

Short Term Response

• Community needs to report crimes to MPD

• Community needs to be more inclusive

Intermediate Response

• Increase West District Community Policing Team by two officers

• Explore re-aligning patrol beats

• Building a stronger district/neighborhood

West District Community Policing Team

• Group of officers focused on problem solving

• One officer assigned part-time to the Balsam/Russett area

• One officer assigned part-time as the liaison officer to neighborhood watch groups in the West District

Other Potential Tools

• Anti-graffiti ordinance• User fees for overuse of police services• Review and modify ordinances on landlord/tenant

relations• Limit number of subsidized housing units in a

neighborhood (by ordinance)• Drug loitering ordinance• Licensing landlords• Forming a tax district in area

Community Support

• Continue with current programs (neighborhood watch, after school programs, etc.)

• More youth programs• More community involvement in

neighborhood• More support programs for adults

(drug/alcohol issues; job training; etc.)

Long Term Response

• Adding patrol beats to 1st and 3rd details

• Adding two additional officers to WPD Community Policing Team

• Continue to increase staff as needed

• Funds for neighborhood watch groups

• Use of cameras and other technology

• Federal Weed & Seed grant

SOUTHWEST MADISON PUBLIC SAFETY

FOLLOW UP MEETING

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz

September 13, 2007

Response to Southwest Neighborhood Concerns Must

be Comprehensive• Adding police resources• Targeting bad landlords• Strengthening neighborhoods• Giving young people positive alternatives• Lobbying other units of government to partner

with us• Responding on a citywide basis

Adding Police Resources

• 30 more police officers in 2008 budget

• Accelerated police academy

• Changes to police self-reporting system so callers always receive a call back

Adding Police Resources

• New $50,000 West Side Safety Initiative for last quarter of 2007 and 2008:– Additional police officer overtime– Civilian overtime to send monthly calls for

service reports to property owners– Increased building inspections– Improve lighting– Work with problematic property owners

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The 2008 budget adds twice as many police officers than any previous budget back to at least 1986. The average number of officers added during that time is about five per year.

During the most recent ten-year period (1998 through 2007), grant funding supported 39 of 58 new police officer positions. In the last three years, no additional positions were added using grant funding though staffing needs continue to grow.

Adding Police Resources

• We will track the results of these new resources through Madison Measures benchmarks such as:– Response time– Value of property lost due to crime– Crimes committed per 100,000 population– Citizen satisfaction/sense of safety– Fatalities and injuries resulting from crime

Targeting Bad Landlords

• Pushing Council to approve nuisance abatement ordinance on September 18th

• Staff team (MPD, BI, CA, Mayor) to target bad landlords, and adopt strategy for each

• More landlord training

• Step up systematic building inspections

Strengthening Neighborhoods

• Create West Side Planning Council in 2008

• Expand neighborhood watch programs and neighborhood listserv/communication capacity (e.g., e-Neighbors)

Strengthening Neighborhoods• SW Planning Process – Quick Wins from the

neighborhood recommendations– Lighting:

• Public: MPD, Building Inspection and Forestry coordination – new/fixed lighting, tree trimming, etc.

• Private: BI to recommend improvements in private parking lots, etc.

– Traffic Calming:  Traffic Engineering is planning/studying traffic calming on Hammersley Road 

Strengthening Neighborhoods

• SW Steering Committee – recommendations from the neighborhood: Promote home ownership in the Betty’s Lane/Theresa

Terrace areaProvide assistance for home security improvements Improve safety in neighborhood parks

Strengthening Neighborhoods

• Neighborhood indicators program (based on the “Charlotte Model”): – “Early warning” system for neighborhoods– Staff is developing pilot program– Possible partnership with UW Population Lab

to support data collection and analysis

Giving young people positive alternatives

• Additional $10,000 grant for Wisconsin Youth Company ($60,000 total)

• $7,500 Urban League grant to link under and unemployed youth with job opportunities

• Review OCS/CDBG budgets for emphasis on programs that target junior high to young adults:Maintain and seek to increase funding for after school

programsAssess current community youth programs, and gaps in

services

• Build more ties between positive mentoring organizations and youth

Giving young people positive alternatives

• Address gang issues – recent gang task force recommendations focus on 3 areas:Prevention: Support and expand community

gang education programsIntervention: Provide alternatives (e.g., teen

court, after school activities, etc.)Suppression: Create joint coordination team

(city, county, school, etc.) for training, intelligence sharing, etc.

Lobbying Federal, State, and County governments to

partner with us

• Work to head off State aid cuts and levy limits that would prohibit the City from spending what it needs to address the problems

• Ask the State for more assistant district attorneys to pursue quality of life crimes

• Work with our Federal delegation to reinstate the COPS program to help us hire more officers

Citywide Efforts

• Alcohol license density plan as a means of stopping the flow of police resources to the downtown

• Continue to improve Allied Drive to stem flow of police resources there

• Designate Safe Neighborhoods position in Mayor’s Office

• Better coordination with school district

Upcoming Events

• Sept. 18 Council Meeting: Nuisance Abatement and Downtown Alcohol Density Plans Considered 

• Oct. 2:  Mayor’s 2008 Operating Budget Introduced 

• Oct. 16: Common Council’s Budget Hearing• Nov. 14, 15, 16:  Common Council Consideration

of Budget

Charge to the community: Expect and uphold high

standards of civility and behavior

• This is just the beginning, not the end of our work

• Please continue to provide your comments, suggestions and ideas

• Email: mayor@cityofmadison.com

Keep the Conversation Going

Alder Thuy Pham-Remmele

district20@cityofmadison.com

Thank you for attendingThank you for attending

Mayor Dave CieslewiczMayor Dave Cieslewicz Chief Noble WrayChief Noble Wraymayor@cityofmadison.com nwray@cityofmadison.com

Alder Thuy Pham-Remmele Captain Jay Lengfeld

district20@cityofmadison.com jlengfeld@cityofmadison.com