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2016 Annual Report

"Proud to Serve"

Prepared by:

Dispatcher Tonya Hickman

&

Chief of Police Chad DePew

January 27, 2017

Eaton Police Division 2016 Annual Report

Chief’s Letter of Introduction

Mission, Vision, & Guiding Principles Page 1

Personnel Page 2

Organizational Chart Page 3

Calls for Service Page 4

Call Distribution Page 5

Index Crimes Page 6

Arrests/Charges Filed Page 7

Arrests by Month & 5 Year OVI Comparison Page 8

5 Year Incident Summary Page 9

Traffic Citations and Crash Break Down Page 10

Employee Recognition Pages 11-12

Community Involvement Page 13

Eaton Police Division

Dear Sirs,

It is with great pleasure I submit to you the Eaton Police Division's Annual Report for 2016. The

Annual Report contains a variety of information from 2016 but I wanted to take this opportunity to

inform of you of some of the highlights from 2016 not mentioned in the report including:

• Sergeant Beeghly and Sergeant Hurd attended administrative leadership training through the

Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. Sgt. Eric Beeghly completed the Certified Law

Enforcement Executive program (CLEE) in February, 2016, and Sgt. Steve Hurd began the

CLEE program in December, 2016.

• Our employee training program continued throughout the year and some of the training topics

included firearms training, Taser training, and Crisis Intervention Training. All officers also

completed the mandatory 11 hours of Continued Professional Training (CPT) that was mandated

by the State of Ohio.

• Officer Craig Jones picked up K9 partner Shadow in August, 2016. K9 Shadow and Officer

Jones were able to get several successful drug arrests in 2016.

• Dispatcher Terri Shepherd helped the dispatch center successfully complete, with no errors, the

L.E.A.D.S. audit that happens every 3 years.

• Personally, I attended the 264th session of the FBI National Academy.

The City of Eaton changes year to year, progressing in a positive direction, and we strive to make sure

we are changing and adapting to meet the needs of the community. We appreciate the opportunities

afforded to us and the support given to us by City Council members that allow us to effectively serve the

citizens of Eaton. On behalf of the dedicated men and women of the Eaton Police Division it is my

pleasure to present this report to Council.

Respectfully,

Chad W. DePew

Chief of Police

Mr. David Kirsch – Mayor Mr. Brad Moore – Vice Mayor

Mr. David Daily – Councilman Mr. Craig Moormeier - Councilman

Mr. Joe Renner – Councilman Mr. Brad Collins – City Manager

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Mission

The mission of the City of Eaton Police Division and Communications Division is to

help save lives, protect property, and assist the citizens of the City of Eaton in their

time of need.

Vision

United in the spirit of teamwork, we are dedicated to the City of Eaton and will be

unyielding in our efforts to provide the highest level of professional service, compassion,

and respect to our citizens.

Guiding Principles

Central to this mission are principles that guide our chosen profession, our

daily decisions, and our daily life. We keep our principles clearly visible to

remind us of our ideals. These guiding principles are the foundation for which our

policies, goals, and practices are anchored.

Teamwork - Each and every member of the Eaton Police Division and

Communications Division is a valuable and important member of the team, recognizing

that we are most effective when we combine our strengths.

Integrity- An Eaton Police Division and Communications Division employee shall

never compromise himself or herself by dishonesty, lack of character, or favoritism.

Commitment to excellence - An Eaton Police Division and Communications

Division employee shall strive to maintain the highest standards of effectiveness and

efficiency.

Ethics - An Eaton Police Division and Communications Division employee challenges

himself or herself both on duty and off duty with the following question, "Is what I'm

doing legally and morally right?"

Professionalism – Each member of the Eaton Police Division and Communications

Division strives to demonstrate the leadership, skills, judgment, attention to detail, and

professional behavior that is expected of law enforcement professionals.

Chad W. DePew

Chief of Police

Eaton Police Division Annual Report 2016

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Personnel We are proud of our team at the Eaton Police Division and would like to commend them to our Council,

and our Community. They are professional men and women that take pride in their service. We have a

dedicated and well trained staff that has served an average of 16 years with the City of Eaton. Below is our

roster for 2016. The first number is total years of service which includes time spent with other law

enforcement agencies. The second number is the time the individual has been with the Eaton Police

Division.

Administration

Chief Chad W. DePew - 15 Years of Service (14 Years with Eaton PD)

Sgt Eric Beeghly - 17 Years of Service (16 Years with Eaton PD)

Sgt. Steven Hurd – 19 Years of Service (19 Years with Eaton PD)

Officers

Officer Dale Haney 46 Years of Service - 46 Total Years with Eaton PD

Officer David Sizemore 31 Years of Service - 25 Years with Eaton PD

Officer Brian Carpenter 21 Years of Service - 18 Years with Eaton PD

Detective Pete Wray 20 Years of Service - 16 Years with Eaton PD

Officer Scott Eversole 19 Years of Service - 16 Years with Eaton PD

Officer Clinnie Stevenson 17 Years of Service - 16 Years with Eaton PD

Officer Anthony Schmidt 14 Years of Service - 14 Years with Eaton PD

Officer Craig Jones 9 Years of Service - 8 Years with Eaton PD

Officer Sean Mackey 8 Years of Service - 6 Years with Eaton PD

Officer Luke Baker 4 Years of Service - 4 Years with Eaton PD

Dispatchers

Dispatcher Terri Shepherd 25 Years of Service - 25 Years with Eaton PD

Dispatcher Susan Lain 19 Years of Service - 19 Years with Eaton PD

Dispatcher Tonya Hickman 8 Years of Service - 6 Years with Eaton PD

Dispatcher Kathryn Burchfield Newly Hired - August 1, 2016

Part Time Employees

Officer Josh Singleton

Officer Lucas Schlumpf

Officer Garrick Sweet

Dispatcher Melissa Schneider

Dispatcher Amber Stevenson

Koda - 8 Year old

German Shepherd.

EPD K9 Since 2010,

retired in 2016

K9 Teams

Shadow - 2 Year old

German Shepherd.

EPD K9 Since 2016

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Eaton Police Division

2016 Organizational Chart

Chief of Police

Chad DePew

Communications

Sgt. Eric Beeghly

Dispatchers

Terri Shepherd Susan Lain

Tonya Hickman Kathryn Burchfield

Part Time Dispatchers

Melissa Schneider Amber Stevenson

Patrol

Sgt. Steve Hurd

Patrol Officers

David Sizemore Brian Carpenter

Scott Eversole Clinnie Stevenson

Anthony Schmidt Dale Haney

Craig Jones Sean Mackey Luke Baker

Part Time Officers

Josh Singleton Lucas Schlumpf

Garrick Sweet

Detective

Pete Wray


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Activity Levels

During 2016 there were 15,481 occurrences of public safety services. This includes citizen calls

for Police, Fire, & EMS services as well as Police officer self-initiated activity. The breakdown of

the 15,481 occurrences is as follows:

• 13,393 were for Police services;

o 9,194 were citizen initiated calls for service

o 4,199 were officer initiated activity

• 2,088 were for Fire and/or EMS services. *This number represents only the Fire/EMS

calls to the dispatch center; not all Fire/EMS activity.

The 13,393 police occurrences were an 11% decrease in total police activity compared to15,109

occurrences in 2015. However, citizen calls increased by 21.7%, police reports increased by

21%, and arrests increased by 48.9%.

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Calls 7,052 6,770 7,751 9,017 10,162 13,206 13,999 13,700 15,109 13393

10 Year Police Activity Comparison

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2016 1011 1018 1218 1270 1304 1237 1333 1264 1348 1277 1101 923

2015 1421 1059 1256 1431 1370 1239 1358 1431 1283 1158 1044 1059

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Of the total public safety calls received in

2016, 3,004 were received as a 911 call.

An increase of 6.3% over last year’s

2,827 911 calls. 911 Calls have increased

consistently since 2010 (1,571 in 2010).

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

911 Calls

911 Calls


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Activity Distribution by Shift

% of Activity Load - 1 Hour Increments

The below chart reflects the percentage of total activity handled in 2016, broken down by hour.

Each shift handles a variety of calls but it is worth noting that Day shift had the most number of

police reports, Evening Shift had the most number of arrests, and Midnight shift had the most

officer initiated activity.

Midnight to 1 a.m. 3.6% Noon to 1 p.m. 4.5%

1 a.m. to 2 a.m. 3.1% 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.8%

2 a.m. to 3 a.m. 2.9% 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. 5.6%

3 a.m. to 4 a.m. 2.6% Highest 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. 6.1%

4 a.m. to 5 a.m. 2.0% 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. 5.6%

5. A.m. to 6 a.m. 1.6% Lowest 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. 5.8%

6 a.m. to 7 a.m. 1.7% 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 5.6%

7 a.m. to 8 a.m. 3.3% 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 5.4%

8 a.m. to 9 a.m. 3.7% 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. 5.3%

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 4.0% 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. 4.9%

10 a.m. to 11 a.m. 4.6% 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. 4.9%

11 a.m. to Noon 4.3% 11 p.m. to Midnight 4.1%

The busiest hour during the day was 3pm-4pm, with the busiest block of time being

2pm-9pm. The least busy hour of the day was 5am-6am.

Night

Shift

20%

Evening Shift

42%

Day

Shift

38%


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Index Crimes

Index Crimes are those crimes which are considered violent crimes, crimes that affect the very fiber of

society. Eaton continues to have a relatively low index crime rate. The strength (personnel and other

resources) and the aggressiveness of the Eaton Police Division in conjunction with the support of the law

abiding citizens of Eaton are key factors in keeping these levels low.

Crimes can be cleared by arrest, or with a disposition of “exceptional,” which means when some element

beyond the control of law enforcement precludes the filing of formal charges against a suspect. The arrest

of one person may clear several crimes or several persons may be arrested in connection with a single

incident. As indicated below overall index crimes for 2016 increased by 57.7% from 2015.

Index Crimes 2012 through 2016

Clearance Rate

2013

2014

2015

2016

% Change

2015 – 2016

2016

Reported

Crimes

2016

Crimes

Cleared

Percentage

Cleared

Homicide

0

0

0

0

0%

0

0

NA

Rape

6

4

2

1

-50%

1

0

0%

Robbery

5

3

2

2

0%

2

0

0%

Assault

34

27

24

21

-12.5%

21

16

76.2%

Burglary

73

52

43

56

30.2%

56

12

22.5%

Theft

349

387

313

515

64.5%

515

184

35.8%

Motor Vehicle Theft

18

9

11

28

154.5%

28

6

21.4%

Arson

0

2

0

0

0%

0

0

NA

Totals

485

484

395

623

57.7%

623

218

35%

Index Crimes by Month for 2016

0

10

20

30

40

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60

70

80



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Arrests

There were 810 people arrested in 2016, 266 arrests more than the 544 in 2015, or an increase of 48.9%.

Total arrests include 726 adults and 84 juveniles. Arrested persons often are charged with more than one

crime and as a result the total charges filed will exceed the total number of people arrested.

Charges Filed in 2016

Adult Parole Violation

Animal Laws

Assault

Burglary\B&E

Chemicals to Manufacture Meth

Complicity

Consumption of Liquor in MV

Contributing to Delinquency

Corruption of a minor

Crim Misc\Damaging

Criminal Tools

Cultivating/Manufacture Drugs

Curfew

Deception to Obtain Prescription

Disorderly

Disrupting Public Service

Disseminate Matter Harmful to Juv

Domestic Viol

Drug Paraphernalia

Endangering Children

Failure to Appear (Warrants)

Falsification

Fleeing Eluding Police Officer

Forgery

Gross Sexual Imposition

Illegal Poss of Drug Document

Importuning

Inducing Panic

Littering

Loitering

Making False Alarms

0

10

22

8

0

3

0

19

0

27

3

0

34

0

76

3

0

57

47

5

146

4

2

4

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Menacing

Misconduct at an Emergency

MV Theft

Noise Violations

Obstruction of Justice

Offenses Involving Rail Roads

Open Container

OVI

Passing Bad Checks

Physical Control

Poss of Drugs - Schedule I\II\III

Possessing Drug Abuse Instrument

Possession of Marijuana

Probation Violation

Protection Order Violation

Public Indecency

Purchase Pseudoephedrine

Rape

Receiving Stolen Property

Resisting Arrest

Robbery

Sale of Liquor to Underage

Tampering with Evidence

Telephone Harassment

Theft

Tobacco Viol

Trafficking in Drugs

Trespassing

Underage Consumption/Purchase

Unlawful use of Vehicle

Vandalism

21

0

5

5

28

0

10

41

3

0

80

104

38

0

13

0

0

1

18

16

0

3

10

2

177

8

3

62

17

2

0


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0

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Arrests 37 49 61 55 79 93 60 73 89 62 71 73

Total Arrests by Month 2016

Arrests0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Arrests 55 69 47 43 36

OVI Arrest 5 Year Comparison


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5 Year Incident Summary

The RED bold numbers indicate a significant change (+/-) in that respective category.

Incidents 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Vehicular Crash – Non-injury 255 213 278 237 189

Vehicular Crash - Injury 50 57 39 32 48

Vehicular Crash - Fatal 0 1 0 1 1

Animal Complaints 248 324 304 231 219

Burglaries \ B&E’s 102 76 51 33 56

Criminal Mischief 160 112 92 136 113

Disorderly Conduct 307 330 286 303 382

Domestic (Non-violent) 110 101 59 36 43

Domestic Violence (Violent offense) 62 71 27 12 12

Drug Related Incidents \ Drug Labs 80 \ 0 128 \ 2 153 \ 4 143 \ 3 284 \ 1

DUI (OVI) 55 69 47 43 36

Menacing/Harassment 32 33 18 20 26

Juvenile Complaints 239 215 198 189 192

Citizens Assists 118 156 121 139 130

Liquor Complaints (Excludes DUI) 17 12 9 7 7

Noise Complaints 103 113 103 92 133

Parking Complaints 196 174 166 178 229

Suicide 0 1 0 1 1

Suicide Attempts 17 11 10 9 5

Suspicious Calls 1287 1162 966 1200 1744

Threatening \ Menacing 41 36 29 33 39

Traffic Complaints 177 197 210 194 223

Traffic Stops by Officers 1307 1345 1060 833 728

Telephone Harassment 83 83 76 74 59

Trespass Complaints 77 62 55 79 157


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Traffic Violations

In 2016 Eaton Police Officers handled 259 incidents where at least one (1) traffic citation was issued. The

bottom line in the graph below represents the monthly breakdown of those incidents. Of those incidents, one

or more citations may be issued. In 2016, 134 citations were filed from those 259 incidents. Each citation

corresponds to a violation of City or State traffic laws. The top line in the graph below represents the

monthly break down of the citations filed by the Eaton Police Division in 2016. A majority of the citations

stemmed from 728 traffic stops and 237 motor vehicle accidents.

Motor Vehicle Crashes

The 238 Motor Vehicle Crashes that occurred on City streets was a 11.9% decrease over last year’s

270 crashes (these totals do not include private property crashes). The table below shows the

monthly break down of crash reports handled and their totals. There was 1 fatal crash in 2016.

Month

Private

Property

No Injury

Crashes

Crashes with

Injuries

Traffic

Offenses

Cited

OVI Involved

January

1

13

4

7

0 February

3

17

2

13

0

March

1

16

4

12

0

April

2

9

5

8

1

May

3

17

2

15

2

June

4

12

1

7

0

July

1

14

5

13

0

August

2

11

5

10

0

September

7

12

7

12

0

October

4

19

2

9

1

November

2

20

7

13

0

December

2

29

4

15

1

Total

32

189

48

134

5

Monthly Citations from Traffic Incidents

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35


Citations

Incidents


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Employee Recognition

Employee of the Year

The 2016 Investigation of the Year Award went to Officer Scott Eversole for

EPD case #2016-2427. The investigation took several months to complete and

Officer Eversole had to gather a large amount of intel in order to gain enough

evidence to serve a search warrant on the suspect’s home. Scott is an active

member of the Montgomery County Regional SWAT team and was able to

coordinate efforts with MCSO SWAT on the execution of the search warrant.

The case resulted in the suspect being indicted on 2 felony charges as well as

several misdemeanor charges. Officer Eversole’s hard work on this case was a

great example of our Guiding Principles of Teamwork and Commitment to

Excellence.

Officer Luke Baker won the 2016 “Proud to Serve” Award. Proud to Serve is

our motto at the Eaton Police Division and the recipient of this award is

selected by the administrative team. 2016 was Luke’s first year as a full-time

officer but he started part time with EPD in 2012. During 2016 Luke worked

diligently at being a pro-active officer and quickly became one of the

departmental leaders in officer initiated activity. Luke has a knack for drug

enforcement and was a key reason why we had increased drug arrests in 2016.

Although he has only been full time for 1 year, Luke spent 3.5 years with EPD

as a part time officer. Luke is also a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and helps train his

fellow officers in subject control and defensive tactics.

“Proud to Serve” Award

Selecting an Employee of the Year is a tradition that began in 2011 for the Eaton

Police Division. Each year staff members get the opportunity to nominate a co-

worker who they feel best exhibits the agency's Guiding Principles of Teamwork,

Integrity, Commitment to Excellence, Ethics, and Professionalism. Our 2016

winner was Officer Brian Carpenter.

Officer Carpenter began his career with the Eaton Police Division in 1998 and has

21 years of total law enforcement experience. Currently, Brian is the 2nd most

senior officer on the department. In addition to being a patrol officer, Brian is also

one of the department’s firearms instructors and weapons armorers and takes pride

in providing valuable firearms training to his fellow officers. Brian was one of the

more active officers on the department in 2016 and led the agency in arrests.

Officer Carpenter is also an active member in the Army National Guard and is

currently a Sergeant First Class in the 2-107th Calvary. Brian has served in the

military for over 25 years, including 3.5 years with the Navy Reserves.

Investigation of the Year Award


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The “Top Shot” award went to the

Officer that had the best overall

accuracy during our 2016 firearms

training. The 2016 Top Shot was

Sergeant Steve Hurd

Employee Recognition Activity Awards

Activity Awards are presented to officers for the amount of activity they performed throughout the year.

Activity includes calls for service as well as officer initiated activity such as business checks, foot patrols,

traffic stops, arrests, etc. Each officer initiated event or incident counts as 1 line of activity for the

officers. Officers are proud of the proactive work they do in our community and we make sure to

recognize them for their hard work.

1500+ Activity Award: Most Active Officer Award:

Officers Anthony Schmidt, Scott

Eversole, Dale Haney, and Luke Baker

all received the 1,500+ Activity Award.

Officer Baker led this category with

2,020 actions of activity.

Officer Stevenson’s 3,143 actions of activity made him

the most active officer on the department for the 6th

year in a row. Clinnie doesn’t know the meaning of

downtime because he takes advantage of every

opportunity to pro-actively patrol the City of Eaton.

Clinnie takes great pride in preventing crimes from

occurring and works diligently to solve challenging

cases. Officer Stevenson also had the most business

checks with 1,127, the 2nd most traffic stops with 111,

and tied for the highest number of OVI’s with 5.

ZERO Sick Time Award

Years of Service Awards

Top Shot Award:

Pictured left to right: Chief DePew, Detective Pete Wray, Officer

Brian Carpenter, Officer Clinnie Stevenson, Officer Luke Baker,

Dispatcher Tony Hickman and Sgt. Hurd all used 0 hours of sick

leave in 2016. We applaud them on their dedication to the agency

and their accomplishment in not using any sick time. Dispatcher

Tonya Hickman has never used a sick day since joining the Eaton

Police Division in 2010.

Dispatcher Terri Shepherd (pictured

left) reached 25 years of service in 2016.

Detective Pete Wray (pictured right)

reached 20 years of service in 2016.


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2016 Community Involvement

Purple Paws 2016

The Eaton Police Scholarship is awarded to an

Eaton High School Senior pursuing a college degree

in criminal justice, law, or law enforcement related

field. Our 2016 recipient was Maria Kern. Maria

plans on pursuing a career in forensic science after

graduating college.

2016 marked the 3rd year we have given the award.

To date, we have awarded scholarships to 4 Eaton

High School Seniors (2 recipients in 2014).

In 2016 we worked with several community

members to hold a Neighbors Against Crime

program in the summer. We held several meetings

with community members to learn issues affecting

the City of Eaton and helped develop action plans to

better the quality of life for all citizens.

Neighbors Against Crime

K9 Shadow was the “K9 Ambassador” for the 1st

annual Purple Paws fundraising sponsored by the

YWCA in support of Domestic Violence

Awareness month in October.

Old Fashioned Downtown

Saturday Night

Eaton Police Scholarship

The Eaton Police

Association along with

the Eaton Fire & EMS

Association were

proud co-sponsors of

the Old Fashioned

Downtown Saturday

Night event for the 4th

year with Downtown

Eaton Inc.

Sheriff Simpson and Chief DePew teamed up to

provide training to several area churches on ways they

can keep their congregations safe and what to do in the

event of a church assault.

Church Safety Training

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