PUYALLUP POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT

2018 PUYALLUP POLICE DEPARTMENT

ANNUAL REPORT

2018 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME FROM THE CHIEF 1

PUYALLUP PD MISSION, VISION & VALUES 2

ABOUT PUYALLUP PD 3

BUDGET & PERFORMANCE 5

2018 BY THE NUMBERS 7

PUYALLUP PD IN THE COMMUNITY 14

YEAR IN REVIEW & A LOOK AHEAD 17

WELCOME FROM THE CHIEF

Dear Puyallup Community,

It is a privilege to present to you the 2018 Puyallup Police Department Annual Report.

2018 was a great year for the Puyallup Police Department. Violent crime was down 16.2% over 2017, property crime was down 6.9% over 2017. This is tremendous for our community. It points to hard work by the men and women of Puyallup PD along with the partnership we have with our community. From block watch to our Volunteers in Police Services program we are all in this together as we tackle crime in our community.

Our connec on and partnership with you, our community, is key to the success of Puyallup PD. We strive every day to provide a high level of customer service, protec on for our community, and service to our ci zens. Your support means so much to our officers and staff and we are grateful for your trust.

I encourage you, as you read the following pages, to learn more about Puyallup Police Department and to get involved with your police department through one of our many programs. Programs available include: par cipa ng in a block watch in your neighborhood, a ending our Ci zens Police Academy, serving as a Volunteer in Police Services, joining the Police Explorer program for community youth, or by following us on social media via Facebook, Twi er, or Instagram. We are a very transparent department and we strive to let you know what is happening in your community each day.

Thank you for suppor ng your police department and the men and women who make this department great!

It is an honor and true blessing to serve as your Chief of Police. I love our community and my family and I love living and working in Puyallup! If I can be of assistance or you have a ques on about law enforcement in Puyallup please feel free to contact me at 253‐841‐5415 or sco [email protected].

Sincerely,

Sco Engle Chief of Police

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MISSION

Our mission is to work in partnership with the community to support a safe environment and to reduce crime and the fear of crime.

OUR

VISION

Our vision is to be recognized as a premier police department through the u liza on of innova ve and progressive policing strategies resul ng in a safe community.

WE VALUE

SERVICE

Safety • Ethics • Respect • Vigilance • Integrity • Compassion • Excellence


PUYALLUP POL ICE DEPARTMENT MISSION, V ISION & VALUES

ABOUT PUYALLUP POLICE

The Puyallup Police Department is composed of five coopera ve divisions. Each division holds an integral part in enhancing the mission of the Puyallup Police Department.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

The Administra ve Division consists of the chief of police, deputy chief, volunteer department chaplain and an administra ve assistant. The administra ve division of the Puyallup Police Department manages and oversees the effec ve and efficient day‐to‐day opera ons. This includes budget oversight, personnel management, community outreach and planning for the future needs of the department.

OPERATIONS DIVISION

The Opera ons Division is the largest and most visible division of the department. The Opera ons Division is more commonly referred to as patrol and includes most of our uniformed officers. Uniformed officers are tasked with answering calls for service and ensuring the safety and security needs of the community are met. The Opera ons Division is made up of 42 full‐ me employees. The division is led by an opera ons captain who also oversees several collateral specialty units such as K9 and bike patrol. The Opera ons Division also manages the department’s crime preven on efforts. The close partnership between crime preven on and uniformed officers who know this community is strong and benefits the community and the department together.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION

The Criminal Inves ga ons Division was, in 2018, comprised of two separate units—Major Crimes Unit and Special Inves ga ons Unit. The Major Crimes Unit conducted follow up inves ga ons into criminal reports and allega ons involving crimes against people, such as domes c violence, robbery, kidnapping, assault, murder and crimes against children and the elderly. The Special Inves ga ons Unit conducted inves ga ons into criminal reports and allega ons of crimes involving property such as burglary, the , fraud, arson and drug crimes. The Criminal Inves ga ons Division underwent an organiza onal update in early 2019 but remains one of the most essen al and specialized divisions in the department.


ABOUT PUYALLUP POLICE

CORRECTIONS DIVISION

The Correc ons Division, or Puyallup City Jail, was previously a unit under the Professional Services Division but due to the magnitude of work encompassed here, is now its own division. The Correc ons Division is led by a lieutenant who oversees 10 correc ons officers and two correc ons sergeants. The Puyallup City Jail is an adult misdemeanor facility that has the capacity to incarcerate up to 52 inmates (40 male and 12 female) for sentences up to one year.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIVISION

The Professional Services Division is a varied division that provides essen al support func ons for the department and for the community. The Professional Services Division includes the Traffic Unit, Administra ve Unit, Training, School Resource Officers, Community Outreach Officer and the Records Unit. Professional Services also serves many auxiliary func ons such as internal affairs, public informa on, social media and special events. In 2018 the Professional Services Division also managed the crime preven on efforts of the police department which provides outreach opportuni es for the community led by a full‐ me, civilian crime preven on coordinator.


BUDGET & PERFORMANCE

2018 PPD BUDGET AT A GLANCE

The Puyallup Police Department is a department within the City of Puyallup local government. The chief of police is responsible for determining which services and projects to fund and to ensure that the department adheres to its designated budget alloca on. The police department’s expenditures accounted for approximately 37% of the city’s general fund in 2018.

In 2018 the total police department budget was $18,033,957. The chart below represents the budget alloca on for each division within the police department. The Opera ons Division accounted for the largest percentage of the budget at 62%. This is where most of the Puyallup Police Department’s personnel are assigned and include uniformed patrol officers. In 2018 the Puyallup Police Department was fortunate to receive funding for an addi onal two police officers and because of an expanded contract with the Puyallup School District, the department added two more School Resource Officers as well. Also, at the end of 2018, we signed a contract with the Washington State Criminal Jus ce Training Commission to assign one of our officers to serve at the training commission as an academy instructor for new recruits from across the state. We were able to back fill this posi on, bringing the total Police Department personnel at the end of 2018 to 84.


BUDGET & PERFORMANCE

PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE

Working in partnership with the community is our mission. We use our mission and values of SERVICE to ensure ci zens are experiencing high quality contacts with police department personnel on each and every call. All complaints and commenda ons received by the department are reviewed and documented. Once these reports are received they are followed up on by supervisors and reviewed by the deputy chief and chief of police. Below are the results of the complaints of alleged policy viola ons received in 2018. There were 43 messages received involving the conduct of 60 employees. Of the 60 employees men oned, 35 received reports of commendable service. Of the complaints received, 74% were determined to be unfounded.


2018 PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE & DISPOSITION

2018 BY THE NUMBERS

The Puyallup Police Department provides law enforcement services to residents and visitors within the jurisdic onal boundaries of the City of Puyallup. The City of Puyallup is the third‐largest city in Pierce County and has a popula on of approximately 40,700. The City is also home to the fi h‐largest shopping mall in the region, Good Samaritan Hospital, Pierce College and the Washington State Fair, the seventh‐largest state fair in the United States.

The Puyallup Police Department had, at the end of 2018, 62 commissioned officers. This amounts to one commissioned officer for every 656 residents. Officers, detec ves, correc ons officers and support staff work together responding to and enforcing the laws of the State of Washington and the City of Puyallup.

Every call for service into the Puyallup Police Department is tracked, whether the call is ini ated by a ci zen calling the 911 dispatch center or if the call is ini ated by an officer while performing rou ne neighborhood checks, traffic stops, etc.

Data on each individual occurrence of crime reported to the Puyallup Police Department is in turn provided to the FBI through the Na onal Incident‐Based Repor ng System (NIBRS). A sample of offenses we report on annually and the number of occurrences reported is detailed in the chart to the right


2018 BY THE NUMBERS

TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE

OCCURRENCE OF CRIME AS REPORTED TO NIBRS

FOR SELECTED OFFENSES


2018 BY THE NUMBERS

CANINE (K9)

The Puyallup Police Department has two generalist, or tracking, K9 units. The teams are Officer Karuzas and K9 Maverick and Officer Hurley and K9 Marshal. The two officers and their K9 partners work regular patrol shi s and are called to assist in the tracking of suspects for the Puyallup Police Department and partner agencies.

OFFICER KARUZAS & MAVERICK

OFFICER HURLEY & MARSHAL


PHOTO RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT

The safe and effec ve flow of traffic through the City of Puyallup is an important factor of the Puyallup Police Department’s mission of suppor ng a safe environment. While officers make traffic stops based on observable behavior, they cannot be everywhere at once. Technology is used as a force‐mul plier to improve the safety of travelers and pedestrians through Puyallup. The City of Puyallup has six photo enforced intersec ons. The goal of the Photo Red Light Enforcement program is to reduce serious injury and fatality collisions by changing driver behavior.

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2018 BY THE NUMBERS

PUYALLUP CITY JAIL

The Puyallup City Jail is a 52‐bed adult misdemeanor facility which houses 40 male and 12 female inmates for a period of up to one year. The Puyallup City Jail also houses inmates for partner agencies and municipal courts at a fee, which helps to offset the cost of managing the jail. Below are inmate totals for Puyallup and outside agency inmates as well as the demographic informa on of the total incarcerated inmates in 2018.


2018 BY THE NUMBERS

PROPERTY AND RECORDS

In addi on to the work being completed on the streets by uniformed patrol officers, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes by essen al support staff. The Puyallup Police Department employs one full‐ me civilian Property and Evidence Technician. All pieces of property and evidence are logged, maintained and released or disposed of through this single office.

The Records Unit of the Puyallup Police Department is o en the public’s first interac on with the Puyallup Police Department. There are three full‐ me civilian employees here to help ci zens with fingerprints, public records requests, concealed pistol licenses and much more.


2018 BY THE NUMBERS

MAJOR CASE REVIEW

In January 2018, Major Crimes Detec ves responded to the Puyallup Recrea on Center to inves gate an Officer Involved Shoo ng wherein officers from Puyallup and Milton exchanged gunfire with a man that ended in the suspect losing his life. Inves ga ons involving the use of deadly force by officers are led and overseen by outside agency detec ves of the Metro Crime Response Unit. The Pierce County Prosecu ng A orney’s Office and the Office of the Medical Examiner conduct their own, independent inves ga ons as well. Officer involved shoo ngs are very detailed inves ga ons that span several months from the me of the ini al inves ga on un l the Pierce County Prosecutor makes a final decision on the legality of the deadly force.

In October 2018, Patrol Officers responded to a suspicious incident at a Puyallup apartment complex. The incident was inves gated and a homicide vic m and suspect were located inside an apartment. Puyallup detec ves responded to the scene and inves gated a domes c violence homicide. An arrest was made, however, the case is s ll pending prosecu on.

In 2018, several current and former Puyallup officers and detec ves traveled to Portland, OR to tes fy in a par cularly horrific child sex abuse and child pornography case that originated at a motel in the City of Puyallup in 2007. A er 11 years of inves ga on, legal mo ons and trial, the suspect was found guilty. The case is s ll pending sentencing.

2018 also saw the culmina on of a years‐long child rape inves ga on.

A Puyallup detec ve who specializes in crimes against children completed an inves ga on where a man was convicted of child rape involving two of his granddaughters. A er a convic on at trial, the male was given what amounts to two life sentences.

Opera on A ershock was an extensive inves ga on conducted in partnership with the DEA. The inves ga on began as an inves ga on of a violent gang member and known distributor of methamphetamine and heroin. The inves ga on led detec ves to many connected acts of violence including suspected homicides and armed home invasions. The inves ga on culminated with the service of 17 search warrants on residents and vehicles resul ng in 22 federal arrests. The team seized more than 10 pounds of heroin, small amounts of methamphetamine, 17 firearms, $40,000 cash and eight vehicles.


PUYALLUP PD IN THE COMMUNIT Y

Working in partnership with the community to support a safe environment is our mission. In order to accomplish this mission, the Puyallup Police Department enjoys opportuni es to connect to the community and in turn allows the community to feel a deeper connec on to their police department.

Community engagement is not the job of one single division or unit within the police department, it is the en re department’s job to par cipate in events and to get to know our community. Together we can all create a safe community to live, work and play.



Na onal Night Out has been an annual tradi on for Puyallup, and communi es na onwide, for years. Because of the strong bond between the Puyallup community and the police department, we had to expand our scope for Na onal Night Out celebra ons. In 2018, we brought the en re community together to celebrate Na onal Night Out. Pioneer Park was transformed on this sunny August night and included a police department dance‐off, K9 officer (and dog), a SWAT vehicle, food, and of course, lots of fun.

2018 wasn’t all just dancing and fun. Puyallup Police Department hosted several conversa on opportuni es with Coffee With a Cop and Cupcakes With a Cop and we con nued our annual par cipa on in Shop With a Cop. Officers, detec ves and support staff par cipated along with Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and Puyallup School District for Shop With a Cop. Connec ons made throughout these events are not only memorable for the community, but valuable for officers and staff.



CHIEF FOR A DAY

Puyallup Police has been a proud supporter and par cipant in the Chief for a Day program since 2012. The Chief for a Day program is hosted by the Washington State Criminal Jus ce Training Commission and celebrates the lives of children who have been diagnosed with life‐threatening or chronic medical condi ons.

Our Puyallup Police Department 2018 Chief for a Day was Chief Justus. Justus was born premature and sustained a brain bleed during birth, causing hydrocephalus. Justus faced his first brain surgery at just two weeks old. Justus, now at the age of 9, has endured fi een surgeries for his hydrocephalus and epilepsy. Today Chief Justus is a thriving young man who enjoyed the opportunity to put on his chief badge and lead the department. Justus par cipated in the Rodeo Parade, the annual City of Puyallup Tree Ligh ng and more.


2018 YEAR IN REVIEW

2018 NEW HIRES, PROMOTIONS & RETIREMENTS

Officer Tristan Sanabria

Officer Hector Aponte

Officer Jonathan Skelton

Officer Amanda Hirata

Officer Isom Brown

Officer Wade Nelson

Officer Jacob Su on

Officer Barclay Tuell

Officer Robert Melvin

Officer David Polle

Chief Sco Engle

Captain Jason Visnaw

Sergeant David Obermiller

In March of 2018 we celebrated the re rement of Donna Harris. Donna served the ci zens of Puyallup with dedica on and dis nc on. At the police department she served as records clerk, administra ve secretary/training coordinator and as administra ve assistant. Donna was a devoted, wholehearted champion of the police department. She secured hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to ensure the police department had programs in place to provide training and equipment to make the community a safer place to live, work and visit. Thank you Donna for your years of service, you will be missed at PPD.


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AWARDING SUCCESS

SERVICE COINS 15 Years Captain Ryan Portmann 20 Years Evidence Technician Sherie Theuerkauf Sergeant Don Bourbon 25 Years Detec ve R. Earick

PPA SUPPORT PERSON OF THE YEAR Administra ve Assistant Kari Lucey

CHIEF’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Library Director Pa y Ross Director of Personnel Ka e Ortega HR Generalist Shelley Werner Evidence Technician Sherie Theuerkauf Sergeant David Obermiller Officer Andrew Bond Detec ve R. Earick Administra ve Assistant Donna Harris

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL Detec ve Micah Wilson Reserve Officer Shaun Nestor Officer Mark Ke er Administra ve Assistant Donna Harris

MEDAL OF MERIT Records Supervisor Nichole McNiven Officer Wayne Blackard

SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AWARD

Officer Lloyd Leppell Officer Greg Reiber Officer Jeff Benne Sergeant David Obermiller Deputy Chief Dave McDonald Officer Alexander (Milton PD) Officer Beauchamp (Milton PD) Chief Lundborg (PCSD)

MEDAL OF VALOR Officer Zach Kenyon Officer John Berg

OFFICERS OF THE YEAR Correc ons Officer of the Year Jeremy Bledsaw Officer of the Year Shelby Wilcox 18

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LOOK ING AHEAD 2019

The year 2018 was a year of great change and momentum for the Puyallup Police Department. As we move into 2019, the staff at the police department is excited about the boundless new opportuni es that we have been presented to con nue to recognize the Puyallup Police Department as a premier police department using innova ve and progressive policing strategies resul ng in a safe community.

In 2018 the Puyallup Police Department underwent a detailed survey of our staffing levels and needs. Because of the results of this staffing study, several organiza onal changes were implemented in the beginning of 2019. Our Criminal Inves ga ons Division underwent the most changes with the development of two new units, Inves ga ve Services Unit (ISU) and Crime Suppression Unit (CSU). The Inves ga ve Services Unit is comprised of detec ves assigned to follow up and inves gate allega ons of crimes against people and crimes against property. The Crime Suppression Unit is made up of detec ves and officers assigned to proac ve policing efforts with a focus on offender apprehension, warrant offenders, vice crimes and street level crimes. This unit’s proac ve work enhances the community‐centered priori es and the department’s ongoing focus on problem‐oriented policing.

Some minor organiza onal changes that took place in early 2019 are much less obvious to the public, such as the movement of crime preven on from Professional Services to Opera ons. These were made in the con nuing effort to provide crime preven on, problem solving and community rela ons ac vi es through all levels of the organiza on, star ng with the most visible unit, our uniformed patrol officers.

The Puyallup City Council funded six new police officer posi ons in the 2019 budget. This is the largest increase in staffing in over a decade for the Puyallup Police Department. The growing community has increased the demands on police department resources, and with this addi onal uniformed staff, we are be er able to provide a high level of service to the community.

In 2019 the ci zens of Puyallup will also be hearing about the possibility of a new jus ce center. This is an extensive, exci ng project that involves the coopera on of many city departments. The current public safety building was built in the 1960s and our needs have far outgrown what the current building is able to provide. We are excited to bring to you a plan for what the future of public safety will look like with a new building.

Our outreach will con nue in the new year with many community

events planned. We hope that you con nue to get to know your

police department and we look forward to mee ng you in 2019.


Puya l l up Po l i c e Depa r tment

311 W . P ionee r , Puya l l up WA 98371

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PUYALLUP POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT