Excerpts from the NPD 2006 Annual Report

A weekly series - 2nd installment

This week, we’re featuring 1.) excerpts from Chief William Schlie’s letter to Safety/Service Director Joe Geers in which he provides staffing and shift information and describes his role and goals for the NPD and 2.) 2006 Total Incidents Report

1. Excerpts from Chief Schlie’s letter

Dear Mr. Geers:

The following is the Norwood Police Division’s Annual Report for the year ending December 3, 2006. The staffing of the Division is as follows: one (1) Chief, one (1) Captain, four (4) Lieutenants, eight (8) Sergeants, and thirty-eight (38) Police Officers for a total complement of fifty-two police officers.

…In 2006, I discussed the possibility of going back to rotating shifts, as well as, restructuring the department with my command staff. The decision was made at the end of 2006 that starting January 4, 2007, the Norwood Police Division would go back to shift rotation. By going to rotating shifts we were able to distribute years of service evenly among the shifts, while also helping to balance out the number of officers in the specialized areas on different shifts. I feel rotating shifts give individual officers the ability to experience a wide variety of police activities as it relates to each shift.

As the Chief of Police for the City of Norwood, I constantly strive to ensure the Norwood Police Division provides lawful and impartial police service to all members of our community, manage the delivery of police services from special interest, interference of pressures and at the same time, remain responsible to the legitimate requests and directions of my administrative superiors and to the needs of the community. It is also imperative to manage the affairs of the Norwood Police Division to assure the highest degree of integrity, trust, and conduct in all aspects of my professional and private life…

2. 2006 NPD Incident Totals

Total Incidents Received For Dispatch* ……33,800

Total 911 Calls Received**…………………........17,688

Traffic Citations - Total Charges……………........1,784

Parking Citations - Total Charges……………..... 2,818

Total Adult Arrests - Charges………………….......3,691

Total Juvenile Arrests - Charges………………....... 595

Total DUI Arrests - Charged……………………........ 104

*Only reflects calls received for dispatch or Officer initiated. It does not reflect back-up Officers’ Totals.

** Non-emergency calls are not counted.