The number of major crimes in Woodland dropped during the fourth quarter, but only a little and still included two shooting deaths.
That’s according to the Fourth Quarter Report for the Police Department, which covers October through December. The report was released to the City Council last week and showed there were 562 major crimes over the three-month period, compared to 595 during July, August and September.
With the addition of the two homicides in October and November, there were four murders recorded for all of 2019, according to the report.
“With the recent increase in violent crime beginning in the fourth quarter to include multiple shootings and homicides, a gang task force was assembled in January 2020,” the report states. “The gang task force consists of three Woodland Police Department detectives, a sergeant and a detective from the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department.
“These employees will be heavily supported by our Crime Analysis Unit, which is tasked with identifying crime trends and intelligence to make police operations more effective,” the report continues. “The Gang Task Force will work with and alongside allied agencies to include Yolo County Probation, State of California Parole, Yolo District Attorney’s Office and other local, state and federal agencies.”
When the numbers of crimes for all four quarters are added together, there were 2,236 incidents ranging from homicides to rape, robbery, aggravated assaults, burglary, motor vehicle thefts and arsons.
The most frequent crime during the fourth quarter was larceny and thefts, which totaled 267 compared to 282 the previous quarter. There were also eight reported rapes compared to five three months earlier, nine robberies compared to 13 the previous three months, 44 aggravated assaults compared to 46 previously, 122 simple assaults vs. 106 the previous three months, 53 burglaries compared to 71, 51 vehicles stolen compared to 63 the previous three months and six incidents of arson, vs. nine the previous three months.
During the quarter, police arrested 419 adults. Of those 419 arrests, 53% were said to be transients. For the previous three months, police made around 611 arrests, 37% of who were transients.
Involved in 26 of those arrests were members of the Homeless Outreach Street Team, which also cleaned up several large encampments in coordination with Caltrans, the city’s Public Works Department and Yolo County Probation at Tide Court, Dr. Claassen Way, Court Street, and County Road 98.
“A larger problem also being addressed is the impact of those living in their vehicles in private parking lots, city streets, city parks and county property,” according to the report. “The required signage prohibiting this behavior on private property is specific and detailed and, unfortunately, many properties do not meet the required signage standards. HOST is working to educate property owners on these requirements.
“An additional issue is that most towing expenses fall on the owners who have limited budgets for these types of expenses,” the report adds. “HOST continues to work with Yolo County officials to ensure that new ordinances to regulate tents on county and city properties are adhered to. Procedures and notices have been developed with assistance from the City Attorney’s Office to notice violators.
For all of October, November and December, there were 502 people contacted, 135 camps identified and 69 of those camps cleaned up. HOST officers also offered 241 people help in getting treatment for mental or physical problems as well as other social services with only 17 accepting assistance.
For the previous three months, there were 697 contacts with transients, 189 camps dealt with, 95 camps cleaned, and 213 offers for service with 14 accepted.
Other highlights from the report:
Response: There were 282 “priority 1” responses, compared to 258 the previous three months; 3,652 “priority 2” responses, compared to 3,685 in July, Augst and September; 795 “priority 3” responses vs. 788 the previous three months; and 11,690 other calls for services compared to 13,232 the previous three months. When all calls were added up, there were 16,066 calls for services vs. 18,014 the previous quarter.
Investigations Bureau: The Investigations Bureau conducts follow-up criminal investigations on all felony and select misdemeanor crimes reported to the Police Department. Typically, a uniformed police officer responds to a call for service and prepares a police report which may require follow-up investigation. A police investigator is then assigned to conduct the follow-up, often requiring many hours of investigation before an arrest is made or a case is closed.
In terms of specifics, there were 911 active investigations compared to 865 the previous three months; 55 cleared cases vs. 85 the previous three months; 378 child abuse cases vs, 315; 126 violent felony cases vs. 119; for July, August and September; 106 elder abuse cases vs. 103; 239 property crimes vs. 267; and 37 missing person cases compared to 33 the previous three months.
Volunteers in Policing Program: The Department’s ViP program consists of 34 Volunteers and seven Chaplains. The ViPs and Chaplains contributed 845.1 hours for the fourth quarter for a total of 3,127.81 hours for 2019. The Department volunteers assisted with 24 events for this quarter to include: Fill the Trunk events, Family Resource Fair, Movies on Main, Unidos meeting, Crime Prevention presentations, neighborhood watch meetings, Crime Free Mulit-housing events, Trunk or Treat events, Pharmaceutical Take-Back Event, various fall festivals, Dia de los Ninos, and DUI checkpoints.
Woodland Youth Public Safety Academy: The Woodland Youth Public Safety Academy is a seven-week training program, the objective of which is to expose the student cadets to very rewarding careers in public safety to include law enforcement and fire services. Emphasis is placed on self-respect, respect of others, teamwork and commitment to one’s goals. The academy is for any junior high school student who would like a challenge and to learn more about public safety. There are currently 18 cadets attending the current Spring 2020 YPSA session. These cadets are students at Douglass Middle School, Lee Middle School, Woodland Christian, South Sutter Charter School and Homes Junior High School. Class topics for the quarter included: Introduction to Fire and Police, Police K9, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses, Special Weapons and Tactics and Fire Prevention.
UNIDOS: The objective of the UNIDOS program is to provide an opportunity for the Woodland Police Department to build a strong relationship with our Spanish-speaking residents and to serve as a resource center to help create an improved quality of life for the entire community. On Oct. 12, UNIDOS partnered with the Woodland Joint Unified School District Community and Family Engagement for an educational community presentation on “Vaping, ECigarettes and Our Youth.” Also during this event, Chief Derrek Kaff introduced himself to the group. On Dec. 11, the Woodland Police Department was invited to the 2019 Casa Del Sol Posada event. This event was held in conjunction with the UNIDOS program.
Explorers: The Explorer program is designed for high school students and young adults. The objective is to expose the Explorers to a very rewarding career in law enforcement and to be role models in their community and amongst their peers. The age group of Explorers are 14 to 20 years and the requirement for those in school is to maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average with no F’s. The Explorer program remained busy this past quarter by helping out with numerous events within the city, such as; Trunk or Treat, Movies on Main and several Fill the Trunk toy drives. At least two Explorers helped out each week with the Fill the Trunk toy drives to include the distribution event. The Explorers also participated in their scheduled bi-weekly meetings. The bi-weekly training included a variety of topics to include: police radio drills, traffic stop safety, arrest and control techniques, basic self-defense, building searches and familiarization and safety of weapon handling. The Explorers also watched a gang presentation by a previous gang officer and learned vehicle codes. Two team leaders were identified and assigned within the Explorer Post to help with tasks. The Explorer Post has 11 active members. Preparation was also done to recruit new Explorers in the beginning of 2020.
Youth Gang Reduction, Intervention & Prevention: Woodland’s YGRIP Initiative will support safer communities through an expanded collaborative consisting of professionals and community members committed to reducing youth violence, gang membership, and gang activities through the three pillars of evidence-based strategies: suppression, intervention and prevention. The year ended with 12 referrals with police monitoring five of those. Representatives of the Yolo Conflict Resolution Center were also invited to the meetings. In December staff met and discussed adoptions for improving YGRIP. While there have been a number of successes including the successful intervention in many specific instances staff recognized the opportunities for improvement. Challenges including consistent points of contact within the operational committee, coordination and tracking of referrals and staffing were identified. Staff is working in a plan to take to the YGRIP steering committee in February with recommendations for changes to improve the effectiveness of this program and goals for 2020.
Gang Resistance Education and Training Program: The GREAT Program has expanded with this new school year. The GREAT Program runs two sessions per school year at both the 4th and 7th grade level. During this quarter, 13 4th grade classes were taught a total of 47 individual GREAT lessons at various elementary school sites. There were also 14 7th grade classes at Douglass Junior High taught for 126 individual lessons. Seventh-grade GREAT classes started in January 2020.
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