City of Concord Police Department PUBLIC SAFETY STUDY SESSION 2015
CRIME STATISTICS Raw Numbers Analysis of Numbers
RAW NUMBERS JAN - JUN Crime 2014 2015* Homicide 1 0 Rape 12* 15* Robbery 77 91 Agg. Assault 126 133 Burglary 417 338 Larceny (all) 1593 1512 Auto Theft 452 517 Grand Total 2678 2606 * 2014 stats are from FBI UCR website * 2015 stats are not UCR verified until July 2016 * Rape definition changed January 2014
ROBBERIES JAN JUN 2015 27 of the 91 robberies in 2015 a handgun was seen (30%) Majority of the street robbery victims walking home alone or loitering on street corners. Two concentrated areas were near Monument and Oakmead and Monument and Virginia Ln. (22%)
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS JAN JUN (CASES) MOTIVE Motive 2014 2015 CPD Officer 2 2 Acquaintance/Family 43 36 Domestic Violence 36 20 Gang 3 8 Stranger 30 34 Homeless/Transient NA 5
VEHICLE BURGLARIES WILLOW PASS RD/DIAMOND BL AREA 94 Vehicle burglaries Jan Jun 2015 Analysis Targets are primarily rental vehicles parked at restaurants Easy freeway access Preventive Measures in place: VIPS are distributing prevention flyers in hot spot areas and during Thurs night events at Todos Santos Plaza.
STOLEN/RECOVERED VEHICLES JAN JUN 2015 402 of the 517 vehicles were 2005 or older (77%) 291 of the 517 vehicles were recovered in Concord (56%)
VEHICLE THEFT JAN JUN 2014/2015 City 2014 2015 % Chg Concord 452 517 14% Antioch 509 540 6% Pleasant Hill 73 98 34% Walnut Creek 93 118 27%
BURGLARIES JAN JUN 2015
BURGLARIES METHOD OF ENTRY JAN JUN 2015
ARREST STATS JAN JUN 2014/2015 Type of Arrest 2014 2015 % Chg 2014-2015 Adult Felony 776 567-27% Adult Misdemeanor 843 1369 62% Juvenile - Formal 29 41 41% Juvenile - Informal 23 36 57% Juvenile Arrests Formal is cases where suspect is arrested and case is forwarded to Juvenile probation or DA. Informal is handled in-house mostly community service.
GANG ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY The Violence Suppression Unit (VSU) has and will continue to take the lead in developing a county wide/regional gang violence reduction strategy, which will include neighboring cities and the Contra Costa County Sheriff s Department VSU will continue monthly multi-agency gang enforcement sweeps involving local, state, and federal partnerships VSU Detectives monitor a variety of information sources utilized by gang members in order to forecast potential gang related violence and to specifically focus on targeted locations and known gang members with a proclivity towards violence
GANG ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY VSU, Special Investigations Bureau (SIB), and Special Enforcement Team (SET) will continue bi-monthly city wide gang enforcement sweeps to include a focus on AB109 gang members and those with active probation terms The Special Investigations Bureau (SIB) will continue with the specific targeting of known mid to upper level gang members who are actively involved in the sales of narcotics and dangerous drugs
LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (LAP) MARYLAND MODEL Contra Costa County, specifically the cities of Brentwood, Concord and Richmond, are one of 4 locations Nationwide who have received a grant from the Federal Government as a demonstration site to implement the program Strategy is to prevent domestic violence homicides and serious injuries It provides an easy and effective method for law enforcement and other community professionals to identify victims of domestic violence who are at the highest risk of being seriously injured or killed
LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (LAP) MARYLAND MODEL On scene of a domestic violence incident, officers read the victims a questionnaire. Depending on the results of the questionnaire, the victim may be connected to services immediately on scene via phone. Goal - reduce aggravated assaults against domestic violence victims. Officer training will occur in late September and program begins October 1 st.
TRANSIENT CAMP ERADICATION PROGRAM Year to date: 40 camps eradicated 8 camps cleaned up in the last month with 9 arrests Top 5 continual problem areas: Cloverleaf at N/B Hwy 242 on-ramp and intersection area Behind abandoned VET clinic on Market St at Clayton Rd Under Marsh Dr bridge (Solano Wy / Marsh Dr.) Under Diamond Bl bridge near Denny s restaurant Empty lot, alongside Lowe s on Arnold Industrial Way
MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TEAM (MHET) The Central Contra Costa County Mental Health Evaluation Team (MHET) has been up and running for just over 1 month Comprised with one Police Officer and one Contra Costa County Mental Health Clinician Receive referrals of potentially high risk dangerous persons with mental health issues and combative behaviors towards police and others including AB109 and Prop 47 clients. Upon receiving a referral MHET opens a case. Follow up is conducted and MHET works to help high risk person get services Goal - reduce a potential conflict or confrontation with police/citizens. To date: MHET has conducted 31 briefing trainings to police officers and other service organizations across Contra Coast County Currently working 37 cases
CPTED PROGRAM Program started January 2015 8-hour CPTED assessment class offered at CPD on 3/26/15. Attended by 24 students from throughout the Bay area, including CPD and City staff CPTED information integrated into Building department materials following the class
CPTED PROGRAM CPD CPTED flyer and website information updated March 2015 Four public CPTED classes offered since March and one scheduled for August. 136 students so far CPD Code Enforcement and VIPS staff have responded to five CPTED assessment requests Citizens may request commercial or residential CPTED assessments by calling 671-3075
POLICE CHIEF GOALS Decreasing crime relating to homelessness Improve efforts to reduce business robberies and business/residential burglaries Implement in-house victim assistance program surrounding crime prevention follow-ups for residential/business burglary victims Reduce reportable gang crime from previous year
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