Vancouver Police Department Overview
Vancouver Police Department • Chief James McElvain • 190 Police Officers • 24.5 Non-Sworn Staff • Annual Budget $38.6 M
Vancouver Police Department Mission We partner with the community to preserve life, protect property and enhance livability through equitable law enforcement and effective use of resources. Vision To reflect the rich diversity of Vancouver and make it the safest city for everyone to live, work, and play Motto V alor P rofessionalism D uty
VPD Areas of Operations Administration Patrol Investigations Outreach • Neighborhood • Public Information & • Investigate Crimes • Training and Response Teams Media Certification Against Persons • Special Operations & • Recruitment • Professional • Investigate Property • Outreach Programs Tactics Standards Crimes • Traffic Enforcement & • Diversity Advisory • Audit and Public • Drug Investigations Collision Council Disclosure • Crime Analysis, Intel, • Investigations • Schools & Youth • Backgrounds and Vanstat • 911 Response & Engagement Investigations • Evidence & Property • Volunteer Mobilization Proactive Enforcement • Logistics & Equipment • Neighborhood Police Officers
VPD Precincts and Districts
VPD ORGANIZATION – Division Level
VPD ORGANIZATION
Public Information / Admin Support Media releases Facebook Twitter Nextdoor vanpolice.org
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT • Internal affairs complaints • Use of force, vehicle pursuits and collisions • Public records requests • Policies and procedures In 2015, reviewed: • 72 complaints • 260 uses of force • 21 vehicle accidents • 15 vehicle pursuits • 98 VPD commendations
Community Outreach • Chief’s Diversity Advisory Team • Vancouver Police Activities League • Shop with a Cop • Nautilus Holiday Helpers • Special Olympics • Community Events
Administrative Division
Training • Crisis intervention training • Hosted training • Career development • Field training program
Recruitment & Backgrounds Officer Michael Conrad and Chief McElvain
Case Management The department created 20,455 original police reports and 5,731 follow-up reports last year
Evidence VPD’s evidence facility currently holds over 46,000 items of evidence
Finance, Logistics & Alarms • Procurement • Equipment • Fleet management • Facilities • Inventory
Volunteer Coordination Neighbors On Watch (NOW) Total volunteers: 145 volunteers: 131 Total volunteer hours: 10,317 Support Team volunteers : 14
INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
Digital Evidence Investigate and forensic unit consisting of three detectives. • Cybercrimes • Child exploitation • Sex offender monitoring • Missing persons
Child Predator & Sex Offender Monitoring http://www.city-data.com/so/so-Vancouver-Washington.html
Children’s Justice Center A multidisciplinary team comprised of public and private agencies coordinating a comprehensive response when a child abuse crime has been committed.
Property Crimes • Burglary • Fraud • Forgery • Theft • Embezzlement • And other related crimes
Major Crimes
Elder Justice Center • Discovery and prosecution of perpetrators of vulnerable adult and elder abuse. • Supported by representatives from Adult Protective Services, law enforcement officers, a deputy prosecuting attorney, a victim advocate, a program coordinator and community volunteers.
Arson The Arson unit is comprised of personnel from the Vancouver Police Department and the Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office
Domestic Violence The Domestic Violence Unit works within the Domestic Violence Prosecution Center on domestic violence crimes
Drug Task Force / Gang Task Force Drug Task Force: identify, investigate and disrupt/dismantle drug trafficking organizations in and throughout the Vancouver-Clark County area. Gang Unit: identifies and targets for prosecution organized crime groups and violent street gangs
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
Traffic • Currently a five-person unit: 1 Sergeant and 3 Officers • Major traffic collision investigation and reconstruction • Responsive to complaints regarding school zones, pedestrian and bicycle safety, impaired and distracted driving, speeding and other neighborhood traffic complaints
Canine • VPD has four canine teams, when fully staffed and operational Officer Chris Douville and Doc
Explosive Device & Bomb Unit Portland Metro Explosive Disposal Unit (MEDU) team provides region-wide response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents.
SWAT SWAT Missions include high-risk warrant service, barricaded subjects, hostage situations, high-risk apprehensions, dignitary protection details, security details, and assisting with arrest warrant sweeps.
Crisis Negotiation Team/ Tactical EMS CNT includes five members from the Vancouver Police Dept. and five from the Clark Co. Sheriff’s Office
OPERATIONS BUREAU
Patrol 2015 Dispatched Officer Self Events Initiated Events Q1 14,772 13,637 Q2 16,504 11,585 Q3 17,497 11,795 Q4 15,815 10,400
Neighborhood Police Officers Four NPOs, one assigned to each of the four VPD districts
Neighborhood Response Team • One NRT in each Precinct • In 2015: 417 felony arrests 167 misdemeanor arrests 117 search warrants served
School Resource Officers Five VPD officers assigned as School Resource Officers: • Three in the Evergreen School District • Two in the Vancouver School District
Police Service Technicians Civilian personnel located at both the East & West Precinct locations
Crime Analysis
Performance Gaps • Traffic Unit • Property Crimes Investigations • Crime Analysis • Community Outreach
Lieutenant Scott Creager (360) 487-7501 scott.creager@cityofvancouver.us
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