Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Develop a property crime reduction strategy <br />? <br /> <br />Eugene is a city relatively low in violent crime but one relatively high in property <br />crime, particularly theft. Because a city’s overall crime rate is heavily weighted <br />toward property crime statistics, a high property crime rate gives Eugene the <br />appearance of being an unsafe place to live. Apart from appearances, the <br />effects of a high rate of property crime are evident and most residents and many <br />visitors experience associated feelings of vulnerability and increased costs to <br />protect, insure, and replace property. While the department must play its own <br />important role, a comprehensive interagency community strategy, led by the EPD <br />is required to address this issue. Important external partners in this effort include <br />other area law enforcement agencies, the Lane County District Attorney, and <br />Parole - Probation. The strategy should include victimization prevention, <br />interdiction, targeting, fencing, etc., and theft issues arising from <br />methamphetamine use and addiction. <br /> <br />Develop an equipment plan <br />? <br /> <br />There is no comprehensive equipment requirement, procurement, and <br />replacement plan in place. Effective budget planning is hindered due to lack of a <br />comprehensive plan. Changes associated with other short term initiatives are <br />very likely to impact the formulas used to allocate equipment. For example, a <br />change in scheduling associated with patrol staffing is likely to affect the ratio of <br />patrol cars to personnel. Although personal equipment (uniforms, etc.) is <br />generally adequate, there should be a specific functional equipment list and <br />replacement allocated for each position. Similarly, the issue of replacement of <br />personal technology equipment must be addressed. Many of the elements of an <br />equipment plan already exist in disparate forms and simply require collection, <br />planning, and costing. The department is part of a broader city effort to consider <br />all equipment planning and replacement and the resulting plan will inform and <br />become part of a more comprehensive city plan. The project team will include <br />employees from City Central Services. <br /> <br />? Enhance present DUI enforcement projects to DUI enforcement program <br /> <br /> <br />Driving Under the Influence (DUI) enforcement in Eugene is effective. For all of <br />Lane County, DUI citations are successfully prosecuted 96 percent of the time <br />and five-year recidivism rates are low, under 13 percent. Nearly 75% of the DUI <br />citations for Lane Co. are written in Eugene. For the last three years, ODOT <br />grants for overtime patrols have provided about $15-18,000 and yielded about 80 <br />DUI citations per year (or 8% of all EPD DUIs). This strategy should aim to <br />further reduce alcohol-involved traffic fatalities with a combination of crime <br />analysis and dedicated ad hoc DUI patrols. There may also be a need to assess <br />training needs among TEU and Patrol officers and provide supplemental training <br />to increase the effectiveness of all officers on this issue. <br /> <br />Enhance present youth-alcohol enforcement projects to youth alcohol <br />? <br />disorder strategy and response protocols <br /> <br /> <br />Not uncommon to university towns, Eugene has had significant issues <br />associated with alcohol-fueled disturbances, particularly in neighborhoods <br /> <br /> <br />