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Annual Report for 2011
Highlights
The Police Department applied for and received grant funding for one full time detective
position for the Crime Suppression Unit. We were also able to obtain funding for one
full time Community Oriented Policing (COPs) officer salary, as well as a significant
portion of the second COPs officer position. Additionally, Justice Assistance Grant
funding was secured for a portion of the surveillance camera that was purchased and
installed in the skate park.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) completed their security audit of
the police department's Communications Center, which focuses on many technical and
physical security aspects. This audit is conducted every three years, and many new
mandatory requirements have been added since the last audit. Mandatory security
requirements relating to access to criminal data, driver information data and other
confidential information will be implemented within the department. Some of these
requirements include fingerprinting and background checks for any person who is inside
the agency and unescorted. Ultimately this means that any vendor, repair person or
other city employee, who has not passed the proper security clearance procedures, will
have to be physically escorted while within the police department. The majority of the
other mandatory requirements have to do with security of the agency firewall, biometric
upgrades to all laptops with Criminal Justice Information System information, and I.T.
agreements.
The police radios operate under the City of Jacksonville radio system. The radios are
on an 800 mhz system which went through software and hardware upgrades in 2011,
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resulting in all end users being compliant with digital requirements. The cost of the
upgrades for Atlantic Beach was approximately $50,000; however it was completely
funded by a grant that was obtained through the City of Jacksonville and Alachua
County.
Additional officers were certified this year in police bicycle operations and were
deployed on the east side of Atlantic Beach, as well as the continued Community
Policing efforts in the Mayport Corridor and Royal Palms areas. Citizen feedback has
been extremely positive in regards to our Community Policing efforts. Citizen surveys
are given out by officers when they make any citizen contact. The surveys are returned
via U.S. mail and have an average rating score of 4.75 out of a possible 5. They are
asked to rate the interaction with the officer on the following topics: response time,
courteousness, listening, professionalism, and effectiveness.
The dedicated COPs officers have had consistent interaction with the youth in the
community, business owners, and residents. They attend numerous special events and
speak to citizen groups on a regular basis.
The Atlantic Beach Police Department continues to have an exceptional emergency
response time. The average emergency response time for 2011 was 2 minutes.
Crime
Part I crimes include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and
auto theft. City wide, there was a 3% decrease in Part I crimes in 2011 as compared to
2010 (from 490 to 473). This drop in crime represents the lowest crime rate in more
than a decade and continues the downward trend over the past few years. All
categories of property crimes went down, but there were slight increases in some of the
crimes against persons. Crimes specifically within the Mayport Corridor were up slightly
from 2010, however they are still down 19% from 2008.
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The state publishes crime rates for all jurisdictions semi annually and annually. Atlantic
Beach has traditionally had the lowest crime rate per capita for all of Duval County.
Although the annual crime reports have not been published at the time of this report,
Atlantic Beach did have the lowest crime rate for the first half of 2011.
Productivity
In 2011, members of the Atlantic Beach Police Department made 912 arrests, which
include 281 DUI arrests. This is a 9% total increase from 2010.
The Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) and Investigations Division continue to be very
productive. The CSU unit is comprised of two full time detectives and made over 65
felony arrests alone in 2011. Conducting alcohol enforcement deployments remains a
priority of the unit, and they completed 12 arrests for non compliance (underage sales)
this year. The unit seized over 1000 grams of marijuana, and over 100 grams of other
drugs, including pills and cocaine. They issued 177 traffic citations.
Animal Control answered 2300 phone calls regarding animal concerns. They issued
293 animal control citations, and worked 16 reported animal bite investigations. The
animal control division investigated 60 cruelty to animals cases. The ACO's conducted
an average of two monthly beach surveys to measure leash law compliance. The
average compliance rate for 2011 is 90 %. A total of 382 animals were impounded this
year.
Personnel
At the end of 2011 all positions within the police department and animal control division
were staffed.
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The Department remains deeply committed to providing quality training to all its
employees. In 2011, employees have attended training in the following topics:
• Electronic Crash Reporting
• CJIS Terminal Agency Coordinator
• DUI Enforcement Strategies
• Property and Evidence training seminar
• Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Investigation
• Crime Prevention Practitioner
• Supervisor Training (numerous courses)
• Advanced Armorer
• Field Training Officer certification
• FEMA (numerous courses)
• Emotional Intelligence
• Interviews and Interrogations
• Report Writing for Police
• Crime Scene Processing
• Contraband and Asset Forfeiture
• Advanced Sex Crimes
• Laser /Radar Operator
• Firearms Instructor
• Bicycle Operations for Police
• Criminal Investigations
Advanced training keeps employees current and on the cutting edge of Public Safety
techniques, trends and strategies. The Department believes a better trained employee
results in the delivery of a higher quality of service. The above list does not include
classes taken by the employees who are enrolled in various college degree programs.
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