Exh 9AAGENDA ITEM #9A
FEBRUARY 26, 2001
Police Department Annual Report
2000
The purpose of this report is to review the trends in the City of Atlantic
Beach relative to crime and criminality. The statistics have been taken from
Uniform Crime Report data collected by the Police Department and
submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the F.B.I. for
inclusion in state and national reports. Statistics will be provided in addition
to graphs to better represent the trends that have emerged in Atlantic Beach.
Trends:
The most significant trend that has been observed over the past several years
has been the decline in the amount of violent crime. The number of violent
crimes has declined from 98 violent crimes in 1997, to 75 violent crimes in
1998, 71 in 1999, and 65 in 2000. This has been consistent with national
and regional trends which have also shown reductions in violent crime.
Property crime increased in 2000 due to increases in burglaries, larcenies,
and auto thefts. Charts #1 and #2 show the comparisons of the actual
numbers of crimes reported for 1985, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, and 2000.
The number of arrests have increased over the past few years, and.a
significant portion of the increase has been a result of increased DUI arrests.
The number of DUI arrests increased from 153 in 1999 to 312 in 2000.
Chart #3 shows that the number of arrests and traffic citations (UTCs) have
increased significantly in the past year.
The initial numbers used in the charts and comparisons represent the actual
numbers of offenses reported to the police. They are not crime rates that are
based on the population of the city. Of particular interest is the fact that the
population of Atlantic Beach has risen from 8992 in 1985, to approximately
14,000 in 2000. This represents an increase of approximately 55%. During
that same time period, the number of crimes is actually lower than it was in
1985. Since crime rates are actually based on the population of the city, it is
apparent. that there has been a significant reduction in the crime rate over the
past 15 years. The crime rate is represented on Chart #4. It is evident from
the chart that the total crime rate has declined significantly since 1985.
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Relative to the workload in the Police Department, the trend has not
followed the crime rate: A review of the activities in the Police Department,
Chart #5, shows that the Police Department remains very busy. The Police
answered more than 22,000 calls for service last year while making 1103
arrests and writing over 5,800 traffic tickets. The police officers are
spending more time on traffic enforcement activities than in previous years,
and citizens continue to request more enforcement in this area.
Chart #6 provides a few details regarding Jacksonville Fire and Rescue
services and calls in Atlantic Beach.
Page #7 provides a few highlight regarding code enforcement over the past
year. It is evident that there is a significant increase. in code enforcement
activity over the past year.
Animal control productivity can be reviewed on Charts #8. There are many
complaints handled by animal control that are not high profile cases. The
animal control officers provide extensive expertise and assistance to citizens
beyond "barking dog" complaints. It is apparent from his workload, that
unleashed and barking dogs comprise a small part of the workload.
The most significant increase in animal control activity is in the area of
enforcement. There were 230 citations written in 2000, as compared to 73
written by animal control officers in 1999.
Department Organization:
The Police Department is comprised of different divisions including Patrol
with 23 positions, Records with 3 positions, Detectives with 2 in criminal
investigations and 1 in narcotics, Communications with 6 emergency
communications operators, Administration with 2 positions, and Animal
Control with 2positions. In addition, officers have specialty areas of
expertise including SWAT, Crime Prevention, Traffic, Firearms Instructor,
Internal Affairs, and similar assignments that they perform in addition to
their full time duties. The Department also has school crossing guards who
work on a part time, seasonal basis. Please see the attached Organizational
Chart including the names of the people filling each position.
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Crime Comparisons
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;Police Workload
^ 1999 2000
^ Calls for Service 20,636 22,974
^NumberOfArrests 914 1,103
^iJTCs 4,725 5,836
^ Incidents Reported 847 861
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^ Increased from previous year from 657
complaints to 1,795 complaints in 2000, largely
due to sign violations
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^ Overall Answered 982 emergency calls
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^ 805 Emergency Medical
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^ Telephone Calls 2,395 2,530
^Captured N/A 1,313
^ Animals Adopted 44 27
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^ Citations Issued 73 230
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^ Overall crime increased approximately 10%
Due to property crime increases
^ Violent crime decreased approximately 8%
^ Calls for police services, arrests, and UTCs all
increased significantly
^ Code Enforcement Complaints increased from
657 to 1,456 more than doubling
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