Police Beat

The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA

January 4

From the Chief

A protracted discussion about the purchase of a new Police Cruiser began after the Chief mentioned the process had been started on the purchase of the car.  Jerry hijacked the discussion (there are hijacking laws, aren't there?) giving his philosophy on the purchase of new just before warranty runs out vs running it into the ground.  He cited this information from his knowledge of the trucking industry via an owner/operator.  Interesting discussion in that Jerry mentioned during the financials the City spent $11,000 last year on repairs, passing up the opportunity to purchase a new cruiser.  What makes that curious is the Chief anticipates the purchase of the new car to be in the neighborhood of $21,000/$22,000-doesn't seem like riding that pony until it falls over a very effective strategy...does it?  In any event it appears a Crown Vic will be the next police vehicle...this lead to another long discussion about gas vs natural gas vs propane to power said vehicle...lordy, lordy.  At the end of the day the next car will be a gas powered Crown Vic...which will be the last because they will no longer be produced.

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Gary reported "had some things happen at the Community Center".  There was a reported theft of items from a wedding gift table during a reception.  A suspect has been identified, apparently one of the attendees.  Word to the wise, don't place your gift table in the foyer.  A second theft occured at the CC, Gary mentioned the "list of stolen items has changed several times".  I couldn't tell by his discussion if the items were taken at an event or from the CC itself.  The investigation is ongoing.  Not mentioned in his report were two incidents of vandalism listed in today's KC Star, page 10 of the Northland News section.  Apparently Platte County Sheriffs responded to calls at NW Pleasant Ford on January 3rd and NW Venita Drive on January 4th.

Vic observed the number of tickets and warnings issued in 2010 were down and wanted to know why.  Gary attributed the reduction to good patrol procedures by the Police and limited access to the Lake.  Jerry added the "National has a high amount of burglaries"
That my friends was the end of the Police report.