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Troutdale advisory committee presses police for clearer crime-reporting dashboard
Summary
Members of the Public Safety and Equity Advisory Committee raised questions about inconsistencies between printed and online police data, asked for clearer definitions and hotspot mapping, and requested a data analyst briefing to break down welfare checks, abandoned-vehicle reports and HOPE-team activity.
Troutdale’s Public Safety and Equity Advisory Committee on Oct. 2 pressed local law enforcement for clearer crime-reporting definitions and a more usable dashboard after members found discrepancies between printed reports and the city’s online incident listings.
Committee members said the monthly law enforcement packet and the department’s public website show different totals for categories such as welfare checks, trespass and certain assault subtypes, and they asked the department’s analyst to come to the next meeting with definitions and a breakdown the committee can use. “They showed up quickly, and it’s on the report,” said Twila Harrington, describing a recent welfare-check response that she said was reflected in the monthly packet.
The exchange began after the committee reviewed the law enforcement report for September. Members noted that the packet showed 688 total calls for the month while a prominent “other” category contained 333 entries; they also said some online category totals appear as zero even when the printed packet lists…
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