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SafeCR reports background‑check and nuisance trends; myCR response times improve
Summary
Annette Lorenz of SafeCR presented quarterly statistics on background checks, founded nuisance activity and the myCR service; SafeCR reported 47 background checks for January–March and said the myCR average completion time fell to 2.81 days in 2024.
Annette Lorenz reported quarterly SafeCR activity to the Public Safety and Use Services Committee, including background‑check results for property owners and trends in founded nuisance activity.
"For January through March we performed 47 background checks for property owners in our community. 15 out of those 47 did come back with a reportable record that was provided to those property owners," Lorenz said.
Lorenz provided monthly figures for founded nuisance activity across owner‑occupied, rental and commercial property types; she said numbers stayed fairly consistent across January through March and that most nuisance calls fell in the city’s Tier C classification for disturbing the peace and similar neighborhood issues. She noted an item affecting the January commercial total: ten founded tobacco violations under "Iowa code section 453" and one underage sale, which are enforced criminally by police and followed by a founded call to the property owner.
On the myCR citizen reporting tool, Lorenz reported the number of requests and response times since the program began in 2021 and said the Police Department’s average days to complete myCR requests in 2024 fell to 2.81 days. She and councilors noted street storage (vehicles left on streets) is the most commonly reported issue and that snow events make those complaints more visible; Lorenz said the city sees a surge in street‑storage reports around major snow events and before large storms.
Council members asked for more detail on repeat offenders and the composition of cases where the city had to clear snow or remove obstructions; Lorenz said she would provide a breakdown on request. No formal action was taken on the SafeCR report at the meeting.
