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Police report: crime down, clearance rate above 80% and new grants aid enforcement
Summary
Cottage Grove public safety staff reported lower overall crime relative to comparable communities, a clearance rate exceeding 80%, a new auto‑theft prevention grant, canine therapy deployments, and recent traffic enforcement and DWI enforcement successes.
Brad, the public safety representative, summarized highlights from the quarterly police report and fielded questions from the commission.
Brad said overall reported crime is down versus comparable communities and that the department's clearance rate is exceeding 80% (clearing most reported crimes through prosecution or return of stolen property). "Our clearance rate is exceeding 80%, which is an incredible achievement," Brad said.
He described proactive traffic enforcement, noting more than 40 hours of targeted enforcement in high‑priority zones in the last week and a half and highlighted a grant‑funded DWI officer who recorded three DWIs in a recent period. "He's our grant funded DWI officer," Brad said.
Brad also described community‑facing investments: canine therapy deployments (50 deployments in quarter two), a new auto‑theft prevention grant, and purchase of two portable traffic data collectors to gather time‑and‑location‑specific speed and volume data to inform enforcement deployment.
Brad pointed to favorable citizen satisfaction survey results: a POCO survey showing 91% overall satisfaction and internal polling averaging about 95% satisfaction. He invited commissioners to review the full quarterly packet and contact staff with questions.
No formal action or budget amendment was taken at this meeting; the report was informational.
