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Edwardsville police chief highlights outreach, new body cameras and falling property-crime reports
Summary
Police Chief Grama Quinn presented the departmentannual report, describing increased community outreach (Water Fest with 350+ attendees), new body-worn and in-car camera systems, personnel promotions, and year-over-year trends showing reduced property and person crimes and more drug-related arrests tied to K-9 deployments.
Chief Grama Quinn presented the Edwardsville Police Departmentannual report to the council, emphasizing community engagement and new equipment investments. "We hosted Water Fest where we had over 350 attendees," Chief Quinn said, and described outreach at the elementary school, community dinners and other neighborhood events.
Quinn credited new technology and a K-9 unit with helping increase drug-related arrests while property and person crimes declined slightly year over year. The department has implemented new body-worn cameras and in-car video equipment; Chief Quinn said the technology posed "a few hurdles" but represented a major improvement for accountability and patrol work.
Personnel changes included a new deputy chief, Michelle Angel, and promotions within the department; several officers and supervisors were recognized for investigations and community outreach. Council members asked about code-enforcement practices and a temporary CAD outage that reduced some external call tallies; Chief Quinn said internal reports remain and the outage affected only the external tallying through the regional CAD system.
The presentation concluded with council praise for community policing efforts and requests that staff brief the council further if additional analysis or follow-up is needed.
