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Resident asks whether police log overnight monitoring; city manager offers follow-up with police chief
Summary
Craig Knopf asked whether the police publish overnight monitoring/house-watch statistics; City Manager Mary Bunton offered to follow up with the police chief and said the city has been working to fill vacancies and had previously increased pay to aid recruitment.
During public comment, Craig Knopf asked the council whether the police department publishes statistics on overnight monitoring or how often officers monitor houses for a 24-hour period.
"I was just kind of curious about that...Is the police, do the police, publicize a stat like that or is that something that I have to contact the police department about?" Knopf asked. The city manager, Mary Bunton, said staff would follow up with Chief Leidman and provide assistance if the information is available. She also noted that the council previously adopted a step-plan salary infusion to help recruit officers and that the department has been making progress in filling vacancies.
Bunton described the city's homeless outreach and the limits of enforcing trespass or loitering on private property without the owner's permission, and she encouraged residents to contact the police department or follow up with the city manager's office for specific records requests.
