Officer John Stevens was nominated as Officer of the Month in October for working deligently on a consistent basis to solve and deter crime during his tour of duty.  On October 8, a strongarm robbery took place and a broadcast description of the suspects was made.  He located three suspects in the area matching the description and detained them.  The victim responded and positively identified the suspects and the property taken was located on them.  On October 16th, Officer Stevens responded to the 5200 block of Wells to investigate a complaint of illicit drug use by subjects in the building.  The two subjects were located and arrested for “Occupying a Condemned Building”.  On October 28, Officer Stevens responded to an area of a robbery after hearing the description.  The suspect attempted to ellude him.  However he was able to locate the suspect and arrest him.  Victims postively identified the suspect and the money taken was located in shrubbery near the arrest location.

On December 7th, 2010 the Department’s semi-annual Awards Ceremony will take place honoring five 7th District Police Officers.  Congratulations to the following:  Officer Michael Butler, Officer Thomas Carroll, Officer Lawrence Kreisman, Officer Jacob Stein and Officer John Stevens II.

On September 14th , 2010 Officers Stein and Collins responded to a school to investigate a suspicious auto assignment.  The officers located a suspicious vehicle registered to a sex offender parked within 200 feet of the school.  The officers conducted surveillance in the area believing the individual who owned the van was still in the area.  During the surveillance the officers observed a subject matching the description provided “via computer” approach the van from the rear.  A further investigations revealed the subject was indeed a “Registered Sex Offender” and should not have been near the school.  Due to Officers Stein and Collins immediate response and investigation, a dangerous individual was removed from the streets and neighborhoods of our city.

Officer Jones is respected among his peers as one of the senior Officers on the night watch.  Officer Jones is an example of teamwork, hard work, diligence, and dedication to his community and this Department.  Examples of Officer Jones’ exceptional work in his areas of self-initiated arrests are taking a Robbery suspect into custody after obtaining a description from the victim.  In another incident Officer Jones took three Burglary suspects into custody based on an anonymous tip, and another when Officer Jones observed a Burglary in progess and after a short foot pursuit took a suspect into custody.

During the month of July Officer Jacob Stein along with Officer Chris Annis  performed CPR on an elderly male who suffered from a heart attack.  Officer Stein and Officer Annis were able to keep the subject alive until EMS arrived. 

On another occasion, Officer Stein after being involved in a vehicle accident where he was struck twice and spun around mutltiple times, was able to exit his damaged patrol car and pursue on foot a subject that was wanted for a carjacking.  Officer Stein was able to call out the subject’s location and assisted in his apprehension.

During the month of June, Officer Adrian Patton and Andrew Kleffner had a total 20 felony charges, 5 Misdemeanor and 12 ordinance violations.  They also currently lead the District in year-to-date totals.  A notable arrest for the month of June included the arrest for and recovery of 4 handguns (including two taken during a burglary from a home) the capture of two escapees and another for possession of 1/2 ounces of cocaine base substance.  In addition to the above self-initiated activitiy/arrests, the Officers were responsible for investigating and completing supplemental reports of all Assault 1st incidents in the 7th District.

Celebrate National Night Out 2010 on Tuesday, August 3rd.

During the Month of May Officer Jennifer Story and Officer Brooks Lindhorst were recommended as Officer of the Month for their outstanding performance in capturing a violent offender who was wanted for Domestic Assault 1st.   Officer Story and Officer Lindhorst utilizing their outstanding investigative skills were able to locate and arrest this violent offender who was wanted for shooting his girlfriend 5 times.

Officers Ryan Barone and George Henry performed their tasks with exceptional consistency in all areas of their assigned duties.  The highlight of ther self-initiated activity included the arrest of a subject for Assault 1st on a Law Enforcement Officer.  Within 24 hours they also took another subject into custody who was wanted on three counts of Assault 1st on a Law Enforcement Officer.                                                                    

There were other outstanding arrests to praise these Officers including a Domestic Assault 2nd, DWI, Trafficking 2nd and Domestic Assault 3rd.  Besides these accolades both Officers continually lead their platoon in traffic summonses and parking tags issued.  These impressive statistics were accomplished while still completing calls for service in their beat area.

Title: Norvelle Brown Scholarships
Description: 7th District Public Affairs Presents:
4 Scholarships to College
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 6/1/2010
End Time: 20:000