Page 11 - 2018 Overland Park Police Department Annual Report - Thursday
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  Training
Operations Bureau- Patrol
It is important our officers are well trained in the areas of fair and impartial policing, interviewing, evidence collection and working with the mentally ill by training our officers, as crisis intervention team (CIT) members. Every officer receives annual training in the area of fair and impartial policing. As a division, 48% of all patrol personnel are trained as CIT members. In 2019, we intend to send an additional 10 members to CIT training. With regard to trained evidence technicians, 32% of patrol personnel have received 40 hours or more specialized evidence collection training. Our goal is to increase that by 10% in 2019. The ability to interview is a foundational skill for officers. Currently 37% of our patrol officers have attended an advanced interview course. We intend to send 12 more officers to the advanced course in 2019.
Activity
Patrol handles the majority of the calls for service and enforcement activities. In 2018, the patrol division handled 78% of calls for service, made 72% of all arrests, issued 16,745 traffic citations, and made 410 DUI arrests. Of the 52,041 calls for service, 42% required a multiple officer response. In total, the patrol division handled 126,696 police events in 2018. These events include traffic stops, building checks, area checks, citizen contacts, pedestrian checks, abandoned vehicles, and so forth. **
Report writing is a crucial piece of our work as it allows for case investigations and convictions in court. This past year, Patrol officers wrote 15,554 reports, 27,475 supplements and 1036 Field Interview Forms, contributing to 87% of all incident reports submitted at the Police Department.**
     ** Data source: QliKview/CAU
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