MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CHANGES IN PAST THREE YEARS HERE ARE A FEW:
1. WE HAVE ADDED TWO FULL TIME OFFICERS TO THE FORCE
2. ONE OF THE NEW POSITIONS FILLED BY OUR 1 ST FEMALE OFFICER (THE 15T IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT)
3. WE DEVELOPED A RESERVE POLICE PROGRAM
4. WE ADDED A DRUG K-9 UNIT "
5. WE ADDED A SECOND DETECTIVE WHICH ALLOWS US TO HAVE A DETECTIVE ON BOTH DAY AND SECOND SHIFT.
6. WE HAVE TRAINED AND EQUIPPED TWO CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS THEY WERE EQUIPPED BY FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING AND RECEIVED THE SAME TRAINING AS STATE POLICE TECHNICIANS.
{THIS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ENABLING US TO WORK ALL SERIOUS CRIMES INCLUDING DEATH homicide INVESTIGATIONS).
7. UPGRADED 911 TO ENHANCED E911 WITH DIGITAL MAPPING FOR LOCATING CALLERS
8. UPGRADED TO DIGITAL RECORDING OF ALL PHONE AND RADIO TRAFFIC
9. PURCHASED OUR OWN
IIDACS/NCIC COMPUTER THIS IS A
(THIS SYSTEM ALSO ALLOWS TO COMMUNICATE NATIONWIDE WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT)
10. SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN AREAS OF HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS/POLICE SNIPER/AND SCHOOL INCIDENTS.
11. PURCHASED OUR OWN POLYGRAPH. WE NOW HAVE A TRAINED AND CERTIFIED LPD POLYGRAPH EXAMINER ON STAFF.
12. THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REMODELED FROM THE DISPATCH AREA, THE CHIEF AND DETECTIVES OFFICES AND OUR MEETING/TRAINING ROOM. (THE MAJORITY OF ALL WORK WAS DONATED BY OUR POLICE OFFICERS)