Vancouver Police Department Overview

Vancouver Police Department

• Chief James McElvain

• 190 Police Officers

• 24.5 Non-Sworn Staff

• Annual Budget $38.6 M

Mission We partner with the community to preserve life, protect property and enhance livability through equitable law enforcement and effective use of resources. Vision To reflect the rich diversity of Vancouver and make it the safest city for everyone to live, work, and play Motto Valor Professionalism Duty

Vancouver Police Department

VPD Areas of Operations

Patrol • Neighborhood

Response Teams • Special Operations &

Tactics • Traffic Enforcement &

Collision • Investigations • 911 Response &

Proactive Enforcement • Neighborhood Police

Officers

Investigations • Investigate Crimes

Against Persons • Investigate Property

Crimes • Drug Investigations • Crime Analysis, Intel,

and Vanstat • Evidence & Property • Logistics & Equipment

Outreach • Public Information &

Media • Recruitment • Outreach Programs • Diversity Advisory

Council • Schools & Youth

Engagement • Volunteer Mobilization

Administration • Training and

Certification • Professional

Standards • Audit and Public

Disclosure • Backgrounds

Investigations

VPD Precincts and Districts

VPD ORGANIZATION – Division Level

VPD ORGANIZATION

Public Information / Admin Support

Media releases

vanpolice.org

Facebook Twitter

Nextdoor

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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT

• Internal affairs complaints

• Use of force, vehicle pursuits and collisions

• Public records requests

• Policies and procedures

In 2015, reviewed:

• 72 complaints • 260 uses of force • 21 vehicle accidents • 15 vehicle pursuits • 98 VPD commendations

Community Outreach

• Chief’s Diversity Advisory Team

• Vancouver Police Activities League

• Shop with a Cop

• Nautilus Holiday Helpers

• Special Olympics

• Community Events

Administrative Division

Training

• Crisis intervention training • Hosted training • Career development • Field training program

Recruitment & Backgrounds

Officer Michael Conrad and Chief McElvain

Case Management

The department created 20,455 original police reports and 5,731 follow-up reports last year

Evidence

VPD’s evidence facility currently holds over 46,000 items of evidence

Finance, Logistics & Alarms

• Procurement • Equipment • Fleet management • Facilities • Inventory

Volunteer Coordination

Neighbors On Watch (NOW) volunteers: 131

Support Team volunteers : 14

Total volunteers: 145 Total volunteer hours: 10,317

INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION

Digital Evidence

Investigate and forensic unit consisting of three detectives. • Cybercrimes • Child exploitation • Sex offender monitoring • Missing persons

Child Predator & Sex Offender Monitoring

http://www.city-data.com/so/so-Vancouver-Washington.html

Children’s Justice Center

A multidisciplinary team comprised of public and private agencies coordinating a

comprehensive response when a child abuse crime has been committed.

Property Crimes

• Burglary

• Fraud

• Forgery

• Theft

• Embezzlement

• And other related

crimes

Major Crimes

Elder Justice Center

• Discovery and prosecution of perpetrators of vulnerable adult and elder abuse.

• Supported by representatives from Adult Protective Services, law enforcement officers, a deputy prosecuting attorney, a victim advocate, a program coordinator and community volunteers.

Arson

The Arson unit is comprised of personnel from the Vancouver Police Department and the Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office

Domestic Violence

The Domestic Violence Unit works within the Domestic Violence Prosecution Center on domestic violence crimes

Drug Task Force / Gang Task Force

Drug Task Force: identify, investigate and disrupt/dismantle drug trafficking organizations in and throughout the Vancouver-Clark County area.

Gang Unit: identifies and targets for prosecution organized crime groups and violent street gangs

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

Traffic

• Currently a five-person unit: 1 Sergeant and 3 Officers

• Major traffic collision investigation and reconstruction

• Responsive to complaints regarding school zones, pedestrian and bicycle safety,

impaired and distracted driving, speeding and other neighborhood traffic complaints

Canine

Officer Chris Douville and Doc

• VPD has four canine teams, when fully staffed and operational

Explosive Device & Bomb Unit

Portland Metro Explosive Disposal Unit (MEDU) team provides region-wide response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents.

SWAT SWAT

Missions include high-risk warrant service, barricaded subjects, hostage situations, high-risk apprehensions, dignitary protection details, security details, and assisting with arrest warrant sweeps.

Crisis Negotiation Team/ Tactical EMS

CNT includes five members from the Vancouver Police Dept. and five from the Clark Co. Sheriff’s Office

OPERATIONS BUREAU

Patrol

2015 Dispatched Officer Self Events Initiated Events Q1 14,772 13,637 Q2 16,504 11,585 Q3 17,497 11,795 Q4 15,815 10,400

Neighborhood Police Officers

Four NPOs, one assigned to each of the four VPD districts

Neighborhood Response Team

• One NRT in each Precinct

• In 2015: 417 felony arrests 167 misdemeanor arrests 117 search warrants served

School Resource Officers

Five VPD officers

assigned as School

Resource Officers:

• Three in the

Evergreen School

District

• Two in the

Vancouver School

District

Police Service Technicians

Civilian personnel located at both the East & West Precinct locations

Crime Analysis

Performance Gaps

• Traffic Unit

• Property Crimes Investigations

• Crime Analysis

• Community Outreach

Lieutenant Scott Creager (360) 487-7501 scott.creager@cityofvancouver.us