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February 4, 2016
To: The Honorable Mayor Supron
Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights
Re: Report of the Police Department for January, 2016
In the month of January the police department received 526 calls for service (note the significant increase in incident
numbers. This is due to a county wide decision to document all officer initiated vehicle and traffic stops.) In addition to
these calls 160 uniform traffic tickets were issued and 7 parking violation was cited. A breakdown of the calls for service
is as follows:
3 felony Burglary complaints were reported. 1 complaint was of a non-forced entry into an apartment. Several items
were reported missing keys to a vehicle and a wallet. This was an isolated incident, and the investigation is on-going. A
second complaint was reported as a resident’s unsecured garage being entered to access their unlocked vehicle. The only
item reported missing were a pair of sunglasses. The final report consisted of a resident reporting that cash had been
taken from a lock box that was in their desk while they were away over winter break from college. There are no suspects
in any of these cases.
13 penal law misdemeanor offenses were handled, 1 for Fraud and 12 for Larceny. The fraud complaint was reported by a
resident that stated their credit card had been used in NYC by an unauthorized unknown user. Charges applied to the card
were in excess of $4000.00. The bank reversed the charges to the account and a police report was requested for bank
purposes. The 12 reports of larceny were all thefts from a motor vehicle. Residents’ stated that in the overnight hours, an
unknown subject had entered their unsecured vehicles and taken items, specifically small amounts of loose change. There
are no suspects in this case. An eNews blast was sent out to village residents encouraging them to be vigilant and to lock
homes and vehicles and keep valuable items out of sight.
8 vehicle and traffic stops led to 10 misdemeanor charges. 3 Driving While Intoxicated 1st, 1 Operating a MV with .08 of
1% Alcohol, 2-Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a MV 2nd, 3-Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle
3rd, and 1-Suspended Registration.
3 Penal Law violations were handled, 2 for Drugs and 1 for Trespass. In each of the 2 drug incidents, a vehicle and traffic
stop the driver and passenger were found to be in possession of marijuana. Both were arrested and each charged with
Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.
1 Local Law violation for Noise was received. A resident reported that an upstairs neighbor was being loud and jumping
up and down. The officer notified the land lord who stated they would be in contact with the other tenant to rectify the
situation.
There were 3 Motor vehicle accidents investigated, none of which involved deer.
There were 2 other incidents reported involving deer. The first came in as an assist to the County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputy’s asked for CHPD officers to respond to the incident to retrieve the deer tags from a deceased deer. The second
incident came in from a resident who reported that there was a decea sed deer in their back yard. The officer responded to
the location and notified Cayuga Heights DPW for removal of the deer.
In summary, 10 persons were arrested and the following 12 charges were filed: 3-Driving While Intoxicated 1st, 1-
Operating a Motor Vehicle with .08 of 1% alcohol in the blood, 2- Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, 2 Aggravated
Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 2nd, 3-Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd, 1-Suspended
Registration.
Over the course of this month police department members took part in the following trainings and events: On the 13th and
14th Chief James Steinmetz attended a Command and Team Tactics training in Oriskany, NY. January 19th-the 29th, all
full time officers took part in Reality Based Training (RBT) offered through the combined efforts of the county police
departments.
The full time officers worked a total of 74.5 hours of overtime and the part time officers worked a total of 216.5 hours.
Sincerely,
Chief James Steinmetz