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Home My WebLink AboutReport of the Police Department November 2009.PDFVEii8age ef #ayuga H'c$ghts Po33,ee #epartmemt Thomas Chief of @ L" Boyce Police 836 Hanshaw Road . lthaca, New York 1 4850-1 590 ' Phone: (607) 257'1011 E-mail: tboyce@cayuga-heights.ny.us' Fax: (607) 257'3474 December l,2009 To: The Honorable Mayor Gilmore Members of the Board of Trustees Village of Cayuga Heights Re: Report of the Police Department for Novembe r 2009 For the month of November, there were 110 complaints reported to the police department. There were also 5 motor vehicle accidents investigated. There were 17 traffrc tickets issued and 5 parking tickets written as well. Forthe month of November, there was one felony complaint for Robbery along with an Assault. Officers were dispatched to meet with a victim who wanted to report a robbery and assault. The victim stated that while he was walking between Comell and his home, two unknown males came up behind him and told him to give them his belongings. As the victim was doing so, one of the suspects assaulted him and then both suspects ran from the scene with all of his belongings. The victim was transported to CMC for treatment of minor injuries. The suspects are unknown and the investigation continues. There were 7 misdemeanors repofted: one for petit larceny, five for criminal mischief and one for scheme to defraud. A local landlord advised she was missing some belongings after former tenants moved from the rental unit. It was reported that a mailbox had been missing and later found vandalized.It was also reported by a few different people that their mail had been taken ftom their mailboxes and strewn about on the street near their homes. The officer recovered some of the mail, although some of it was missing and some had been opened. During another incident, an officer responded to several reports ofdamaged bicycles parked at the same area in an apartment complex. The suspect has been found and is taking full responsibility for his actions. An officer was notified that there was vandalism to a T-Cat bus stoo. The officer found someone had spray painted the bus stop. There are no known suspects. A resident reported criminal mischief around a home he is remodeling. The suspects had taken nails and tools and thrown them around the area near the home. The suspects had also vandalized some properry. An officer took a report of an attempted fraud. An elderly female received a phone call from someone claiming to be a family member and asking her for money. The female did not send any money and contacted the police department right away. There was one violation reported for disorderly conduct. An officer took a report of a petitioner wearing a deer suit, holding a sign at an intersection near their home that advised passerby's to honk if they don't want deer killed. The victim was upset because he had children trying to sleep in a house nearby, but kept waking up to the sounds of horns honking. Two village ordinance complaints were received: one for dog control and one for people being in the park after hours. There was one vehicle and traffic complaint, for DWI. During the month of November there were ninety-seven miscellaneous complaints reported to this department. Chief Boyce and Sgt Steinmetz attended a presentation titled Shooting @ American Civic Assosication April 3, 2009. This was presented by the Binghamton Police Chief and was an overview of the events that occuned on that day. On 11117109, Sgt Steinmetz aftended the public un-veiling of the new IPI) SWAT/CiNT truck, He was there to represent CHPD and also as a member of the CINT team. On lll13l09, Sgt Steinmetz attended the counties multi-agency Investigators meeting. The agenda for the meeting was for them to go over active cases throughout the county" On l1ll9/09, Sgt Steinmetz attended CINT Team Training. The topic for this training was familiarization on the new SWAT/CINT truck. Sgt Steinmetz also attended the monthly Stop DWI Advisory Board meetingthat day. Also on l1119/09, Sgt Steinmetz attended an open, public forum at Cornell University along with IPD Chief and Comell University Chief. They discussed and answered questions from the Cornell community about student safety issues. On lll07l09, Officer Lanning took part in a presentation to the New York State Association of School Nurses as a presenter on the topic of school safety. The presentation dealt with the development of a school emergency plan, as well as procedures for specific responses. On llll2/09, Officer Lanning attended a one hour session on the Cornell University Translator program that is available for the PD to use when dealing with the diverse population in Ithaca who do not speak English. The session explained how to go about obtaining an interpreter or translator who may be able to help in different situations. During the month of November, the full time offrcers worked 37.5 hours of overtime and the part time officers worked 178 hours. Shcerely, Thomas L. Boyce Chief of Police UTT Report by Date From 1 111l20jg to 11/30/2009 Date Offense Location MPH MPH Zone rr/23/2009 1r/22/2049 rL/L9/2OO9 LLlrt/2009 tL/7t12009 t7/t0/2009 rL/08/2009 Lr/08/2009 tt/08/2oo9 LL/08l2OOg Lr/06/2009 rL/os/2009 Lr/05/2OO9 tL/04/2OO9 LL/04/2009 LL/03/2009 rr/03/2009 DISOBEYED TMFFIC CONTROL DEVICE FLD TO YLD RT-OF-WAY @ STOP SIGN OPERATING WITHOUT INSURANCE DISOBEYED TMFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OPERATING WITHOUT INSURANCE IJNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE IJNLICENSED OPERATOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED (MISD) DISOBEYED TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE DROVE ACROSS HAZARD MARKING FLD/NOTIFY DMV CHANGE OF ADDRESS OP MV. MOBILE PHONE OPEMTING WITHOUT INSURANCE UNINSPECTED MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING WITHOUT INSURANCE FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY DRIVING TO LFT OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS CAYUGA HEIGHTS ROAD CAYUGA HEIGHTS RD 4OO HANSHAW RD 7OO TRIPHAMMER RD 7OO TRIPHAMMER RD HANSHAW ROAD N TRIPHAMMER RD HANSHAW ROAD N TRIPHAMMER RD HANSHAW ROAD RTOUE 13 NB 7OO TRIPHAMMER RD 7OO TRIPHAMMER RD 7OO TRIPHAMMER RD 7OO TRIPHAMMER RD PLEASANT GROVE ROAD PLEASANT GROVE ROAD Summarv Query returned 17 records. Thursday, December 03, 2009 Page 1 of 1 VIOLATION 7c LL#1-96 7c LL#L-96 7d LL#r_-96 7d LL#1-96 7d LL#1-96 CAYUGA HEIGHTS POLICE DEPT. PARKING TICKETS TSSUED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER LOCALE 7OO TRIPHAMMER 7OO TRIPHAMMER HIGHGATE RD 5].9 WYCKOFF RD HIGHGATE RD RD r(IJ TBLL#r-96 TCLL#T-96 7D LL#1-96 1202-lB 1202-3(B) 1224 t203-c-4 306B t20r-A No Parking Zone Wrong Side to Road Edge Overnight Parking 2am- 6am On Sidewalk Fire Hydrant Abandoned Vehicle HandicappedZone Uninspected Vehicle Parked on Pavement