City Council Meeting Date: November 7, 2023
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Mark Elliott, Police Chief
Subject:
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Quarterly Police Report, Quarter 3, 2023
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council will receive the quarterly report from the Police Chief on public safety activity in Northfield during the third quarter of 2023.
Summary Report:
For Quarter 3, 2023 which covers the time period of July 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023 the police department responded to 7159 Calls For Service (CFS). This was a 10% decrease from last quarter Q2 2023, and a 15% decrease from last year Q3 2022. The attachments included in this item show the calls for service in Group A crimes (more serious) and Group B crimes (less serious) as classified by the FBI NIBRS crime index.
National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS). National Incident-Based Reporting System is an incident-based reporting system used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes. Local, state and federal agencies generate NIBRS data from their records management systems and report this information to the FBI.
The Quarterly Police Report is a presentation delivered by the Police Chief to the City Council that started in 2022. The intent of this report is to give a quarterly update to the City Council on public safety statistics and information. A brief presentation will be given along with a copy of the presentation in the council agenda materials.
The addition of the Data Coordinator position in the police department in 2022 has given the police department the operational capacity to research, track, and compile this data and make it available for presentation to the City Council and the public on a regular basis. This information will assist the Police Department in meeting the goals of transparency in the work the officers do and the types of calls for service that occur in the cit...
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