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Johnson County Sheriff’s Office

2010 Annual Report

Mission Statement: To provide citizens

with the highest level of law enforcement

in a fair and equitable manner. It is our

hope that the members of our community

will trust us to respond with respect and

compassion in their time of need. It is our

goal to work proactively with our citizens

to keep Johnson County a safe place to

live and work.



CIVIL DIVISION

Service Categories 2008 2009 2010

General Executions 1223 1433 1652

Real Estate Sales (Foreclosures) 70 68 123

Condemnations 0 1 0

Commitments 375 360 368

Evictions 153 137 133

Small Claims Original Notices 1377 1347 1407

District Court Original Notices 959 1161 1031

Orders 549 425 400

Notices 1615 1194 1657

Domestic Protective Orders 203 229 241

Subpoenas 664 576 505

Other 3223 3025 3293

TOTALS 10411 9956 10809

New in 2010 for Civil

It seems as though each year we have talked about the increase in Sheriff sales. This year again showed a significant increase, overall the numberof Sheriff sales have tripled in the last 5 years. Sheriff sales still affectall different areas of the economy which last year ranged from aresidential property which sold for $20,000 to development/commercialproperties which at sale brought in excess of $1,000,000.The other area which has continued to see moderate gains over the lastfew years are for General Executions. General Execution is the legalprocess in which businesses and individuals use to collect monies fromjudgment debtors who are not paying on their civil court judgments.The most common types of general execution are wage and bank garnishments.



COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

Calls for Service 2008 2009 2010 Total Calls for Service 69008 69060 32880

Total 911 Calls 24535 22827 10863

Total land line 911 calls 4532 3858 1550

Total Wireless 911 Calls 20003 18969 9313

EMD (Emergency Medical Dispatch) Calls

1185 1382 265

*These numbers reflect the 6 months that the Sheriff’s Office operated their ownCommunications Center and dispatched for Johnson County SO, Coralville PD,North Liberty PD, as well as Fire and EMS.

July 1 st, 2010 brought about big changes for theSheriff’s Office. Communications combined intothe Johnson County Joint EmergencyCommunications Center (JECC). The tendispatchers that we had and one supervisor

became a part of this new venture. JECCdispatches for all of Johnson County LawEnforcement, EMS, and Fire excluding theUniversity of Iowa Department of Public Safety.



JAIL DIVISION

Jail Statistics 2008 2009 2010

Average Daily Population 135.2 144.6 167.7

Jail Bookings 7363 7242 6681

Transports-Warrant 213 190 139

Transports-Juvenile 164 120 128

Transports-Mental 200 162 158

Transports-Overcrowding 927 770 865

Transports-Court Order 297 318 410

Transports-Other 40 20 6

Total Transports 1839 1580 1706

Total Mileage 136691 172292 138224

Transportation Costs $73813.14 $94761 $69112

Cost to House Inmates Outof County

$900,595 $947,216 $1,310,444

Mileage Rate Plus HousingCosts

$964,007 $1,047,391 $1,378,407

2010 has seen a 15.97 percent increase in average daily population despite a 7.74 percentdecrease in jail bookings. Total jail transports increased by 7.97 percent with the greatestincrease of 28.93 percent for court ordered transports.

The transporting of inmates to other county jails to relieve overcrowding & separation issues

increased by 12.33 percent. The Jail Inspector recommends this movement whenever requiredseparation cannot be met at the Johnson County Jail. Cost to house inmates out of countyincreased by 38 percent. This results in additional cots of $363,228.00.

With our communications center having been relocated this has opened up space within theSheriff’s Office to be utilized as a booking/intake area for housing newly arrested persons.The project has completed its planning phase and it is anticipated that construction will beginin 2011



Patrol Activity 2008 2009 2010

OWI Arrests 163 157 156

Speed Citations 1545 1855 1584

Stop Sign Citations 200 172 44

Seat Belt Citations 145 173 89

Assault Arrests 94 89 83

Accidents Investigated 453 420 458

Paula Tickets 81 111 79

Traffic Citations & 2714 3589 7202*

Warnings Total Calls for Service 12411 13829 14519

Hours of Training 2696 2495 2365

*This number reflects verbal warnings as well as written warnings. Verbal warnings werenot included in previous years stats.

Patrol Division The Patrol Division provides primary law enforce-ment protection for the unincorporated areas of Johnson County. Patrol also provides contractuallaw enforcement protection for Hills,Lone Tree, North Liberty, Oxford,Shueyville, Solon, Swisher, and Tiffin.Deputies are also responsible for patrol-ling 36 miles of interstate highways, 54miles of state highways, and 909 miles

of county roads. Specialty units withinthe Patrol Division include a K-9 unit,the Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team(SERT), Water Search and Rescue, andthe Johnson County Metro Bomb Squad.



Reserve Unit

During 2010 the men and women who comprise the JCSO Reserves

served a combined 3,435.25 hours between paid and volunteer shifts.This excludes the estimated 1000-1500 hours of training that werecompleted during the same time period. Volunteer time comprised 37%of the total hours, followed by Reservoir (paid) and 32% and other paidassignments at 31%. The increase in paid events compared to otheryears is partially due to the jump in contracted assignments andassistance requests from other agencies as well as the JCSO charging forevents that were done on a volunteer basis in the past. Theseassignments included Solon Beef Days, Lone Tree Fall Festival, TiffinFest, Regina Fall Fun Fest, Johnson County 4H Fair, and U of I

Football games. Some highlights for the year included providing trafficcontrol for President Obama’s motorcade, certification of 12 reserves bythe Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, ILEA, as Reserve Peace Officers,certification of five personnel by ILEA as bike patrol officers, and ateam of Mike Sieverding, Josh Kirchner, and Jeff Wells placing secondin the State Reserve Officers Competition Shoot at ILEA.

In 2011 we strive to do the following: Increase the number of volunteer hours donated Support all divisions of the JCSO as requested Use the Bike Patrol program as a community relations tool and

establish it as a key community policing program and integralpart of providing enforcement and presence at town festivals andthe 4H Fair

Provide more regular reserve presence in the Jail and on Patrol Ensure that persons who are eligible are able to become weapons

qualified so that they may continue to advance within the ReserveUnit

Encourage JCSO Reserves to join the Iowa State Reserve OfficersAssociation and attend their trainings and meetings to betterunderstand legislation affecting Reserves in the State of Iowa

Determine if there is a potential for shared resources or trainingopportunities with other area reserve units



Offense 2008 2009 2010 Liquor Law Violations 131 111 127

OWI 163 158 156

Public Intoxication 81 84 84

Family Offenses 10 7 9

Bad Checks 4 2 3

Trespass 8 5 10 All Other Offenses 251 248 280

UCR Reportable Offenses

“A” Offenses * Offense 2008 2009 2010

Arson 4 3 2 Aggravated Assaults 57 55 47

Assault Simple 37 34 36

Burglary 94 71 122

Criminal Mischief 64 67 45

Drug Violations 81 80 88

Kidnapping 0 0 0

Robbery 0 2 0

Murder 1 1 1

Sexual Offenses 23 28 25

Thefts 107 151 86

Larceny of Motor Vehicle 21 13 12 Entice/Exploitation—Child 1 0 0

“B” Offenses *

*These numbers reflect the many cases investigated by our patrol and investigative divisions.

Firearms Permits 2008 2009 2010

Permits to Purchase 825 1067 996

Concealed Permits 256 408 552

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