• Live Scan / Digital Mug Shot Project

• Mobile Data Project

• Monthly (September 2005) Department Statistics

• 2004 Yearly Department Statistics

 

      In August of 2004 the Auburn Police Department was awarded a competitive grant from the New York State Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) under the Byrne Grant Program for the Store and Forward Implementation Expansion Project.  The grant award was $45,790 with a matching fund amount of $15,263 provided by the Auburn Police Department for a total project cost of $61,053.   This project will allow the Auburn Police Department to implement Livescan Technology for the electronic capture and transmission of arrest fingerprints, data and mug shots to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. 

This technology will assist Auburn Police Officer's with the prompt processing of a defendant, accurately recording their fingerprints and mug shot in a digital format and then electronically sending these fingerprints to the states Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations where the fingerprints will be compared to other prints on file verifying the defendants identity and alerting the arresting Officer of any outstanding warrants within New York State and across the country.  This process and the response from DCJS will be received within a matter of minutes instead of the weeks a response would take when fingerprints were rolled with ink and sent through the mail.

The Auburn Police Department will be securely linked with Onondaga Counties "Store and Forward Server".  This among other features allows our Officers to access the mug shot database of all other agencies submitting through Onondaga's server.  These agencies include Onondaga County Sheriff's Department, Syracuse City Police Department, Camillus Police Department, Dewitt Police Department, Manlius Police Department, Oswego City and Sheriff's Departments, Baldwinsville Police Department, Cicero Police Department, Clay Police Department and SUNY Hospital Police.  With this added mug shot database searching capability, our Officers can more quickly identify criminals that come into our City from elsewhere.  Officers will also be able to pull up these mug shots from within their patrol cars using our Mobile Data Terminals which are installed in all Patrol vehicles.

The Auburn Police Department has chosen the vendor ComnetiX Computer Systems to supply our agency with the equipment and software technology necessary to complete this project.  ComnetiX principal business is the provision of advanced biometric, hardware-independent, FBI standards-based verification and identification software solutions. Since its inception in 1980, the company has become a leader in the development of state of the art networked criminal intelligence systems.  They currently have several installations operating in New York State.  They include Suffolk County, Albany Police Department, Erie County, Broome County Sheriff’s Department.

The Auburn Police Department is anticipating a grant contract to arrive from NYS DCJS in the near future and once this arrives our agency plans on the immediate purchase of the software and equipment needed to implement this project.  Our goal is to have this project in place and our staff trained by the beginning of January 2005.

     The Auburn Police Department recently was awarded $ 38,110 as a continuation of the COPS '98 federal technology grants for law enforcement. This award will allow the upgrade and completion of the Mobile Data Terminal (M.D.T.) Project Phase. This phase is but a portion of the Auburn Police Department's planned modernization and technology advancements for the new millennium. These planned advancements of using technology to increase law enforcement effectiveness allows individual police officers to lesson the amount of necessary paperwork and dedicate that saved time to be more proactive to community needs.

The award allows the police department to finish the installation of mobile data terminals in all patrol vehicles. It also allows for the purchase of 3 personal computers to enhance the system within the operations areas of the department. Since the inception of the M.D.T. project, the Auburn Police Department has benefited greatly from the enhanced ability of officers on the street to access the departments records management system for information. Addresses and descriptions of persons on files, outstanding warrants, motor vehicle information via state D.M.V. files, information on property owners and business owners and other information that is invaluable to street police operations, is now at the officers fingertips.

The M.D.T. Project has also enabled officers to complete routine reports in their patrol vehicles and download those reports onto a disk in the police cruiser. The disk is then downloaded and printed by personal computers at headquarters at the completion of the officer's shift. Officers can receive voiceless officer safety and general information from headquarters and can communicate sensitive information to headquarters and to other officers on the street through the messaging function.

Furthermore, the technology involved in the M.D.T.'S has freed dispatcher time by allowing the officer on the street to bypass the dispatcher to retrieve needed information. This enables the dispatch function to be less hectic during peak call loads and reduces stress levels in both the officers and the dispatch personnel.

The inception of E-911 within Cayuga County, in which the City of Auburn is located, is scheduled within eight to twelve months and should open further opportunities for linkage of mobile data technology on a county-wide basis with the County Sheriffs Office.  In the future, if funding sources are available, a complete transition to a networked system for the entire police building utilizing p.c. workstations, inclusive of all personnel, is envisioned. This networking will allow the flexibility of a p.c. Windows system to be linked to the present in-house records management system. The current records management system for the police department operates in an AS-400 environment and is available in the M.D.T. system in all patrol units.

The Uniformed Patrol Division responded to 107 motor vehicle accidents, issued 168 traffic tickets, made 7 driving while intoxicated arrests, executed 56 warrants of arrest, and served 29 subpoenas and court orders.  Uniformed officers responded to 114 incidents of domestic violence.  Responses to business and residential intrusion and hold-up alarms totaled 45.  Patrol Officers responded to 45 reported 911 hang-up calls dispatched through the Cayuga County E-911 Center.  Not included in this total are all 911 cell phone calls which connect to the State Police. 

Detective Bureau personnel were assigned 88 new cases, closed out 92 cases through investigation, petitioned 6 juvenile to Cayuga County Family Court, and arrested 8 adults for criminal activity.  Detective Bureau personnel made arrests for 16 felonies, and 29 misdemeanors.   The Detective Bureau received 4 domestic violence cases from patrol division for further investigation.  The Detective Bureau made arrests for 2 felonies, 6 misdemeanors and 2 violation resulting from those domestic cases referred from patrol which required additional investigation.                                                                                 

The 6th year of the School Resource Officer program commenced with the start of school in Auburn.  The five Officers assigned to the 8 public schools in Auburn acted on 35 incidents directed to them by school and police personnel during September's 18 days of the school year.

The Auburn Police Department's Child Safety Seat Initiative continued in which child safety seat inspections and fittings will be held at various locations throughout the summer months.  The Live-Scan Fingerprint Identification System was also placed into service.

The Auburn Police Department's Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit began checks of trucks traveling through the City for equipment violations, overweight violations, and driver's license issues.

Department personnel engaged in 6 presentations and Police building tours for various community groups. 

 Auburn Police Department Statistics For The Year 2004
Gary J. Giannotta, Chief Of Police

AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT 2004 Annual STATISTICS (CONTINUED)

The uniformed Patrol Division responded to 1,481 motor vehicle accidents, issued 2,186 uniform traffic tickets, made 100 driving while intoxicated arrests, executed 709 arrest warrants, served 609 court protection orders and subpoenas, and responded to 1,637 incidents of domestic violence.  Officers responded to 492 intrusion, panic, hold-up alarms from residences and businesses.  Patrol Officers also responded to 646 reported 911 hang-up call dispatched through the Cayuga County E-911 Center.  The Traffic Unit conducted both seat belt and aggressive driving enforcement details in cooperation with the New York State Police and the Cayuga County Sheriff's Department.  Department personnel engaged in 140 presentations and police building tours for various community groups.  The presentations included safety talks, child fingerprinting and ID card making along with K-9 demonstrations.  The 15th year of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), instructed by Police Officers, graduated 495 fifth grade students from both the public and parochial schools.  The fifteen year total of students graduating the D.A.R.E. program topped the 6,500 student mark with this years graduates.

DETECTIVE BUREAU NARRATIVE ACTIVITY

Detective Bureau personnel were assigned 1,249 new cases during the year, closed out 1,227 cases, closed 138 cases with an arrest of a perpetrator, petitioned 72 juveniles to Cayuga County Family Court, and arrested 98 adult perpetrators.   Detective Bureau personnel made arrests for 14 felonies, and 30 misdemeanors.

The Detective Bureau received 276 domestic violence cases for further follow-up from 1,637 domestic violence cases responded to by uniformed patrol.  Of the 276 domestic violence cases forwarded to the Detective Bureau, 77 were referred to other agencies and organizations for further action in the following numbers:  75 cases were referred to Domestic Violence Intervention Training, 2 cases were referred to the Cayuga County Child Protective unit.  Additionally, the Detective Bureau made 87 arrests for felonies and misdemeanors resulting from those cases referred from patrol.  The Detective Bureau was also assigned two homicide investigations which occurred on the same day in December.  One of the investigations was closed by arrest (Teri Whyte Homicide Case) and one remains unsolved at this time (John Beer Homicide Case).  Click on the following links for information regarding these cases.

COMMUNITY POLICING AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER INFORMATION

The Police Departments 5 School Resource Officers assigned to the 8 Auburn Schools reported 698 incidents requiring their services.  Included in those 698 incidents were issues involving personal injury to staff and students, student bullying, larcenies of property, criminal mischief, drug sales and disorderly behavior on school, property and mental health referrals which resulted in 41 adult or juvenile arrests.  The school based officers referred students and parents to appropriate school services and community service agencies for assistance.  The school based officers also made arrests for incidents involving criminal law violations in and around school property and school functions within the community.  The School Resource Officers also instructed students in alcohol abuse and dating violence prevention.