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Submitted by:
Harvey Becker
Chief of Police
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Purpose Statement
The staff of the Goose Creek Police Department is committed to:
Developing and promoting exemplary personal character, professional integrity,
and a sense of honorable service within ourselves.
Establishing peaceful neighborhoods by providing coactive law enforcement and
building vital, trust-based relationships.
Mission Statement
As the enforcement arm of the City government, the Goose Creek Police
Department seeks to serve the needs of its people, businesses and community
institutions for a safe, secure and orderly environment by maintaining law and
order, preserving the peace and interceding to bring lawbreakers to justice.
The police department fulfills its mission by ensuring that the highest quality of
service is provided at all times and in every instance and by the demonstrated
commitment of police leadership to serve the staff and their families through the
promotion of positive character qualities.
Investing time and energy into the development of positive character qualities will
enable employees to successfully respond to life situations and establish trustbased relationships in their professional and personal lives.
Adopted June 1997
Revised June 24, 1997
Revised August 31, 2005
Department Staffing
The police department was authorized 65 sworn officers and 27 full-time civilians
during 2016 as follows:
Chief Executive Officer (1):
1 – Chief of Police
Assistant Chief Executive Officer (1)
1 – Assistant Chief of Police (Major)
Upper Management and Command Personnel (3):
1 – Field Services Division Commander (Captain)
1 – Support Services Division Commander (Captain)
1 – Administrative Services Division Commander (Captain)
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Middle Management and First Line Supervisors (15):
3 – Uniformed Patrol Team Supervisors (Lieutenants)
1 – Traffic Team Supervisor (Lieutenant)
1 – Criminal Investigations Supervisor (Lieutenant)
1 – Training Supervisor (Lieutenant)
1 – OPS Supervisor/Investigator/Polygraph Examiner (Lieutenant)
1 – School Resource Officer (SRO) Supervisor (Lieutenant)
6 – Uniformed Assistant Patrol Team Supervisors (Sergeants)
1 – Strategically Assigned Officer (SAO) Supervisor (Sergeant)
Patrol Officers (30):
30 – Uniformed Patrol Officers
Traffic Officers (4):
4 – Uniformed Traffic Officers (2 are assigned a K-9 working dog)
Special Services Officers (5):
2 – School Resource Officers (SROs)
2 – Strategically Assigned Officers (SAOs)
Investigative Personnel (7):
7 – Investigators
Civilian Support Staff (27):
1 – Communications Supervisor
4 – Lead Communications Specialists
8 – Communications Specialists
2 – Community Service Specialists
1 – Lead Records Clerk
2 – Records Clerks
1 – Administrative Assistant
1 – Crime Analyst
2 – Animal Control Officers
1 – Custodian
1 – Crime Prevention Specialist
2 – Crime Scene and Evidence Custodians
1 – Victim Advocate
The department employed part-time and volunteer employees as follows:
Volunteer Employees (2):
1 – Senior Police Chaplain
1 – Police Chaplain
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Command Staff
Harvey Becker
Chief of Police
John Grainger
Major
Assistant Chief of Police
Dave Aarons
Captain
Administrative Services Division
Dave Soderberg
Captain
Support Services Division
Shawn Laffey
Captain
Field Services Division
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Jurisdiction and Service Population
According to U.S. Census Bureau the latest population estimate for the City of
Goose Creek is 40,633 (2015 estimate).
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Personnel Turnover
The police department experienced a 18% turnover of sworn personnel and a
26% turnover of civilian personnel in 2016. Four previous years’ numbers are
included below for reference:
Sworn Personnel
Civilian Personnel
40%
60%
30%
45%
30%
20%
18%
10%
12%
15%
14%
18%
0%
0%
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
26%
23%
15%
8%
2012
2013
12%
15%
2014
2015
2016
Promotions
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Effective January 1, 2016, the agency was restructured to consist of three
major divisions each commanded by a captain, administrative services,
support services, and field services.
Effective with the restructuring of January 1, 2016, John Grainger was
promoted from the rank of captain to the rank of major with the title of
Assistant Chief of Police.
Awards and Recognition
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PFC Justin Hart named Police Officer of the Year and overall Citywide
Employee of the Year.
Crime Analyst Allison Gibson was named Police Department Civilian
Employee of the Year.
Chaplain Jason Strong was named Police Department Volunteer of the
Year.
Officer Lindsay Wright was named Knights of Columbus #11991 Officer of
the Year.
Metro North Presbyterian Church of America – Recognized the entire
police department with its annual appreciation breakfast.
K-9 Team PFC Gregory Jones and K-9 Dax, and PFC Ted Davis all
received the Award of Merit from the F.O.P. Tri-County Lodge # 3 on April
30, 2016.
On April 8, 2016, Investigator Guy “Mike” Riccio retired after more than
fifteen years of service with the GCPD.
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Points of Interest
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Purchased eight (8) new vehicles.
Nine (9) agency members participated in the 10th annual “Real Men Read”
program at Westview Elementary School, November 22, 2016.
Six (6) agency members participated in the annual “Toys for Tots”
campaign on Christmas morning.
On April 9, 2016, GCPD sponsored its 31st annual bike-a-thon and raised
$6,156.93 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
October 8, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall near McClellanville as
a category one (1) hurricane.
November 30, 2016, Chief Becker outlined the agency’s staffing crisis at a
City Council workshop resulting in the forfeiture of a two-officer traffic
safety grant.
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Field Services
Division
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Staffing and Service Delivery
The Field Services Division was led by a captain, 4 lieutenants, and 7 sergeants,
and was allocated 36 officers. Twenty-four hour coverage of the City is provided
by overlapping 10 hour shifts as follows:
Day Shift
Evening Shift
Midnight Shift
Shifts are staffed using an A and B squad configuration as follows (refer to
organizational chart on page 2 for squads):
S
M
T
W
Team 2A
Team 3A
Team 4A
Team 2A
Team 3A
Team 4A
Team 2B
Team 3B
Team 4B
Team 2B
Team 3B
Team 4B
Team 2B
Team 3B
Team 4B
Team 2B
Team 3B
Team 4B
Team 2A
Team 3A
Team 4A
Team 2A
Team 3A
Team 4A
T
F
S
Team 2B
Team 3B
Team 4B
Team 2A
Team 2B
Team 3A
Team 3B
Team 4A
Team 4B
Team 2A
Team 3A
Team 4A
Team 2A
Team 3A
Team 4A
Team 2A
Team 2B
Team 3A
Team 3B
Team 4A
Team 4B
Team 2B
Team 3B
Team 4B
(Typical 2 week pay period)
Teams rotate shifts every 7th Thursday. The shift rotation pattern is midnight to
evening, evening to day, and day to midnight.
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Calls for Service
The Field Services Division answered 72,876 calls for service in 2016 (-3%). Of
the total calls for service, 31 (+7%) were calls from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s
Office requesting mutual aid assistance to incidents in their jurisdiction where
they had not yet arrived on-scene or could not respond due to man-power
shortages. Previous years are included for reference.
Calls for Service (-3%)
100,000
House Watch Checks are included in Calls for Service
75,000
Mutual Aid Provided (+7%)
40
31
30
71,083
73,075
67,504
74,857
29
72,876
50,000
20
25,000
10
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
0
7
4
2012
3
2013
2014
2015
2016
Response Times
Response times for 2016 were 6 minutes and 55 seconds (-7 sec.) nonemergency and 2 minutes and 47 seconds (-16 sec.) emergency. Four previous
years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Non-Emergency Calls For Service
Minutes/Seconds (-7 sec.)
8:00
6:00
8:00
6:42
7:02
6:18
6:55
6:16
4:00
Emergency Calls for Service
Minutes/Seconds (-16 sec.)
6:00
4:00
3:58
3:46
3:07
3:03
2:00
2:00
2:47
0:00
0:00
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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Crime Reporting and Enforcement
The Field Services Division wrote the majority of the department’s 4,413 (-0.3%)
incident reports related to criminal and non-criminal incidents in 2016. Four
previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Department-wide Incident Reports Written
Based on Original Reports (not added supplements)
(-0.3%)
6,000
4,500
3,000
3,814
4,055
4,410
4,556
4,413
2014
2015
2016
1,500
0
2012
2013
There were a total of 2,551 (-5%) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) offenses in
2016. Four previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
UCR Reportable Offenses
(-5%)
4,000
3,000
2,000
2,223
2,320
2,381
2012
2013
2014
2,688
2,551
2015
2016
1,000
0
Fifty-five percent of UCR reportable cases were cleared department-wide in
2016. Four previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
100%
UCR Reportable Offenses Cleared
(-9%)
75%
50%
25%
59%
61%
60%
2013
2014
2015
55%
38%
0%
2012
2016
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The following are the Part I Offenses (to include the UCR Code), with 5 year
comparisons:
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
% Change
Aggravated Assault (13A)
60
58
50
77
96
25%
Arson (200)
Breaking and Entering
(Structure) (220)
Criminal Sexual Conduct
(11A-11D)
Larceny
(23A&B and 23D-H)
5
4
9
6
6
0%
173
194
153
201
167
-17%
51
50
43
52
44
-15%
489
476
486
528
564
7%
70
55
56
51
55
8%
Murder (09A)
2
1
1
1
3
200%
Robbery (120)
22
19
19
28
24
-14%
Total
872
857
817
944
959
2%
Motor Vehicle Theft (240)
Part I Offenses Cleared
100%
75%
50%
25%
28%
35%
28%
26%
12%
0%
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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Also included in the total reports written are the following 2016 offenses with four
previous years’ numbers included for reference:
Domestic Violence (+1%)
Includes UCR Codes 13A & 13B
300
Total Assaults (-7%)
Includes URC Codes 13A & 13B
600
598
450
225
208
150
192
201
185
487
483
480
2012
2013
2014
204
300
150
75
0
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Shoplifting (-43%)
300
249
2016
UCR Code 90J
80
72
60
305
305
283
2015
Trespassing (+1%)
UCR Code 23C
400
200
554
73
63
40
37
173
100
38
20
0
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2012
B & E Vehicle (-15%)
2014
2015
2016
Disturbing School (-41%)
UCR Code 23F
200
2013
UCR Code 90C
60
182
150
143
154
139
45
41
100
30
34
94
30
15
50
26
17
0
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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Forgery & Credit Card Fraud (-33%)
Vandalism (+4%)
UCR Codes 250 & 26B
400
400
300
300
UCR Code 290
286
200
261
254
2013
2014
200
100
94
116
296
2015
2016
100
125
93
285
84
0
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2012
2016
The Field Services Division made the majority of the department’s 1,341 (-12%)
arrests in 2016. Four previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Department-wide Arrests (-12%)
2,000
1,500
1,000
1,528
1,252
1,357
1,341
1,053
500
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Traffic Collisions
There were 1,659 (+3%) traffic collisions investigated during calendar year 2016.
Four previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Total Traffic Collisions (+3%)
2,000
1,500
1,000
1,229
1,605
1,659
2015
2016
1,359
1,134
500
0
2012
2013
2014
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Traffic collisions were investigated both on roadways and private property. A
breakdown of traffic collisions by location with four previous years as reference is
as follows:
Roadway Collisions
(+7%)
Private Property Collisions
(-10%)
500
1,300
1,056
950
375
1,386
1,301
250
1,140
918
303
300
302
2012
2013
2014
2015
273
125
600
2012
312
2013
2014
2015
0
2016
2016
There were a total of 3 (-40%) traffic related fatalities from 3 separate collisions
investigated in 2016. Alcohol was not a factor in any of the three collisions. Four
previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Traffic Related Fatalities
8
6
5
4
2
3
2
2
2
2012
2013
2014
0
2015
2016
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Traffic Enforcement
There were 8,083 (-13%) traffic stops conducted and 6,640 (-4%) traffic tickets
issued by patrol and traffic officers. Four previous years’ numbers are included
below for reference:
Traffic Stops (-13%)
Traffic Tickets Issued (-4%)
12,000
12,000
10,503
9,000
9,000
9,275
7,955
8,083
8,006
6,000
6,000
7,225
6,911
6,972
6,640
4,915
3,000
3,000
0
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2012
2016
2013
2014
2015
2016
Patrol and traffic officers arrested 86 (+15%) motorists for driving under the
influence (DUI) in 2016. Four previous years’ numbers are included below for
reference:
DUI Arrests (+15%)
160
149
120
115
80
99
75
86
40
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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Parking Enforcement
There were 31 (-47%) parking tickets issued in 2016.
numbers are included below for reference:
Four previous years’
Parking Tickets Issued (-47%)
150
129
75
78
81
58
31
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Community Services
The Field Services Division provided a variety of community services, many of
which are reported by the Administrative Services Division. Some highlights of
these services are unlocking citizen vehicles, house-watch checks, and issuing
crime prevention notices informing citizens they could have been the victim of
crime.
Patrol officers and community service specialists unlocked 702 (-3%) citizen
vehicles in 2016. Four previous years’ numbers are included below for
reference:
Citizen Vehicles Unlocked (-3%)
1,000
750
500
660
675
649
721
702
2013
2014
2015
2016
250
0
2012
Patrol officers and community service specialists checked 8,983 (-27%) homes of
vacationing citizens in 2016. Four previous years’ numbers are included below
for reference:
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Number of Houses Checked (-27%)
14,000
12,376
10,500
10,560
10,677
10,572
2012
2013
2014
8,983
7,000
3,500
0
2015
2016
Patrol officers issued 1,798 (-27%) crime prevention notices advising citizens that
they could have been victims of crime. Four previous years’ numbers are
included below for reference:
Crime Prevention Notices Issued (-27%)
12,000
11,994
9,000
6,000
7,313
3,000
3,003
2,472
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
1,798
2016
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Support Services
Division
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Staffing and Service Delivery
The Support Services Division was led by a police captain and 2 lieutenants and
was allocated 9 sworn officers and 5 civilian support staff members.
The Criminal Investigations Bureau experienced a dramatic reduction in
manpower hours in 2016 due to the retirement of one investigator in April with no
replacement until October 2016, a second investigator going out on FMLA in
June and resigning in September 2016 with no replacement, a third Investigator
going out on FMLA in September through the end of the year with no
replacement and a fourth investigator going out on FMLA in October through the
end of the year with no replacement.
CIB Manpower Hours
(-13%)
22,000
21,000
21,186
21,436
20,000
19,000
18,677
18,000
2014
2015
2016
Warrants Served
The Criminal Investigations Bureau tracks all warrants served department-wide.
There were 530 (-32%) arrest warrants and 272 (-10%) bench warrants served
for a total of 802 (-26%) warrants served in 2016. Four previous years’ numbers
are included below for reference:
1,000
750
Arrest Warrants Served
(-32%)
833
781
735
500
507
530
250
Bench Warrants Served
(-10%)
800
2,000
600
1,500
400
200
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Warrants Served
(-26%)
530
1,000
261306
302
1,363
996
272
0
500
1,083
813
802
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Case Load and Clearances
A total of 512 (-11%) cases were assigned to investigators in 2016. Investigators
cleared 284 (-27%), which equals 55% of the cases assigned. Four previous
years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Total Cases Cleared
(-27%)
Total Cases Assigned
(-11%)
600
600
576
450
458
450
512
500
405
300
300
388
369
322
303
284
150
150
0
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2012
2016
% of Cases Cleared
(-18%)
100%
75%
50%
70%
74%
75%
67%
55%
25%
0%
2012
Continued on next page
2013
2014
2015
2016
2013
2014
2015
2016
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Cases Assigned and Clearances by Type
Murder
Attempted Murder
Kidnapping
Criminal Sexual Conduct
CSC with a Minor
Sexual Exploitation
of a Minor
Home Invasion
Robbery (Business)
Robbery (Person)
Assault & Battery
Harassment
Stalking
Arson
Burglary (Business)
Burglary (Residential)
Motor Vehicle Theft
B & E Motor Vehicle
Grand Larceny
All Other Larceny
Forgery
Fraud
Obtain Money by
False Pretenses
Identity Theft
Breach of Trust
Rec. Stolen Property
Indecent Exposure
Runaway
Missing Person
Contribute to Delinquency
of Minor
Child Neglect
Child Abuse
Elder Neglect
Elder Abuse
Exploitation of
Vulnerable Adult
All Other Crimes
Death (Suicide)
Vice Crimes:
Narcotic Offenses
Prostitution
Gambling
Organized Crime Offenses
Totals:
Total
Cases
3
5
3
4
28
Arrest
2
1
1
0
0
ExCleared
1
0
0
2
3
Unfounded
0
0
1
1
5
Active
0
4
1
1
20
Adm.
Closed
0
0
0
0
0
Total
Cleared
3
1
2
3
8
%
Cleared
100%
20%
67%
75%
29%
11
1
6
9
7
1
1
2
9
39
6
16
13
32
16
55
1
0
4
5
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
1
4
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
7
1
3
0
6
2
6
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
2
9
0
2
2
6
0
0
1
8
24
3
7
11
18
8
35
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
4
2
2
1
4
3
10
2
1
4
7
1
1
1
1
1
15
3
9
2
14
8
20
18%
100%
67%
78%
14%
100%
100%
50%
11%
38%
50%
56%
15%
44%
50%
36%
32
20
20
0
0
12
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
11
10
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
17
16
14
0
0
1
2
11
2
1
0
0
0
0
15
4
6
0
0
11
10
47%
20%
30%
0%
0%
92%
83%
1
7
22
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
6
17
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
1
0
0%
14%
23%
50%
0%
1
71
22
0
16
0
0
11
3
1
2
0
0
33
17
0
9
2
1
38
5
100%
54%
23%
24
0
00
0
513
11
0
0
0
58
0
0
0
0
73
0
0
0
0
29
13
0
0
0
298
0
0
0
0
55
11
0
0
0
215
46%
0%
0%
0%
42%
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Narcotics Investigations:
Total Arrest
Cases
Cocaine
5
4
Crack
2
2
Opiates
3
3
Hallucinogens
2
2
Stimulants
0
0
Depressants
0
0
Cannabis
"Marijuana"
7
7
Schedule
Class III/IV
2
1
Meth
14
13
Narcotic
Investigations
12
2
Totals
47
34
Ex-Cleared
Unfounded Active
Adm.
Closed
1
1
1
1
4
9
9
0
0
Total
%
Cleared Cleared
5
100%
2
100%
3
100%
2
100%
0
0%
0
0%
7
100%
2
14
100%
100%
12
47
100%
100%
Evidence
The Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs)/Evidence Technicians processed 4,358 (3%) items of evidence in 2016.
Items of Evidence Processed (-3%)
6,000
4,500
4,498
3,000
1,500
4,358
3,307
2,539
2,823
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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School Resource Officers
The department has 1 full-time school resource officer (SRO) assigned to
Stratford High School and 1 full-time SRO assigned to Westview Middle School.
The supervising lieutenant floats between all 9 of the schools in the city limits.
SROs levied 111 (+31%) criminal charges and held 9,209 (-21%) contacts with
parents and students in 2016. Four previous years’ numbers are included below
for reference:
SRO Criminal Offenses Charged
(+31%)
200
14,000
150
10,500
148
124
100
111
85
50
0
2013
2014
2015
13,160
13,532
11,661
9,209
8,518
7,000
3,500
61
2012
SRO/Parent/Student Contacts
(-21%)
2016
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Animal Control Services
The department provides 2 animal control officers. These are non-sworn
employees who wear a designated animal control uniform. They respond and
deliver essential services using marked animal control vehicles (pickup trucks).
Animal control officers answered 1,241 (-12%) calls for service and impounded
595 (+10%) animals. Four previous years’ numbers are included below for
reference (on next page):
2,400
Animal Control Calls Answered
(-12%)
1,800
1,200
Animals Impounded
(+10%)
1,200
900
2,226
1,354
1,461
1,417
600
1,241
600
300
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
533
544
2012
2013
599
540
595
0
2014
2015
2016
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Law Enforcement Explorers
The Law Enforcement Explorer Program is a partnership between the Boy
Scouts of America and the Goose Creek Police Department. Explorers are young
men and women between the ages of 14 and 20. Explorers learn the various
aspects of law enforcement and compete in local and state competitions, as well
as serve in and assist with the many special events and programs in which the
Police Department participates.
Explorers participated in the 2016 S.C.A.L.E. Competetion hosted by North
Charleston Plice Department on July 18-22, 2016 and received the following
awards:
 Male Physical Agility – 3rd place Chase Comstock
 Female Physical Agility – 1st place Sasha Murray
 Legals Test – 1st place Natalie Garcia
 TR-310 Collision Report – 2nd place Natalie Garcia
 Report Writing – 1st place Natalie Garcia
 Unknown Risk Traffic Stop – 1st place Chase Comstock, Brynne
Domingo, Nick Sheridan, and Sasha Murray
 Armed Robbery – 3rd place Nick Sheridan, Natalie Garcia, Brynne
Domingo, and Sasha Murray
 Explorer of the Year – Sasha Murray
Youth Court
Youth Court provides a service that is twofold. The purpose of Youth Court is to
give juvenile offenders the opportunity to be tried by a group of peers instead of a
typical jury trial. The program also educates the teenagers conducting the trial –
teaching them about the judicial process and rule of the law through a hands-on
approach. These courts are one of the fastest growing crime intervention and
prevention programs in the Nation.
In the City of Goose Creek, Youth Court offers a judicial procedure in which
peers sentence nonviolent juvenile offenders. By involving the community and
family members of offenders and victims, our youth court influences the lives of
juveniles in a unique and positive way. The program is sanctioned by the 9th
Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
The City’s Youth Court is comprised of students from Goose Creek and Stratford
High Schools. Students can elect to become a part of the youth court program by
signing up for this credited course at either of the high schools in Goose Creek.
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The students are given youth court training classes through several means other
than the assigned instructor. City judges, police officers, and attorneys are called
in as guest instructors. During court, each student is given the opportunity to be
the bailiff, defense or prosecuting attorney, or one of the three judges who
preside over each individual case.
The program is very successful for both the teenage participants and the juvenile
offenders. Officers referred 28 (+155%) cases to youth court in 2016. Four
previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Youth Court Referrals (+155%)
40
30
28
20
10
14
8
10
11
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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Administrative
Services
Division
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Staffing and Service Delivery
The Administrative Services Division was led by a captain and 1 lieutenant and
was allocated 17 civilian support staff members.
Department Training
An emphasis on a quality training program is a department priority. The
department conducted 17,051 (-2%) in-service/roll-call training hours, 13,143
(+41%) formal training hours, and a grand total of 30,194 (+13%) departmentwide training hours.
Four previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
25,000
In-Service/Roll-Call Training
Hours (-2%)
20,000
17,888
15,000
16,000
12,000
18,520
16,973
17,333
Formal Training Hours
(+41%)
13,143
13,457
17,051
8,000
9,684
9,892
9,321
2014
2015
10,000
4,000
5,000
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
0
2016
2012
2013
Total Department Training Hours
(+13%)
36,000
27,231
27,000
30,194
27,572
26,865
26,654
2013
2014
2015
18,000
9,000
0
2012
2016
2016
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Crime Prevention
The Administrative Services Division is responsible for the Police Department’s
community oriented policing activities. Crime prevention and education programs
allow citizens to become a vital partner in the City’s safety efforts.
In an effort to foster increased participation and equitable representation
Citywide, the police department has a full-time crime prevention specialist
position in order to better meet the needs of the City. This function conducted 9
crime prevention meetings, 59 child safety seat checks, and made 114 business
contacts in the 2016 calendar year.
Communications
The City of Goose Creek Police Department’s Communications Center is a 24hour operation staffed by 4 lead communications specialists and 8 full-time
communications specialists under general supervision of the Communications
Supervisor.
The communications center is responsible for dispatching and monitoring all
radio equipment for the City including to include police, fire, EMS, mutual aid,
public works, and sanitiation.
Communications specialists are responsible for gathering information, evaluating
situations, processing all information into the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
system, assisting callers, and dispatching the proper parties to related calls.
The communications center received 15,451 (-5%) 911 calls during 2016. Four
previous years’ numbers are included below for reference:
911 Calls Answered (-5%)
20,000
15,000
10,000
14,773
12,393
12,453
2012
2013
16,256
15,451
5,000
0
2014
2015
2016
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The communications center held 1,400 (-28%) calls, which was a result of all onduty officers being previously assigned to other calls during 2016. Four previous
years’ numbers are included below for reference:
Held Calls (-28%)
2,000
1,910
1,732
1,500
1,000
809
1,455
2012
2013
1,400
500
0
2014
2015
2016
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team
The Goose Creek Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
Team responds to critical incidents such as barricaded sSubjects, high risk
warrant service, drug search warrants, hostage situations, and domestic
terrorism. The SWAT Team, consisting of a Commander, a Team Leader, and 12
team members, attends specialized training to prepare for their missions. The
SWAT Team trains monthly and participates in regional tactical team training to
better prepare for multi-jurisdictional response.
The SWAT Team is a voluntary collateral function comprised of officers
throughout the agency.
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Professional
Standards
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Staffing and Service Delivery
The Assistant Chief of Police (Major) and Professional Standards Lieutenant
fulfill the professional standards function with the department. Professional
Standards is not a division but a support service to the Chief of Police The
Command Staff’s Administrative Assistant also provides support to the Chief of
Police and Command Staff.
Internal Affairs
Complaints made against the agency or personnel are classified as either
Supervisory Investigations (SIs), which are complaints of a minor nature, or
Internal Affairs investigations (IAs), which are complaints of a more egregious
nature. A total of 1 IA investigation and 24 separate SIs were conducted
subsequent to internal and external complaints.
Internal Investigations Conducted
50
40
39
30
32
35
28
20
24
25
24
Total Investigations
IA
SI
10
7
0
21
23
21
11
7
2
1
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Administrative Reviews
A total of 102 (+23%) incidents involving use-of-force and 10 (no change) vehicle
pursuits were reviewed and statistically tracked. Eight (-11%) personnel early
warning system (PEWS) alerts were generated. The following charts depict the 5
year trend in these respective areas:
PEWS Activations
(-11%)
Vehicle Pursuits
(-17%)
Use of Force Incidents
(+23%)
120
20
16
90
102 15
12
60
58
73
73
83
10
11
12
12
10
5
30
8
9
7
4
8
6
3
0
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Grants
The department applied for highway safety funding from the S.C. Department of
Public Safety and was awarded $222,976 for the hiring of two traffic safety
officers. This funding had to be forfeited due to the department’s hiring and
retention difficulties making fulfillment of the positions impossible during the
grant-specified hiring period.
The department applied to the U.S. Department of Justice for $367,220 to hire 3
police officers and fund their salary for 3 years to provide community oriented
policing services. This request was not funded.
The department applied for and received a $2,000 matching-fund reimbursement
from the South Carolina Municipal Insurance Risk Financing Fund (SCMIRF) for
the purchase of 5 TASER devices.
The department applied for state-allocated funding in the amount of $53,804.50
for the purchase of body-worn cameras for uniformed officers. The department
received its equitable share of the available state-wide funding in the amount of
$39,142.
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Accreditation
The department was re-assessed by the Commission on Accreditation for Law
Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in August of 2014. Subsequently, the
department was awarded its 4th reaccreditation in November of 2014 at CALEA’s
fall conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The department continues to
maintain 100% compliance with all applicable standards. The department is
scheduled to have an onsite assessment conducted by Assessors from CALEA
from July 24 to 27, 2017. We anticipate receving our 5th reaccreditation award
from the Commission in Jacksonville, Florida, in November, 2017.
Applicant Processing & Testing
A total of 93 (+21%) sworn and 34 (+62%) civilian applicants were processed for
potential employment in 2016. Processing includes, at a minimum, logging
biographical data and checking criminal and driving records.
Polygraph Examinations
A total of 97 (+8%) polygraph examinations were conducted. This figure includes
both inter and intra-agency examinations for criminal and pre-employment
polygraphs.