2011 Annual Report final - City of Pittsburgh

55resulting in 8 fatalities, 26 critical injuries, 2 major injuries and 13 minor injuries were investigated. Eighty-onevehicles were given a state safety inspection by our six certified State Inspection Mechanics.Tow Pound Operations: Towing and Impound Services is the liaison between the City of Pittsburgh andMcGann and Chester LLC, who remains the secure facility for vehicles that are towed by the police for violatingauto laws. The unit also files the original towing notices and returns all seized revoked or suspended registrationplates and drivers licenses to PENNDOT. In 2011, McGann and Chester towed and secured 8,695 vehicles forthe Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.Abandoned Vehicles: The primary goal of this section is to remove abandoned vehicles as quickly aspossible in a legal manner so as to improve neighborhoods from blight and safety hazards. It is staffed by acivilian and a police officer. In addition there are six police officers (one from each zone) assigned to tow abandoned vehiclesin their respective zones. There were 1,900 abandoned vehicles investigated in 2011 resulting in 1,018 were tows,693 vehicles discovered having been moved, 42 vehicles moved to private property after receiving notice and 147were brought up to code.SWAT Team/Tactical Operations Section (TOS): The primary mission of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police SWATTeam is to provide a quick and tactical response to critical incidents. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police recognizes that it isessential to the safety of its citizens that a highly trained and highly skilled tactical team be properly manned and available ifthe need arises to handle critical incidents. There were 145 deployments of the unit 2011. Breakdown of deployments:Type of Incident 2009 2010 2011Hostage Situations 1 3 8Active Shooter 1 0 1Barricaded Persons 20 19 33High Risk Warrant Service 45 73 74Marksman/Observer Operations 14 7 2Tactical Support 13 14 17Dignitary Protection 0 1 3Mutual Aid Region 13 2 3 7Total Deployments 96 120 145River Rescue Police Boat Operators: River Rescue provides enforcement on the rivers for all boatinglaws. Officers are involved in Homeland Security patrols for major events. Officers provide support forEMS divers in response to medical calls/rescues as well as the Underwater Hazardous Device DiverTeam which is made up of Police and EMS divers.Breath Testing Unit: The Breath Testing Unit assists in the investigation and prosecution of impaired driversthroughout the City. In addition to administering various impairment tests to determine the level of intoxicationof drivers, these officers also respond to the various hospitals in the area to have blood drawn during theinvestigation of alcohol or drug related crashes. The officers in this section administer an average of 87impairment tests every month. Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Breath testing is available to other municipal policeagencies, university police departments and the PA Fish and Boat Commission. Sub categories of the BreathTesting unit include DRE (Drug Recognition Expert) and the DUI Task Force, which include monthly DUIcheckpoints. Members of the Pittsburgh Police and other agencies arrested and tested 1,048 individuals forimpaired driving in 2011. Results by unit/agency:• Zone 1 – 111 DUI arrests• Zone 2 – 116 DUI arrests• Zone 3 – 290 DUI arrests(doesn’t include DUI Checkpoint totals)• Zone 4 – 157 DUI arrests• Zone 5 – 98 DUI arrests• Zone 6 – 146 DUI arrests• S.D.D. - 32 DUI arrests• Pittsburgh Police DUI Checkpoints – 76• Carnegie Mellon Police - 20 DUI arrests