2012 annual report - Ashland Police Department

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S.R.O.School Resource OfficerThe Ashland Police Department’s YouthServices program has developed over theyears to better address the community’schanging juvenile needs and to offer to theyouth of our community the opportunity tosucceed. The School Resource Officer (SRO)program was developed to address juvenilecrime and safety concerns in our local schools.The SRO program places a police officerin the grade, middle, and high schools withthe goal of creating and maintaining safe,secure, and orderly learning environmentsfor students, teachers, and staff. The SROprogram reflects the community’s desireto ensure that its schools are safe, secure,and orderly. SRO’s represent a proactivestrategy designed to bring prevention andintervention into the schools.The Ashland Police Department SRO ison campus daily at Paul G. Blazer High School,Verity Middle School, and our grade schools.The presence of a uniformed police officerprovides a deterrent to criminal activity bydiscouraging unwanted and undesirablevisitors on the school grounds or in thesurrounding area.The SRO provides support and trainingfor school staff on issues of juvenile law,substance abuse, and school safety. TheSRO also educates students on topics suchas internet safety, cyber bullying, bus safety,bicycle safety, and other subjects relatedto the safety of students while at schooland at home. The SRO investigates crimescommitted by juveniles and is involved inplanning and executing several enforcementprograms throughout the year. The SchoolResource Officer is a positive role modelfor many students who are not exposedto such role models in today’s society, andhis presence in the school sends a strongmessage that violence and certain behaviorsare not acceptable.Kentucky statutes define a SRO as a swornlaw enforcement officer who has specializedtraining to work with youth at a school site.These SROs serve in variety of roles includinglaw enforcement officer, law-related educator,problem-solver, and community liaison. TheAshland Police Department SRO plays a vitalrole to our schools in the City of Ashland.SRO E.J.ChurchArtist: Elena Sandifer
MeettheC.R.U.CRITICALRESPONSEUNITReprinted with permission by the Daily Independent.Kenneth Hart, ReporterASHLAND — The Ashland Police Departmenthas a new addition to its vehicle fleet. And, it didn’tcost the city a cent.Boyd County Emergency Medical Servicesrecently donated one of its old ambulances, a 2003International, to the APD, where it will be used for avariety of purposes, according to the department’sleaders.The vehicle is one of the first purchased by BoydEMS when it switched from van- to medium-dutytruck-based ambulances. It and one other identicalvehicle recently became surplus when the servicewas able to take delivery of two new Freightlinerambulances much earlier than anticipated due toanother agency canceling its order, Boyd EMS DirectorTom Adams said.The EMS decided to donate one of the vehiclesto the city and one to the county, Adams said. TheAPD did the legwork and was able to demonstrate aneed for it, so the city opted to let the departmenthave it, he said.The county is using its former ambulance in theroad department as a large-tool transport vehicle,Adams said.The APD’s vehicle has 166,000 miles on it.However, according to Adams, it’s still very muchmechanically sound. And, given the fact the policedepartment won’t be using it every day, like theambulance service did, the truck should have plentyof life left in it, he said.The vehicle didn’t require a lot of work to makeit ready for police duty, especially since most of theambulance equipment had been removed whenthe APD got it, Maj. Todd Kelley said. The ambulancemarkings were removed and a new blue-and-yellowgraphics scheme was applied, and the red lenses inthe truck’s emergency lights were swapped out forblue ones, he said.Kelley said the vehicle has been out on twocalls already. He said it would myriad uses for thedepartment, including as mobile command post,an evidence intake and processing center at crimescenes, a “rehab” vehicle where officers working crimeand/or accident scenes can go to escape from theheat or cold and a transporter for the department’sSpecial Response Team.According to APD Chief Rob Ratliff, one of thecalls on which the vehicle was used was for warrantservice, and it required the SRT. All 11 members of theteam and their gear were able to fit inside it, he said. Itmade for a much more orderly and efficient responsethan having to send a convoy of cruisers to the scene,he said.“We’ll get a lot of use out of (the vehicle),” Ratliffsaid. “We’re glad to have it and we really appreciateBoyd EMS donating it to us.”
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