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2021 1st QUARTER POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTWASHINGTON STATE ACCREDITED

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE POLICE

MISSION

SERVE ~ SUPPORT ~ DEFEND

VISION

The mission of the City of Mountlake Terrace Police Department is to “Serve” the community with

professionalism and integrity – “Support” the Constitution, Laws and Core Values as set forth by its citizens

and “Defend” the individual rights, human dignity and quality of life for all who live, visit and work within

Mountlake Terrace.



GOALS PHILOSOPHY

Goals must be measurable, attainable and consistent with community expectations. The Department continues to

embrace the “Six Pillars” identified in President Obama’s 2015 Task Force on 21st Century Policing as part of its goals.

1. Building Trust and Legitimacy

2. Policy and Oversight

3. Technology and Social Media

4. Community Policing and Crime Reduction

5. Training and Education

6. Officer Wellness and Safety



METHODS

“Rickover’s Rules”

Admiral Hyman Rickover was the father of the U.S. nuclear navy, which continues to have an excellent safety record

despite the highly complex and dangerous nature of its mission. He developed and often shared his seven “rules” for

success. The Department incorporates his methods for seeking excellence.

1. You must have a rising standard of quality over time and well beyond what is required for any minimum standard.

2. People running complex systems must be highly capable.

3. Supervisors have to face bad news when it comes and take problems to a level high enough to fix those problems.

4. You must have a healthy respect for the dangers and risks of your particular job.

5. Training must be constant and rigorous.

6. You must have a robust auditing process to assure that what you say you are doing, you are in fact doing.

7. The organization and members must have the ability and willingness to learn from mistakes of the past.



2021 GOALS

• To complete the construction and occupation of the Police Department expansion on time and within budget.

• Continue to develop personnel with succession planning in mind. (This has been complicated by COVID 19

pandemic protocol)

• Varied and advanced training once in person opportunities resume.

• Continue to focus on mentoring and recruitment.

• Encouraging subordinates to leave their comfort zone and challenge themselves

• Successful deploy the imbedded social worker program. (Postponed due to the resignation of the Social Worker)

• In cooperation with Lynnwood PD, Verdant and Compass Health



2021 GOALS

• Continue, expand and improve outreach in the community

• Coffee with the City

• Cops and Clergy

• Spidrtech

• Refine the use of crime analysis and technology to maximize effectiveness

• Crime pattern analysis/ response times study through New World.

• Outreach through Spidrtech.

• Technology analysis through “Cell Hawk” and “Data Pilot 10” computer aided software.



OPERATIONS DIVISION

2021 1st QUARTER BY THE NUMBERS

ITEM TOTAL

Calls for Service (Each time an officer is dispatched or initiates their own activity) 5,745

Reports (A call that requires a police report to be written) 585

Arrests (When a physical arrest is made or a non-traffic criminal citation is issued. This includes warrant arrests) 125

Traffic Stops (Every traffic stop performed by a Mountlake Terrace officer.) 797

Traffic Infractions (non-criminal traffic violations) 147

Traffic Citations (Criminal traffic. Suspended license, reckless driving, Etc.) 67

Collisions 49

DUI Arrests 6

Burglaries (Commercial & Residential Combined) 13

Vehicle Thefts 23

Vehicle Prowls 38

COP (Community Oriented Policing Contacts / Community Outreach) 204

Domestic Violence Assaults 43

Pursuits 2



0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Priority 4

Priority 3

Priority 2

Priority 1

AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME IN MINUTES

Average Response Time in Minutes

Call Priority Average response time

Priority 1 (38)(In progress calls, Robbery, Assault, DV, Etc.…)

3.9 Minutes

Priority 2 (82)(Suspicious persons, Trespassers, just occurred, Etc.)

3.7 Minutes

Priority 3 (786)(Civil, Parties separated, Etc.) Does not include 911

hang up calls cleared immediately as patrol info.

5.0 Minutes

Priority 4 (832)(Phone call requests, Cold Burglaries & thefts, Etc.)

5.5 Minutes

OPERATIONS DIVISION

2021 1st QUARTER RESPONSE TIMES



The Mountlake Terrace Police Department strictly prohibits bias based policing.

Sergeants regularly review policy pertaining to this subject with employees, at a minimum once annually.

In the first quarter of 2021 there was one complaint received involving the allegation of bias-based policing. This

complaint is currently being investigated.

All employees are assigned a supervisor and are evaluated on a regular basis. This is as often as daily for a new

officer during field training to annually for permanent non probationary employees.

BIAS BASED POLICING

2021 1st QUARTER



White67%

Asian14%

Black7%

2+ Races7%

Other5%

Mountlake Terrace Demographics January 2021

White Asian Black 2+ Races Other

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20

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60

80

100

120

White Unknown /other

Black Asian

101

10 7 7

ARRESTS BY RACE 1st QTR 2021

Arrests by Race

0

20

40

60

80

100

White Unknown /other

Black Asian

91

2712 17

TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS BY RACE 1st QTR 2021

Trafic Infractions by Race

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

White American Indian

6

1

FORCE USED BY RACE 1st QTR 2021

Force used by race



COMMUNITY FEED BACK / TALKING POINTS

• Spidrtech.

• Community Comments and Complaints.

• Lexipol Gold Standard.

• Current Events

• Policy Review



SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION

INVESTIGATIONS

• There were 31 cases assigned to the investigations unit in the first quarter.

• There were 23 cases cleared by the investigations unit in the first quarter.

• The investigations unit, three detectives and one sergeant, are actively working 56 cases.

• Below is a sample of a few cases worked in the first quarter.

Burglary

On 27 Feb 2021 the Concern for Neighbors Food Bank van was stolen from the church parking lot. There was video of the

theft. This case received a great deal of media and social media attention. Through numerous interviews and contacts, along with

the video broadcast on Washington Most Wanted. The suspect was identified and arrested for stealing the van. This suspect in this

case is possibly the suspect in a burglary at the same church which resulted in thousands of dollars worth of gift cards stolen. These

gift cards were intended for citizens in need.

Child exploitation

Mountlake Terrace is currently investigating a child exploitation case involving a teenager and a suspect from another state. A warrant

was obtained and served on a VOIP instant messaging platform. Thousands of messages between the suspect and victim were

obtained. This will be a multi-state/multi-agency investigation. The case is still on going.



CODE ENFORCEMENT

• There were 7 cases opened by Code Enforcement in the 1st quarter.

• There were 7 cases closed by Code Enforcement in the 1st quarter

• Code Enforcement, two officers, are actively working 13 cases.

• Code Enforcement wrote 89 parking tickets in the 1st quarter.

A few examples nuisance locations.



COMMUNITY OUTREACH

The Imbedded social Worker Program, a partnership with Compass Health, Verdant, Lynnwood PD and Mountlake

Terrace PD was unfortunately put on hold due to the resignation of our new Social Worker.

The Mountlake Terrace School Liaison Program has started up again with kids getting back into the classroom.

Cops and Clergy started planning for the program to start back up when the addition to the PD is complete and opened

up for use of the training room.

Officers continue to utilize the supplies from the community outreach program.

Ace Hardware has featured the community outreach

program for its next donation.

( We just received a sizable donation of over $2,000 from Ace Hardware)



TRAINING

2021 1st QUARTER TRAINING UPDATE

Commissioned staff completed 24 Hour Patrol Tactics. The Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act (LETCSA)

mandated class to be completed by all commissioned officers in the state by 2028. Mountlake Terrace was one of the first

agencies in the state to complete this training. The training is designed to increase safety for all persons involved in critical

situations and decrease the likelihood of a physical force application. Students learned principals and techniques associated

with scene safety, pace control, de-escalation and situational awareness.

Other training completed in the first quarter.

• Annual two hour refresher in Crisis Intervention.

• First Aid/ CPR recertification.

• Annual firearms qualification.

• Annual less lethal qualification (Taser, Sage).

• Continuing education for Records Staff.

• Computer and Cellphone investigations classes.

• Background Investigations class.

• Annual Use of Force Review.

• Understanding Implicit and Explicit Bias. (Mandatory Training)

• Daily policy training bulletins.

• Weekly squad briefing trainings.



PD CONSTRUCTION

Police staff continue to work during construction. Many staff members have been assigned temporary work areas in

order to accommodate the construction workers with their various jobs. (Demolition, Jack Hammering, Painting, Etc..)



CASE STUDY

ANIMAL COMPLAINT



TIME LINE

• Early 2021 we started receiving reports of dead crows throughout the Mountlake Terrace Community.

• As the number of reports grew, witnesses reported a male subject driving a red ford pickup truck was

seen shooting the crows.

• Overall, we have between 20 to 25 reports of dead crows between Mountlake Terrace, Brier, Lynnwood.

• The Social Media estimate of dead crows is over 75 and counting. This is based on the unverified

information and an apparent crime scene map presented by a “task force.” (Not associated with Law

Enforcement.)

• Mountlake Terrace has 12 active cases involving crows that have been shot.

• Several crows have been taken as evidence and have been scanned by a Veterinarian or examined by

our investigators looking for evidence such as led from a pellet or .22 caliber handgun or rifle.



TIME LINE

• First major tip!

• A witness took a photo of the suspects truck and license plate.

• This gave us a name to look into.

• Second major tip!

• An anonymous tipster reported they know the truck in question and gave us a name of the owner.

• Both tips came back to the same subject.

• We also began receiving several videos of the truck and the shooter.



TIMELINE



TIMELINE

• After several attempts, the primary investigator was able to talk with the suspect on the telephone. The suspect

stated on the phone that he would be willing meet and show the truck to investigators to rule him out as a suspect.

Each time the investigator suggested a meeting time and location the suspect would be vague and say he could

not meet at that time.

• The investigations unit then waited outside of the suspects home in the early morning hours for the suspect to

leave for work. During this time the suspect exited his home several times and looked around as if he was looking

for law enforcement. He eventually left however he was not driving the red truck.

• The suspect was contacted and questioning was attempted however the suspect said he would not answer any

questions without a lawyer. The investigators did not question the suspect however they noticed that vehicle he

was driving had a temporary license and it appeared as if it was newly purchased.



TIMELINE

• Further investigation revealed the suspect purchased this new vehicle from a nearby dealership. Investigators

contacted the dealership and learned the suspect traded in a red ford pick up truck with a canopy and mud flaps

that had just been removed, and that the truck was still on their lot.

• A search of the truck revealed several items of evidence including .22 shell casings and pellets.



CASE STUDY



CASE STUDY

• Interesting side note:

• During the first interview with the suspect, he agreed to let detectives look at his red truck which he stated was

parked in his garage. He made this difficult however due to scheduling issues.

• We learned later, during that interview the suspect had already sold his vehicle and that he was being

deceptive with detectives about his vehicle being parked in the garage.

• To be continued….



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