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Review BY ERICA LAND January 4, 2021, started our new adventure into the Neighborhood Oriented Policing. We have been operating in this capacity for 6 months now. One of our primary focuses were to increase traffic enforcement by way of radar operations throughout the Northwest in effort to slow down citizens to keep them safe and reduce crashes. As of June 25, 2021, we have issued citations on the Northwest Quarter of the city. Please slow down and adhere to the posted speed limits. 536 Citations Issued from March - June 2021 •12 Reckless Driving 20+ •136 Speeding 1-9 over •29 Speeding 10-14 over •36 Speeding 15-19 over •39 Speeding 20 over •1 Aggressive Driving •6 Speeding in a school Zone 15-19 •29 Suspended •248 Other THE FOURTH LOW DOWN VOLUME 2, SERIES ` 2ND QUARTER JUNE 2021 Offical Quarterly News Letter of the Northwest Quarter This issue: Review PAGE 01 THE FOURTH LOW DOWN PAGE 01 Proud Moments PAGE 02 Community Engagement Efforts Announcements, Events, and Updates PAGE 03 Success Crime Information PAGE 04

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ReviewBY ERICA LAND

January 4, 2021, started our new adventure intothe Neighborhood Oriented Policing. We havebeen operating in this capacity for 6 months now.One of our primary focuses were to increasetraffic enforcement by way of radar operations throughout the Northwest in effort to slow downcitizens to keep them safe and reduce crashes. As of June 25, 2021, we have issued citations onthe Northwest Quarter of the city. Please slowdown and adhere to the posted speed limits.

536 Citations Issued from March - June 2021•12 Reckless Driving 20+•136 Speeding 1-9 over•29 Speeding 10-14 over•36 Speeding 15-19 over•39 Speeding 20 over •1 Aggressive Driving•6 Speeding in a school Zone 15-19•29 Suspended•248 Other

THE FOURTH LOW DOWNVOLUME 2 , SERIES ` 2ND QUARTER JUNE 2021

Offical Quarterly News Letter of the Northwest Quarter

This issue:ReviewPAGE 01

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Proud MomentsPAGE 02

CommunityEngagement Efforts

Announcements,Events, and Updates

PAGE 03

Success

Crime InformationPAGE 04

Proud MomentsBY ERICA LAND

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I would l ike to take an opportuni ty to recognize ourof f icers who have been awarded of f icer 's of themonth for their act ions .

On Apri l 8 , 2021 , of f icers responded to an assaul t ca l l onHughes Street . Off icers located the v ict im who wassuf fer ing f rom upper body in jur ies and the v ict im ’svehic le was miss ing . Off icer 's on scene ass is ted indetermining the detai ls of the miss ing vehic le . Thevigi lance of Off icer Bol l ing and another of f icer made i tpossib le to quick ly locate the vehic le on the Northside oftown and ident i fy a suspect . Detect ives responded to thescene and the suspect was charged with two fe lonies .

On May 20 , 2021 , Off icer P ickre l answered a ca l lregarding a thef t . Unknown to him at the t ime , thesuspect in this incident had severa l outstanding casesbefore the court and was prepared to take extremesteps to avoid arrest . Whi le making the arrest , thesuspect at tempted to escape f rom Off icer P ickre l . Dur ing the escape at tempt , Off icer P ickre lappropr iate ly used empty hand control techniques tocontain the suspect and then used de-escalat iontechniques to de-escalate the incident f rom the levelat ta ined. Off icer P ickre l was very profess ional wi th thesuspect af ter he was no longer considered a threat . The suspect was arrested for mult ip le of fenses .

In recogni t ion of their act ions , I have selected picturesof them doing addi t ional good deeds . Thank youOff icers Bol l ing and P ickre l for represent ing theDanvi l le Pol ice Department , the Northwest Quarter andthe Ci ty of Danvi l le so wel l .

Communuty Engagement EffortsBY ERICA LAND

The Officers of the Northwest Quarter are continuing to reaching out to the businesses and residents in ourcommunity members. You may have seen them in yourneighborhood. Please let them know if you have any issues orconcerns we can address for you.

We hope to reach every resident and business owner in ourQuarter. We look forward to meeting each and everyone ofyou!

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Announcements, Events, and UpdatesBY ERICA LAND

Please join us out in the community.Youth Engagement Event - Abundant Life Church July 16, 2021 10am-12pmReal Talk July 21, 2021 - Old Navy 10am-11amReal Talk August 18, 2021 - Target 10am-11amReal Talk September 15, 2021 - Lowe's 10am-11am

Crime InformationBY ERICA LAND

Here is a review of our crime stats for the first half the year from January 2021 through June2021. Using this information we will decide how to move forward for the remainder of theyear. We anticipated an increase in some crimes, with the relaxing of the executive orders inremoving restrictions by the Governor Northam but also predicted an uptick with yearlytrends.

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