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~~// Gc e: Elk ---- River Police Department MEMORANDUM TO: Jeremy Barnhart, City Planner FROM: Jeffrey A. Beahen, Chief of Police DATE: 7-7-10 SUBJECT: Wapiti Park I have reviewed our calls for ser-~~ice at «'apiti Park as recorded in our records system since 1999. ~~'e ha~-e had a=11 calls for ser-~-ice to that location. Ties is a very high number of calls for one location. I hay-e attached a copy of a metro written to the Council on _~pril 16, 2002 by the Chief at that time, Thomas Zerwas. His memo reflects his concerns iln 2002 of the large number of police calls at ~X<apiu Park. Please see his memo for more complete details. ~Ty personal experience with the park is that over die years the have responded to significant events there that hate proven to have endangered the safetlT of those «-ho stay or frequent there. These calls included: ® ~ camper trailer that ezploded when the resident tried to kill himself by alloys-ing propane to leak into Ius trailer. An ignition source ignited die gas, injuring the resident and destroy=ing d7e trailer. o ~ meth lab discos>ered inside one of d1e trailers, o ~ resident who fell into a campfire, laid in the fire due to lus level of intoricauon and burned off Ius legs, buttocks and genitalia. o I~Tumerous set-ual assaults. o ~~'eapons related incidents and assaults. o ~ significant number of other assaults and ~-iolence. o Reports of raw sewage leaks. o Requests to check the welfare of residents who spend die winter in the park, some sleeping in tents-not trailers. Concerns that d7e trailers are not suitable fox winter use, and insulation and heating systems are a danger to those who reside there. In one case, we were called there _ in the middle of ~xrinter, to check a newborn clyld who was staj-ing ~zrith her parents in a tent. The history at the park is not illustrative of a recreation facilitST, in fact it is considered a constant source of concern for our officers in terms of the resident's general safety and well being. I have attached a print out of all of the police calls we have recorded. Our system does not allow us to pull statistics prior to 1999. If you need more details on the types of calls, I would be happy to provide that information to you.