From: Andy Peters
Sent: Fri Oct 19 07:34:55 2018
To: Rod Lucich; Ronda Lee; Dan Zinder; Gerald Fisher; Dan Huff; Frank Schoenfeld
Subject: RE: Problem in Pocket Park
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Of course, understood! We will devote the first part of our Tuesday Staff meeting next week to ensuring everyone knows the process and has this number in their phones. Thanks Chief Lucich!
Andy Peters
City of Molalla
Public Works Operations Supervisor
(503) 829-6855 x220
Cell: 503-793-0507
117 N Molalla Ave
Molalla, OR 97038
From: Rod Lucich
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 5:15 PM
To: Andy Peters ; Ronda Lee ; Dan Zinder ; Gerald Fisher ; Dan Huff ; Frank Schoenfeld
Subject: RE: Problem in Pocket Park
The frustrating thing for us on the police side is this sounds like something that PW crews have been dealing with at this location recently, yet this is the first I or my staff have heard of it. But we want to hear about it right away and we will take care of it. But there is a right way or protocol to let us know, which will help us ensure we can take care of it and track the statistics. Please follow this process below.
When crews need assistance from the PD, please call the non-emergency dispatch number (503 655 8211) and report the information. This is important because it creates “the CAD incident” or begins the record of the problem and logs the contact information, details the problem and begins a running record of how it is dealt with by police, or other entities that might become involved. When we don’t follow this protocol, information is gets lost.
Most importantly, the Public Works crews are our friends and partners and we want to be there for you. Also, please know that this protocol is even more important if someone decides to hassle, threaten or interfere with our PW crews. That is always a 911 call and you are our high priority.
Chief Rod Lucich
P.O. Box 248, 117 N. Molalla Ave.
Molalla, OR 97038
503 829 8817 X 238
Fax 503 829 3461
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From: Andy Peters
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 8:52 AM
To: Ronda Lee rlee@molallapolice.com>; Rod Lucich rlucich@molallapolice.com>; Dan Zinder dzinder@cityofmolalla.com>; Gerald Fisher gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>; Dan Huff dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>; Frank Schoenfeld fschoenfeld@molallapolice.com>
Subject: Problem in Pocket Park
Good Morning,
I took these photos just a few minutes ago from Pocket Park downtown, facing West. There are two individuals that have been living in this white car for some time now. You can see on the hood there is a plastic bag. In this bag are what appear to me to be some sort of hypodermic paraphernalia Each morning since Monday, according to my parks crews, they have been leaving needles and trash all over the park and we have been picking it up. I just heard about this a few moments ago or I would have contacted you sooner! While we are trained to a certain degree in handling bloodborne pathogens we it is not okay for me to leave a known risk in place and actively ask our crews to face it every day. Therefore, unless one of you has an overriding instruction for me, I’ve asked that tomorrow instead of facing that risk a fifth time, that if our parks crews find any needles in Pocket Park, they are to Caution Tape off the park and post signs that warn the public to stay out until we can resolve the root cause of the problem.
We understand that needles are part of Molalla’s parks, and while we hope this changes someday we will continue to work to keep the public safe. But in this case, I’m just trying to figure out how to keep the public safe as well as our employees. Does anyone have any suggestions for me on how I can handle this situation?
Thank you!
Andy Peters
City of Molalla
Public Works Operations Supervisor
(503) 829-6855 x220
Cell: 503-793-0507
117 N Molalla Ave
Molalla, OR 97038