From: Frank Schoenfeld
Sent: Fri Apr 26 08:27:40 2019
To: Andy Peters; Dan Huff; Gerald Fisher
Cc: Adam Shultz; Chris Long
Subject: RE: Parks Issue
Importance: Normal
Andy, I understand your frustration. I will let the troops know about the situation with the restrooms and to give it some extra attention. As mentioned before, let us know if your folks find something that should be seized by police and we will take care of it along with anyone they may find crashing inside.
Chief
From: Andy Peters <apeters@cityofmolalla.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 8:03 AM
To: Frank Schoenfeld <fschoenfeld@molallapolice.com>; Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>; Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: Adam Shultz <ashultz@cityofmolalla.com>; Chris Long <clong@molallapolice.com>
Subject: RE: Parks Issue
Chief, I understand. Thank you for taking the time to explain it to me. I’m remaining unemotional, but I’m not going to allow them to destroy our facilities or put people in danger any more. I will certainly be calling.
I’m going to start documenting the destroyed bathrooms and dangerous junk much better in the coming months. Yesterday morning the women’s restroom at Long Park had needles all over the floor and feces all over the walls again. My crew is just cleaning it up so they have a nice clean place to do it again the next day. Next time this happens I’d like to simply lock the door for 3 strait days, post a sign that says
“due to vandalism and drug paraphernalia found in this bathroom it’s locked while our chemicals deep clean, and we can make safe this facility for Children again”
I mean, it’s not safe for children then it should simply be locked. At the very least we won’t be putting our crews or the public in danger of bloodborne pathogens for 3 days. I’ll cut my employee exposure risk by 2/3rds with that move.
Andy
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: Frank Schoenfeld <fschoenfeld@molallapolice.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2019 4:23 PM
To: Andy Peters <apeters@cityofmolalla.com>; Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>; Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: Adam Shultz <ashultz@cityofmolalla.com>; Chris Long <clong@molallapolice.com>
Subject: RE: Parks Issue
Andy,
We want to be careful when it comes to disposing of items, because it can and has come back to bite some departments from a legal standpoint in the past (the old, what looks like garbage to some is something of value to others situation). I would say if your staff comes by anything that looks like drugs or drug paraphernalia, have an officer respond for collection and proper destruction for safety reasons. I would say the same for anything that looks like a potential weapon. If you discover someone’s property and we can’t locate a would-be owner, we can take a found property report on it, hold it for the required 30 days and dispose of it. Most definitely call us if you have a gentleman that was acting in this manner.
We just arrested a transient today that had two black plastic garbage bags full of what she said was, “her only belongings.” These items had to be logged and placed into our property room because she was going to jail. By law we have to have these items readily available to her when she is released unless she waits too long and the holding period lapses, at which time we dispose of them.
I would say just give us a call in these situations and we can come access, that way your guys can just keep doing the great job they are doing and we can deal with the riff-raff for you.
Frank
From: Andy Peters <apeters@cityofmolalla.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2019 1:17 PM
To: Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>; Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>; Frank Schoenfeld <fschoenfeld@molallapolice.com>
Cc: Adam Shultz <ashultz@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: Parks Issue
Gentleman,
While out in Fox Park by the Fire Station an hour ago my Utility Crew showed me these abandoned items, saying this is a chronic problem. The pile included drugs left out on tables, more drugs in a wheel chair, electronic equipment, some kind of device that looked like a spud gun mabe, and mysterious luggage – basically stuff I classify as being unsafe for a 5 year old in the park to touch.
I started taking these pictures so we could figure out how to handle it when suddenly this guy came storming out of the Adult Center screaming obscenities at me and accusing me of “going through his stuff”. No big deal, I just matched his volume, and told him he had two hours to remove it or I would throw it away.
If I could make an internal policy for the Maintenance Division on this it would be: first, anything that looks like drugs, electronic equipment, spud guns, or anything else that a 5 year old shouldn’t touch, should be confiscated and disposed of at the City Shops Dumpster. Second, anyone yelling and screaming and spitting in the face of one of my employees gets ejected. Third, anything left in the park should be considered “abandoned”, and will be thrown away.
It’s pretty tough when my crews are busting tail on their own initiative to make parks which have never looked better – but they are unsafe for 5 year olds.
Thoughts? Legality? Something I’m missing?
Andy Peters
City of Molalla
Public Works Operations Supervisor
(503) 829-6855 x220
Cell: 503-793-0507
117 N Molalla Ave
Molalla, OR 97038