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A Report to Our Citizens 2022 (Released March 3, 2023) Mission We make safer places for you to live, work and play. 2022 Highlight The City of Star has a new Police Station. In the past the Star Police Department has worked out of the Star City Hall and for the first time, Star Police Department has a fully operational police station. We cannot thank the city enough, to include Mayor Trevor Chadwick, Councilman David Hershey, Councilman Kevin Neilsen, Councilwoman Jennifer Salmonsen and Councilman Kevan Wheelock for their support in providing this new facility to the City of Star. A special thanks goes to Star Fire Chief Greg Timinsky and the Star Fire District for their support and help getting the station built and allowing us to be their neighbors. This new building will be very beneficial to all residence of Star with new interview rooms, more office space, and a training/conference room. We invite all members of the community to come by and see the new station. The front lobby hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 5 pm and Friday from 8am to 12pm. The City of Star also added two patrol sergeants to increase the officer-to-citizen ratio and provide more support to our patrol deputies. This allows for more deputies in the community for a better response to calls, increased officer safety and to ensure work quality. This report provides a good snapshot of how our rapid population gain in Star has not brought higher crime rates with it, so that is good news. Check it out If you want to get an idea of what is happening in our city. Message from Star Police Chief Zach Hessing We would like to thank the residents of Star for their unwavering support of law enforcement. It is a privilege to serve such a great community as we work with one another to keep our crime rate low and each other safe. 2022 was a busy year for Star as we continue to grow. The City of Star has grown the population to approximately 16,000 people, like the rest of the Treasure Valley, we’re having some growing pains. The Star Police Department now has 8 patrol deputies, 2 patrol sergeants, 2 detectives and 1 admin assistant. Even though we are growing, I am amazed how the community members get to know each other and watch out for one another. The City of Star truly is a great City to live in. The Star Police Department remains committed to working hard, enforcing the laws that keep our community safe, helping our citizens solve problems when we’re able, and keeping a great relationship with our community. We look forward to 2023 and working with all of you to make Star a safer place to live, work and play. CRIME AND CLEARANCE CRIMES BY TYPE Crimes per 1,000 residents Percent of crimes solved Star Populations are based on COMPASS population estimates, April 2022. *State of Idaho Clearance % estimate, Feb-2023. 2020 2021 2022 Person Offenses* 60 74 107 Person Felony Cases 25 26 13 Person Misdemeanor Cases 29 42 23 Property Offenses* 99 59 92 Property Felony Cases 54 27 48 Property Misdemeanor Cases 40 27 38 *Offenses are a count of severity of offenses, for Persons Offenses they represent when there are multiple victims, per NIBRS standards. 16.4 18.8 13.8 17.5 0 5 10 15 20 2019 2020 2021 2022 59.3% 54.0% 67.3% 56.0% 51.7% 49.1% 49.6% 47.9% 2019 2020 2021 2022 Star State of Idaho ---PAGE BREAK--- Data references: CAD Data is from CAD SQL database, Offense and Arrests from RMS database: Ada County Sheriffs Office Training and Specialties City Population Budget 21-22 Cost per Resident Garden City 13,040 $5,295,397 $406.09 Boise 243,570 $74,086,034 $304.17 Unincorporated 66,240 $17,141,672 $258.78 Nampa 109,120 $28,512,340 $261.29 Meridian 133,470 $27,651,625 $207.17 Caldwell 66,450 $12,049,998 $181.34 Kuna 27,480 $2,715,073 $98.80 Eagle 33,960 $3,572,671 $105.20 Star 15,230 $1,518,780 $99.72 TOTAL Pop/$ 708,560 $172,543,590 Average 78,729 $19,171,510 $243.51 Star Budget Breakdown % Personnel 90% Vehicles 2.3% Operational 1.2% Equipment / Uniforms 6% Support .004% Total Star Police Cost $ 1,633,097 Shared Services Credit $ (114,317) Net Star Police Contract $ 1,518,780 Star Calls 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Community Call 1,342 2,132 2,615 2,207 2,567 Officer Initiated 5,464 6,452 6,745 5,727 10,045 Total 6,806 8,584 9,360 7,934 12,612 Priority Calls 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 P3 - Emergency 26 38 22 34 35 P2 - High Priority 2,555 3,007 2,887 2,539 3,987 P1-0 - Low Priority 4,225 5,539 6,451 5,361 8,590 Call Activity / Arrest 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Case Arrests* 128 93 98 114 123 Traffic Crash Call 57 106 121 132 105 DUI Call 63 102 89 89 47 Crisis/Mental Hold /Suicide type Calls 51 51 50 50 78 Narcotic Type Call 10 9 12 7 15 Juvenile Issues Call 83 92 101 149 134 School Security Call 309 450 444 453 630 Offense Type 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Mental Hold Cases 17 17 20 16 14 Star Police Team Chief Zachary Hessing Sgt. Jonathan Steele Sgt. Travis De Bie Administrative Assistant Jada Butterfield Blue Team Deputy Derick Brashears Deputy Jon Cleveland Deputy Dale Morehouse Deputy Jacob Breckon Silver Team Deputy Justin Prather Deputy Jason Woodcook Deputy Michael Henderson Deputy Austin Eckhardt Detectives Det. Damian Rodriguez– Property Crimes Det. Ashley Turner – Person Crimes School Resource Officers Det. Rob Fowler The Star Police Department is fortunate to have 1 SWAT Deputy, 2 Emergency Vehicle Operation Course Instructors, Crisis Negotiator, Honor Guard, 2 Drone Operators, 4 Patrol Training Officers, Fraud investigator, 2 Trained Acting Field Commander’s, Breath Test Specialist, 2 Crime Scene Investigator’s, Defensive Tactics Instructor, Cell Phone Investigations, Interview Techniques, Commercial Vehicle Specialist, Patrol, Child Crimes Investigator, Terrorism Liaison Officer and a Fusion Liaison Officer (Intelligence). *Case Arrests can include multiple arrests on a case as a count of those arrested.