NARC STAT Workshop organized by GAIN, 9-12-06

Lieutenant Reed of the North Precinct and Sergeant Dyment and Officer Swanson from the ACT (Anti- Crime Team) for the North Precinct presented information on narcotic activity in our area (centering around 85th and Aurora). 
Dyment & Swanson handle vice stings, prostitution & john pick ups, and drug house issues among other activities.  Recently closed a crack house on 90th & Greenwood.  Also did a sting in November of ’05 at 74th & Winona where many weapons including Oozie magazines and semi-automatic weapons were confiscated.  
NARC STAT
• Lieutenant Reed covered the NARC Stat tool and some statistics for the area. 
• 85th & Aurora and the Ave in the U-District are the two hottest narcotics spots in the north precinct; the tool helps PD leadership identify hot spots and see how dense drug activity is any one area on a regular basis which helps them deploy the right response.
• Two types of data come from 911 calls and on view (officer initiated data/reports); this data is then presented in a color coded map so that both the density and distribution of activity are clear.
• The area around Aurora & 85th is ranked 3rd out of 64 beats (small geographic areas for patrol/response management) for July ’06. The U-District ranked 7th.   **NEWS UPDATE** Since the removal of the phone booths and the clean-up of the vegetation along the property line at the ARCO station the intersection of 85th and Aurora is no longer in the top ten narcotics spots in the north precinct!
Types of drug dealing behavior:
• Street Activity: Usually a lookout watches for the dealer; either standing on the corner watching for cops or sitting on the curb. Two people meet up, walk around somewhere else (like behind a house/phone booth) to do the transaction
• Many times two people nod at one another on approach which is a sign that they are potentially going to exchange money for drugs.
• Many times people are meeting at the bus shelter at Jack in the box and heading to Nesbit for the transaction.
• Some sit/stand on the sidewalk waiting for people to drive by and give them the head nod
• Sometimes a dealer will pick someone up in the car, drive around the block while doing the transaction then drop the person back off.
What to do:
• Call 911!!!  Even if you don’t think they will be able to catch the people or if they are already gone.  This gets the event logged and they can track it as a hot spot. They can use NARC Stat tool which demonstrates where drug activity is being observed by the police (on line views) and reported by citizens.
• Twice this summer arrests were made because a GAIN member made called 911 regarding drug dealing in the neighborhood on the residential streets.
• Drug activity moves around so reporting will help the police identify new locations when they pop up. For example, sometimes an elderly or disabled person may have a relative move into their home and end up exploiting them and using their residence as a location for drug dealing. Calls on such a location will be seen via NARC STAT and indicate to the leadership of North Precinct that there is a drug dealing problem at the location.
• When you report suspected drug dealing get as much information as possible, license numbers are incredibly useful. Recently, a license number on a drug deal lead to the arrest of a child molester who had a warrant. Descriptions of individuals involved and details or autos involved including make/model/year and license if possible. 
Additional notes:
• Many dealers are armed and can be dangerous; many have long ‘rap’ sheets and are familiar with the system.
• Do not approach or try to break up a drug deal; you should call 911, some neighbors go as far as to make their presence known (such as standing on your porch with phone in hand) while others may yell out that they are calling 911. It is really up to each individual to make their own decisions about their response and personal safety, but calling 911 with details is helpful. See our notes on the 911 workshop for good info on making calls to 911.
• On a good note, Sergeant Diamond has never heard of retribution from a drug dealer