Davie Update

MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR DAVIE UPDATE

By Mayor Judy Paul

Town of Davie’s District 1 Councilmember, Michelle Whitman was awarded the 2021 Florida Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Distinguished Service Award at the recently held Florida CERT Conference. Councilmember Whitman is one of 20 CERT volunteers nationwide to have ever received this award.

Annually, the award is presented to a CERT volunteer for their outstanding contribution to the CERT program and community as an unpaid program manager, instructor, team leader, or general volunteer.

Whitman developed a keen interest in the CERT program while completing her training in 2015. She was later appointed as the Davie CERT Team Leader in 2017 and continues to serve in this capacity. Throughout her tenure as team leader, she has assisted with more than 70 CERT members to be certified.

“CERT relies on having community advocates who understand the benefit of this program which Councilmember Whitman has championed for many years,” Davie Fire Rescue Chief Julie Downey said. “She is one of the driving forces behind the ongoing success of the Davie CERT program which continues to be an alluring program for community members to participate in and be trained.”

Whitman dedicated more than 350 hours earlier this year at the Town’s COVID-19 vaccination point of dispensing (POD) as a way to assist residents to receive their vaccinations. The CERT team collaboratively donated more than 900 hours of service at the POD.

The Davie Fire Rescue Department implemented the CERT program in 2009 and has trained over 600 community members since the start of the program and currently has 30 active members. Annually, Davie Fire Rescue offers a free eight-week training twice per year to anyone living or working in the Town. For more information regarding the Davie CERT program, please visit www.davie-fl.gov/CERT

Police Chief Kinsey reported that the town’s latest Comstat report that tracks Part 1 crime in the Town of Davie (These are the most serious crimes including homicide, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, theft, etc.) shows a -17% drop from August 2020 compared to August 2021. Comstat is short for “computer statistics”. It was developed by Chief William Bratton from NYPD in the 1990’s. Comstat uses crime analysts to compile statistics to identify “hot spots” of criminal activity so the police commanders can allocate resources to those areas and develop action plans for them. In Davie we hold weekly Comstat meetings with all of the Police Captains and other staff including our dedicated crime analysts. We use these weekly meetings to identify pockets of criminal activity and also develop action plans and review arrest and citation numbers. Comstat is also an important part of our daily duties relating to Quality of Life issues within the Town such as Code, Animal issues, Homeless outreach, etc. And, Part 1 crime is down -14% when comparing Jan-Aug 2020 to Jan-Aug 2021. A breakdown of the crimes year to date from Jan–Aug 2020 compared to Jan-Aug 2021 are as follows: ⊲ Sexual Assault (Rape) down -18% ⊲ Commercial Burglary down -25% ⊲ Residential Burglary down -37% ⊲ Motor vehicle Burglary down -26% ⊲ Motor vehicle theft down -8% ⊲ Shoplifting down -22% ⊲ Fraud down -21%

Additionally, speeding and traffic issues are always a part of our Comstat discussions. From Jan-Aug 2021 compared to Jan-Aug 2020 we wrote 689 more traffic citations for speeding or a 37% increase.

The Town of Davie Police Officers and Professional civilians are working hard to keep the Town safe and we thank them for their diligence.

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