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CITY OF LAURE L
MONDAY, JANUARY 22,2024
The Emergency Services Committee meeting was called to order at 6:00pm on Monday, January
22, 2024, by Chair- Heidi Sparks
Members Present: Heidi Sparks- Chair, Iry Wilke- Vice -Chair, Jodi Mackay, Richard Klose,
Jim Irvin
Others Present: Ambulance Director Lyndy Gurchiek, Fire Chief JW Hopper, Troy
Charbonneau- Ambulance, Travis Nagel -Assistant Captain, Police Chief Stan Langve, Srgt Jared
Anglin
Public Input: None
General Items
1. Iry Wilke nominated Heidi Sparks as Chair. No further nominations. Iry moved to
approve, Jodi seconded- Motion carried 4-0. Iry Wilke nominated Jodi Mackay. No
further nominations. Iry moved to approved, Jim seconded- Motion carried 4-0.
2. Approval of Emergency Services Committee minutes of November 27, 2023. Iry Wilke
moved to approve the minutes; Richard Klose seconded- Motion carried 5-0
New Business
3. Update from Emergency Departments
a. Police Chief Stan Langve- report attached
i. Staffing is the biggest issue of concern at this time
ii. Looking at adding 2 individuals to the reserves- will be presenting to City
Council at the meeting January 23
iii. Increased gang and youth gang activity
iv. Richard Klose asked if both Officer Ratcliff and Officer Lafrombois will
be going to the academy at the same time. Chief Langve stated if there is
room in the April academy, that would be the desire to get completed
before June
b. Ambulance Director Lyndy Gurchiek - Report attached
i. Staffing continues to be a struggle, resignation. One of the volunteers
may move into a full time position ,
ii. Recertification time, making sure everyone has the certifications needed
iii. Looking into app (Zello)- this will allow for better radio coverage. Not a
replacement for the current radio system, but an enhancement to improve
radio usage in areas of limited coverage
iv. Proposal for updated fee schedule including out of district fee for Ward 5
calls
c. Fire Chief JW Hopper - Report attached
i. Training taking place includes Navigation. This involves "hiding" flags at
difficult to find addresses/locations and sending the crew out to find them
ii. Take away from the E 4th Structure Fire- looking at options for a heating
tent to help keep the crew warm during extreme cold weather calls- temp
at time of this call was -28
iii. CO Monitors- Albertsons is donating funds, Cotters is donating funds
which should cover 2 monitors. Looking for additional donations to cover
a 3rd monitor. Right now, have to be transported to Billings to check for
CO poisoning
4. Jodi asked Chief Langve if he has connected with Oli from Comtech regarding cameras
for the parks. Chief Langve stated this is on his to-do list
Announcements
5. Next Meeting will be Monday, February 26, 2024, at 6:00pm in Council Chambers
Meeting adjourned at 6:45pm
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Calls-
® Responded to 94 Total Calls for 11/27/2!123-1/22/2!324.
0 2023 Total Calls.
* 413 Fire Calls.
a See attached sheet with fire calls on it.
* 168 Ambulance Driver Calls.
Training-
* Traffic Control
* Navigation (Capture the Flag)
* After Action Review
o Molt Structure Fire
o E 4'h Structure Fire
o Spring Creek Structure Fire
* Cold Water & Ice Rescue Training
Rookie School Training-
® Traffic Control
® Communication
® Navigation
• ICS
Department News-
• Current Numbers
o 33 Members
• 2 firefighters on leave of absence.
• 3 firefighters in Rookie School.
■ Justin Harris has moved to Joliet.
misc.-
• Working with Ambulance on a radio app for phones. Dunn Communications is
helping with this.
o Working with Ambulance to purchase 2 to 3 CO Monitors. These will benefit both the
community and the fire fighters.
o Albertson's Knox box is installed.
o Met with Billings Fire on New Structure Engine.
o New Extrication Tool (ripper)
o Brittnay is helping us with getting all fire fighter city ID, cards.
o, Started working on recruiting video and ideas.
a Introducing fire fighters using social media.
• Looking at the possibility of billboard for recruiting.
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Incident Type Count per Station for Date Range
Start Date: 01/01/2023 1 End Date: 12/31/2023
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251 - Excessive heat scorch bums with no Ignition
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# Incidents for I - Station 1: 413
561 - Unauthorized burning
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611 - Dispatched & cancelled on routs
622 - No incident found on arrival at dispatch address
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631 - Authorized controlled burning
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650 - Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke, other
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652 - Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke
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743 - Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional
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744 - Detector activation, no fire - unintentional
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745 - Alarm system activation, no fire - unintentional
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746 - Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO
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215 W. I'Street Lauie-1, Mt. 59044 - Phone 406-628-8737 - Fax 406-628-4641
For 2023, the FAP had 10,120 total calls for service. This is a 7.6% increase from last year and a 5.9%
increase from the 3 -year average. For crimes reported, we ended the year with 1,319 which is an increase
of 8% over last year and an increase of 11.6% over the 3 -year average. The 30 -day comparison for
January of last year and this year is showing a slight decrease in total calls for service and a slight
increase in crimes reported.
Staffing remains a critical issue for the Police Department. We have been unable to fill open positions
and continue to lose officers. We are opening a new hiring cycle with two open positions and an
anticipated third opening in the next few months. Officer Ratcliff has just finished Field Training and
Officer Lafrombois is in the very early stages of his training. Both must attend the Montana Law
Enforcement Academy this year. Due to staffing shortages, I have not been able to Promote Sergeant
Anglin to Captain. He is currently serving as Acting Captain and performing those duties while having to
cover patrol shifts.
We have two cadets to begin our Reserve Officer Academy this week. If we graduate them in May, it
would be the first additions to the reserve program in three years. I foresee great difficulty in filling the
demands of the reserve program in the future.
As a testament to the incredible people we have at the Police Department and their dedication to
excellence, we had ZERO error findings on cases reported to the National Incident -Based Reporting
System (NIBRS)!
It appears that the County will grant the City of Laurel easement of the park property located off
Beartooth Drive and adjacent to the City of Laurel's property. I have been in contact with Dunne
Communications, and we will be conducting a site survey to determine the feasibility of establishing a
repeater site on City property.
I have attached annual reports from Officer Baumgartner and Seargeant Booth regarding their special
duty assignments. They are both far too busy. The increase in violence and drug activity in the area
speaks strongly to the critical need to invest in our department. At the end of the year, we have been
experiencing an increase of overdoses and overdose deaths.
SRO's Swan and Sedgwick are current members of the revitalized Gang Task Force and Officer Swan is
also a member of the Crisis Intervention Team.
Respectfully,
Chief Langve
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Laurel Police Department
Badge #105
Dear Emergency Services Committee,
Another year has passed with being a team member for the Yellowstone County TRT. 2023 is one of the busiest
years for the team with a total of 24* activations. These calls ranged from Drug High Risk Search Warrant,
Homicide Search Warrant, Bomb Maker Search Warrant, Barricades, and gang/shootings. Yellowstone County
TRT worked jointly with several agencies including Billing Police Department, DEA, US Marshalls, and
HIDTA(Drug Enforcement).
The range for the team is anywhere withing driving distance. This display of a wide -reaching arm was shown as
the team deployed to Bozeman, MT, Glendive, MT, and southern region of Carbon County. The 24 activations
show only the full deployment of the team. It does not include the dozens of stand -bye activations where team
members must get geared up, canceling plans or events to wait for the full activation.
Being on the team for nearly two years now has shown me the time and dedication it takes to keep the area a
safer one so that others may live in relative safety.
Sincerely,
Steve Baumgartner
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215W. I' Street Laurel, Mt. 59044 - Phone 406-628-8737 - Fax 406-628-4641
Laurel Police Department
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Dear Emergency Services Committee,
Another year has passed with being a team member for the Yellowstone County TRT. 2023 is one of the busiest
years for the team with a total of 24* activations. These calls ranged from Drug High Risk Search Warrant,
Homicide Search Warrant, Bomb Maker Search Warrant, Barricades, and gang/shootings. Yellowstone County
TRT worked jointly with several agencies including Billing Police Department, DEA, US Marshalls, and
HIDTA(Drug Enforcement).
The range for the team is anywhere withing driving distance. This display of a wide -reaching arm was shown as
the team deployed to Bozeman, MT, Glendive, MT, and southern region of Carbon County. The 24 activations
show only the full deployment of the team. It does not include the dozens of stand -bye activations where team
members must get geared up, canceling plans or events to wait for the full activation.
Being on the team for nearly two years now has shown me the time and dedication it takes to keep the area a
safer one so that others may live in relative safety.
Sincerely,
Steve Baumgartner
To whom it may concern,
V Street Laurel, MT 59044
Chief of Police Stan Langve
K9 Sergeant Jackson Booth and Narcotics K9 Colt have been working as a team since April of
202 1. Officer Booth and K9 Colt have been a huge asset to the Laurel Police Department, the
city of Billings, Yellowstone County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Carbon County,
Montana Highway Patrol, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Division of Criminal
Investigations (DCI), and most importantly the community of Laurel.
This is the team's second full year together, from January I ", 2023, until December 31 st, 2023,
Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt have been dispatched to 34 K9 related calls, just under last year's
number of 40.
The team had 26 narcotic deployments, four tracking deployment and several other calls; school
sniffs, civil demonstrations, or deployments K9 Colt was not used.
Out of the 26 narcotic deployments, K9 Colt was used 23 times. K9 Colt had no false alerts on
any of the 23 deployments. Th6 other calls Officer Booth was able to use his investigation and
communications skills to search the vehicles or homes without the help of his partner.
Out of those 26 narcotic deploymentp. Officer Booth and K9 Colt have removed the following:
500 grams of metharnphetarhihe, jimt. river I pounds, 2,500 fentanyl pills, thousands of dollars in
drug paraphernalia, 5 guns, and stolen property.
With this high volume of activity out'.of Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt agencies have been able to
make several felony arrests. Some t6f these cases are still pending but some have already led to
convictions.
Sergeant Booth And K9 Colt itre.also. certified in tracking for lost or missing people. Sergeant
Booth takes great pride in this aspect of the job as the K9 handler. Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt
spend hours each month -working on their tracking skills to help bring peoples loved one's home.
In 2023 Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt were dispatched to four missing or endangered people calls.
Sergeant Booth's most successful call involved K9 Colt located a nonverbal 8 -year-old after she
wondered away from her home. K9 Colt also helped locate a missing elderly man who wondered
away from his nursing home.
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To whom it may concern,
V Street Laurel, MT 59044
Chief of Police Stan Langve
K9 Sergeant Jackson Booth and Narcotics K9 Colt have been working as a team since April of
202 1. Officer Booth and K9 Colt have been a huge asset to the Laurel Police Department, the
city of Billings, Yellowstone County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Carbon County,
Montana Highway Patrol, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Division of Criminal
Investigations (DCI), and most importantly the community of Laurel.
This is the team's second full year together, from January I ", 2023, until December 31 st, 2023,
Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt have been dispatched to 34 K9 related calls, just under last year's
number of 40.
The team had 26 narcotic deployments, four tracking deployment and several other calls; school
sniffs, civil demonstrations, or deployments K9 Colt was not used.
Out of the 26 narcotic deployments, K9 Colt was used 23 times. K9 Colt had no false alerts on
any of the 23 deployments. Th6 other calls Officer Booth was able to use his investigation and
communications skills to search the vehicles or homes without the help of his partner.
Out of those 26 narcotic deploymentp. Officer Booth and K9 Colt have removed the following:
500 grams of metharnphetarhihe, jimt. river I pounds, 2,500 fentanyl pills, thousands of dollars in
drug paraphernalia, 5 guns, and stolen property.
With this high volume of activity out'.of Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt agencies have been able to
make several felony arrests. Some t6f these cases are still pending but some have already led to
convictions.
Sergeant Booth And K9 Colt itre.also. certified in tracking for lost or missing people. Sergeant
Booth takes great pride in this aspect of the job as the K9 handler. Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt
spend hours each month -working on their tracking skills to help bring peoples loved one's home.
In 2023 Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt were dispatched to four missing or endangered people calls.
Sergeant Booth's most successful call involved K9 Colt located a nonverbal 8 -year-old after she
wondered away from her home. K9 Colt also helped locate a missing elderly man who wondered
away from his nursing home.
Sergeant Booth and K9 Colt have also helped conduct school sniffs at the request of school
officials and the Billings Police Department K9 Unit. Jail Sniff at the Yellowstone County
Detention Facility and Hardin Jail.
K9 Colt has done demonstrations at schools to provide awareness to kids and young adults about
drug use. They have done presentations at West Elementary, Columbus Middle School, and
Broadview High School. The team has also done demonstrations at the Yellowstone Valley
Animal Shelter, Laurel Public Library, and the Sunshine Academy.
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Sincerely,
Lmuv,1,",.Pmolt!c!t D a r m - nd
215 W I" Street Laurel, Mt. 59044 - Phone 406-628-87' )7 - Fax 406-628-4641
Total Calls Printed on January 3, 2024
[CFS Date/Time) is between '2023-01 -0100:00:00' and '2023-12-31 23:59:59'and
[Primary Incident Code ->Code : Description] Ali
Page 1 of 5
Totals
10-15 : With Prisoner
0
0
Abandoned Vehicle
197
197
Agency Assist
818
818
Alarm - Burglary
127
127
Alarm - Fire
58
58
AMB: Ambulance
1086
1086
Animal Complaint
122
122
Area Check
84
84'
Assault
45
45'
Bad Checks
0
0
Barking Dog
69
69
Bomb Threat
0
0,
Burglary
14
14'
Child Abuse/Neglect
28
28;
Civil Complaint
131
131
Code Enforcment Violation
144
144
Community Integrated Health
6
6
Page 1 of 5
Code: Description
Totals
Counterfeiting
1
1
Criminal Mischief
83
83
Criminal Trespass
77
77
Cruelly to Animals
26
26
Curfew Violation
47
47
Discharge Firearm
10
10
Disorderly Conduct
120
120
Dog at Large
286
286
Dog Site
36
36
DUI: DUI Driver
90
90
: Duplicate Call
52
52
:Escape
0
0
Family Disturbance
168
168
Fight
27
27
FIRE: Fire or Smoke
167
167
:.Fireworks
36
36
Forgery
2
2
Found Property
79
79
Fraud
40
40
Harassment
41
41
Hit & Run
50
50
Code: Description
Totals
Identity Theft
6
6
Indecent Exposure
4
4
Insecure Premises
23
23
Intoxicated Pedestrian
18
18
Kidnapping
2
2
Littering
7
7
Loitering
28
28
Lost or Stray Animal
159
159
Lost Property
55
55
Mental Health
44
44
Missing Person
39
39
Noise Complaint
41
41
Open Container
0
0
Order of Protection Violation
23
23
Parking Complaint
204
204
Possession of Alcohol
4
4
: Possession of Drugs
18
18
: Possession of Tobacco
12
12
: Privacy in Communications
15
15
: Prowler
1
1
Public Assist
587
587
Page 3 of 5
Code: Description
Totals
: Public Safety Complaint
100
100
: Public Works Call
139
139
: Report Not Needed
68
68
: Robbery
0
0
Runaway Juvenile
28
28
Sexual Assault
28
28
Suicide
I
I
Suicide - Attempt
9
9
Suicide - Threat
41
41
Suspicious Activity
1186
1186
Suspicious Person
146
146
Theft
329
329
Threats
69
69
Tow Call
6
6
Traffic Accident
226
226
Traffic Hazard
56
56
Traffic Incident
234
234
TRO Violation
3
3
Truancy
5
5
TIS : Traffic Stop
1409
1409
: Unattended Death
11
11
Page 4 of 5
Code: Description
Totals
Unknown - Converted
0
0
Unlawful Transactions w/Minors
0
0
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
I
I
Vicious Dog
26
26
Warrant
159
159
Welfare Check
183
183
Totals
10120
10120
Page 5 of 5
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215 W F" Street Laurel, Mt. 59044 - Phone 406-6i-8-8737 rax 406-628-4641
Total Calls Printed on January 22, 20
(CFS Date/Time) is between '2023-12-25 00:00'and'2024-01-22 23:59' and
[Primary Incident
os- •t'- : Description] All
Page 1 of 5
Totals
10-15: With Prisoner
0
0
Abandoned Vehicle
11
11
Agency Assist
42
42
Alarm - Burglary
10
10
Alarm - Fire
7
7
AMB: Ambulance
98
98
Animal Complaint
5
5
Area Check
8
8
Assault
3
3
Bad Checks
0
0
Barking Dog
2
2
Bomb Threat
1
1
Burglary
0
0
Child Abuse/Neglect
1
1
Civil Complaint
5
5
Code Enforcment Violation
2
2
Community Integrated Health
2
2
Page 1 of 5
Code: Description
Totals
: Counterfeiting
I
I
: Criminal Mischief
2
2
: Criminal Trespass
5
5
Cruelty to Animals
3
3
Curfew Violation
I
I
Discharge Firearm
I
I
Disorderly Conduct
6
6
Dog at Large
14
14
Dog Bite
2
2
DUI : DUI Driver
6
6
: Duplicate Call
4
4
:Escape
0
0
Family Disturbance
16
16
Fight
I
I
FIRE: Fire or Smoke
18
18
Fireworks
2
2
Forgery
0
0
Found Property
3
3
Fraud
I
I
Harassment
0
0
Hit & Run
3
3
Page 2 of 5
Code: Description
Totals
Identity Theft
0
0
Indecent Exposure
0
0
Insecure Premises
3
3
Intoxicated Pedestrian
0
0
Kidnapping
1
1
Littering
0
0
Loitering
0
0
Lost or Stray Animal
7
7
Lost Property
2
2
Mental Health
4
4
Missing Person
I
I
Noise Complaint
I
I
Open Container
0
0
Order of Protection Violation
0
0
Parking Complaint
10
10
Possession of Alcohol
0
0
Possession of Drugs
0
0
Possession of Tobacco
0
0
: Privacy in Communications
I
I
: Prowler
0
0
: Public Assist
41
41
Page 3 of 5
Code: Description
Totals
Public Safety Complaint
7
7
Public Works Call
21
21
Report Not Needed
1
1
Robbery
0
0
Runaway Juvenile
I
I
Sexual Assault
0
0
Suicide
0
0
Suicide - Attempt
I
I
Suicide - Threat
I
I
Suspicious Activity
53
53
Suspicious Person
9
9
Theft
28
28
Threats
3
3
Tow Call
0
0
Traffic Accident
16
16
Traffic Hazard
6
6
Traffic Incident
7
7
TRO Violation
0
0
Truancy
0
0
T/S : Traffic Stop
113
113
: Unattended Death
4
4
Page 4 of 5
Code: Description
Totals
Unknown - Converted
0
0
Unlawful Transactions w/Minors
0
0
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle
0
0
Vicious Dog
3
3
Warrant
9
9
Welfare Check
12
12
Totals
652
652
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