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Living deliberately Belichick unsure how balls were deflated COAST WEEKEND SPORTS • 7A THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015 142nd YEAR, No. 147 ONE DOLLAR Long Beach school bursts at seams Elementary’s enrollment surge continues to grow By KATIE WILSON EO Media Group Daily Astorian file Astoria Police Officer Cory Gerig drives up 16th Street while patrolling the streets on a rainy Friday. ASTORIA POLICE: BY THE NUMBERS Police Chief Brad Johnston releases ¿UVWSXEOLFDQQXDOUHSRUWLQ\HDUV By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian F jumped from 63 in 2011 to 89 in 2014. “That is a huge increase,” Johnston said. “It has been a downward trend that really took off this past year.” or the first time in at least two decades, As- toria Police Depart- ment publicly released an On the street annual report detailing sta- The report highlights the tistics, completed projects roles of each division of and new programs. the Police Department, in- Brad Johnston, appoint- cluding dispatch, records, ed police chief in Novem- investigations and the more ber after nearly 23 years with the Police Department, Brad Johnston well-known patrol divi- sion. said annual reports Astoria dis- used to be sent in patch, one of two a memo format public safety an- along with budget swering points in requests to the As- Clatsop County, toria City Council answered about Budget Committee 73,000 nonemer- and not directly re- gency calls and leased to the public. 13,000 calls to 911, For years, John- resulting in a total ston said, he had the of 44,500 calls for concept to compile a service to subscriber more detailed report agencies, which include and release it. Now as the Sheriff’s Office, War- chief, Johnston completed renton Police and area fire that goal. departments. “It’s part of the process I In 2014, the investigation di- want to give the community of vision handled 167 cases. openness and approachability,” John- Patrol division personnel — made ston said. A telling aspect of the report is up of 10 officers, two sergeants and the dispatch statistics that show what a deputy chief — are the first re- types and how many calls the Police sponders and have at least two police Department receives each year. Since officers on the streets every hour of 2011, dispatch received an increase every day. Johnston said he talks to many in calls for disturbances, traffic com- plaints, motor vehicle crashes and people who have no idea of the size of his department. Some people think forgery and fraud cases. One of the other troubling increas- there are five or six officers on patrol es was in the category of “Sick Per- at one time, when the number is two son Cared For,” which are calls for to three. mental health issues, Johnston said. See POLICE, Page 10A Calls for “Sick Person Cared For” Astoria Police Department calls for service * (Classification by APD dispatchers are preliminary.) Call type Traffic stop Hang-up 911 Other all Traffic cite Disturbance Suspicious circumstances Property crimes Interview, field Traffic roads Information Traffic complaint Dog/animal complaints Motor vehicle accident Assist other agency Phone contact Property found Warrant arrest Follow up entries Alarm false Miscellaneous Assist rendered Truck inspection Welfare check Abandon/junk DHS referral Warrant information MVA, hit & run Property lost Forgery/fraud Missing person Trespass Sick person cared for Attempt to locate Drugs (all) Assorted other 2011 3,289 928 1,161 689 834 978 700 500 849 436 14 258 275 42 — 186 203 126 188 117 375 54 60 183 196 107 115 83 55 78 3 63 34 62 346 2012 2,799 963 1,284 1,005 985 977 659 611 455 505 344 262 284 290 120 195 188 135 181 65 79 181 170 142 135 107 97 96 58 86 45 52 62 63 480 2013 2,845 1,360 1,115 1,327 1,022 823 641 667 395 354 449 289 267 358 322 213 209 205 162 197 115 220 189 156 149 126 97 110 111 69 76 44 68 58 512 2014 2,540 1,451 1,126 931 1,052 839 554 612 322 443 504 359 305 371 451 253 212 336 174 323 104 214 214 150 148 94 119 109 144 72 171 89 68 24 458 *After further investigation, some calls may be formally categorized as something different than its initial classification. Source: Astoria Police Department LONG BEACH, Wash. — As stu- dent enrollment continues to go up at Long Beach Elementary, the Ocean Beach School District is confronting overcrowding issues long before it expected it would need to. “It’s becoming a bigger priority than it was before,” said Superinten- dent Jenny Risner. “Because they’ve continued to increase enrollment throughout the year, it’s forced us to look at it a little earlier than we anticipated to still stay ahead of the curve.” Long Beach Elementary has 281 students this year, a 7.5 percent in- crease over last year, said Todd See SCHOOL, Page 10A DUII dispute could end soon District attorney will likely appeal ruling, just in case By DERRICK DEPLEDGE The Daily Astorian The Astoria Police Department formally changed its policy manual Wednesday afternoon, instructing RI¿FHUV WR ¿OH PLVGHPHDQRU GUXQN- en-driving citations in Circuit Court instead of the city’s Municipal Court. Brad Johnston, the police chief and assistant city manager, took the swift action after the City Council voted Tuesday night to recommend the transfer of DUII prosecutions to Circuit Court. The back-to-back moves could quickly end the long-running legal dispute between the city and Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Mar- quis, who has sought jurisdiction over the DUII prosecutions, arguing that Circuit Court offers a higher Alan Kenaga/EO Media Group See DISPUTE, Page 10A At Westminster show, 2 new breeds, bigger agility contest By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK — Eleven-year-old Emma Rogers is only six years older than her great Dane and half the size, but she’s set to squire her dog in the ring at this year’s Westminster Kennel Club show. At 80, Marge Yonda is looking for- ward to leading her standard poodle through the fast-paced agility competi- tion — a pursuit Yonda took up when she stopped running marathons at 73. There’s plenty of variety among the people, as well as the dogs, participat- ing in American dogdom’s most presti- gious event next month. It will feature two new breeds and a bigger lineup of dogs in an agility contest, which brought new dimension to the show last year and marked the return of mixed-breed dogs IRUWKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFHLWVHDUO\\HDUV ONLINE www.westminsterkennelclub.org Emma will face much older handlers and show a dog over twice her weight, so big that Emma has to lift hard to posi- tion the legs of the Dane, named Joy. But Emma’s used to the double-takes and un- fazed by the competition. “With Joy, she’s easy — most of the time,” Emma said Wednesday after ap- pearing at a news conference with her twin sister, Faith, and 17-year-old sis- ter, Sophia, who also are showing dogs at Westminster. The Columbus, N.J., family’s pastime started with a sugges- AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews tion from Joy’s breeder, and mom Kim 5RJHUVVRRQFDPHWRVHHWKHEHQH¿WV³,W Chanel and Burberry, both cotons de tulear dogs owned by Justine teaches responsibility and winning and Romano from Montville, N.J. , pose during a press preview for the 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Wednesday in New See DOG SHOW, Page 10A York. Both will be presented as new breeds at Westminster Feb. 16-17.