2012/08/15 Council Agenda Packet

1 persons or the guest to a "Do Not Rent" list until Sgt. Bosman provided Ms. Ahn an updated list in July 2012. 66.Video Surveillance. Persons not registered at the motel would be less.likely to come to the Best Inn to buy or sell drugs or to make other illegal sales if they knew they were being videotaped. Best Inn employees could have been alerted to the high traffic coming and going from room 202. 67.Employee Monitoring. Again, police involvement should not be limited to those instances where the police are already patrolling the property. Employees should have observed the suspicious activity and called 911 immediately. Non-registered guests coming and going from a motel room, and people waiting in their cars with no other apparent purpose is suspicious activity. This is particularly true in light of the history of unlawful activity at the Best Inn. 68.Illumination. Better lighting and removing the cover of darkness from the Best Inn parking lots would have also deterred people and cars from using the Best Inn for unlawful activity. 69.D131 2-9946 — DRUG USE AND PARAPHERNALIA. On May 27, 2012, at approximately 7:00 a.m. Officer Steve Ross was patrolling the parking lot of the Best Inn. He noticed two males sitting in a car that was backed into the stall in front of room 115. Their eyes widened and they appeared anxious when they saw his patrol car. He contacted the two males who had begun to exit the car. The passenger was the registered guest of the Best Inn. Officer Ross observed marijuana through the driver's side open car door. The driver was arrested for drug paraphernalia. As Officer Ross continued to investigate he discovered a third female passenger lying on the back seat in the car. All suspects appeared to be under the influence of drugs. Officer Ross later served a search warrant on the car and found methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and prescription drugs in the car. 70.Do Not Rent List. An accurate and up-to-date "Do Not Rent" list may have prevented this incident and would prevent it in the future. Ms. Ahn did not add these persons or the guest to a "Do Not Rent" list until Sgt. Bosman provided Ms. Ahn an updated list in July 2012. s 71.Video Surveillance. Persons not registered at the motel would be less likely to come to the Best Inn to buy, sell, or use drugs if they knew they were being videotaped. Best Inn employees could have been alerted to the suspicious activity in front of room 115. 72.Employee Monitoring. Again, police involvement should not be limited to those instances where the police are already patrolling the property. Employees should have observed the suspicious activity in front of room 115 and called 911 immediately. People sitting in cars with no other apparent purpose is suspicious, particularly in light of the history of unlawful activity at the Best Inn. 22(1