07/15/10 Stolen Property Recovery Information
On 06/26/2010, Nampa Police Department arrested 25 year old Joshua P. Elliott of Nampa. It is believed Elliott is responsible for multiple vehicle burglaries in Ada county as well as in the city of Nampa.
The arrest of Elliott has resulted in the recovery of over $41,000 dollars worth of property, taken between June and July 2010. Nampa Police Department currently has numerous property items, which we are trying to identify the owners of.
If you were a victim of a vehicle burglary in either June or July of 2010, please view the stolen property release for photos of the items and instructions on how to recover your property.
07/02/10 Holiday DUI Mobilization
The Nampa Police Department will be participating in the nationwide Impaired Driving Mobilization over the 4th of July Holiday. We want to make sure that everyone has a safe holiday while traveling the roadways. This mobilization runs from July 1 until July 12.
For more information, please see the full press release.
01/07/10 Nampa Police Participating in the Alive at 25 program
Please see the press release for details.
01/05/10 Follow Traffic and DUI Teams on Twitter
Be one of the first to know if there’s an accident tying up a Nampa street, or if officers are patrolling a specific area for speeders or drunk drivers. You can now get a Tweet from Nampa Police when you follow them on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nampapdtraffic.
The STEP and DUI teams decided to use Twitter to try to get information out more quickly to the public regarding traffic problems that result from crashes, current mobilization and saturation information, and real time enforcement projects. You are invited to follow the Nampa Police Department traffic team on Twitter and feedback is welcome.
09/07/09 Nampa Police Law Enforcement Phlebotomy Program
The Nampa Police Department, in its continual effort to combat impaired driving, has recently taken part in a groundbreaking program that trains Police Officers to be qualified phlebotomists. This training is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is presented by the College of Western Idaho. The law enforcement phlebotomy program is modeled after the program that has been in place in Arizona for over 13 years.
By having Police Officers trained as qualified phlebotomists, officers are able to conduct blood draws on subjects who do not consent to breath or other chemical testing during impaired driver related investigations. Officers are able to obtain blood samples without the added expense of having a hospital perform the blood draw, and are able to maintain a better chain of custody by allowing law enforcement to have custody from the beginning to the end.
The Nampa Police Department would like to get the word out that if you drive while impaired, you will not be given the ability to refuse evidentiary tests. If an impaired driver refuses an offered test, an involuntary blood draw will be conducted. The inability to refuse evidentiary tests furthers the Nampa Police Department’s commitment to making our highways safer, removing the impaired drivers from the roadways, and working “Towards Zero Deaths.”
The Nampa Police Department would like to invite members of the media to attend a presentation where they can observe the current phlebotomy class in action and witness officers performing blood draws. Attendees will be given the opportunity to talk to officers involved in the program and photograph an officer drawing blood. Interviews can also be conducted with phlebotomy instructors and Officer Alan Haywood, Law Enforcement Phlebotomy Coordinator with the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. If interested in attending the Wednesday morning phlebotomy presentation please contact Sgt. Matt Pavelek at 468-5608 or 697-3770.
