New data hub page provides details on police calls at Bend parks and recreation facilities
The City of Bend Police Department and Bend Park & Recreation District are pleased to announce that community members can now access a crime map and data about calls for service specifically taking place in Bend’s parks and recreation facilities.
The dashboard dedicated to incidents taking place in Bend’s parks allows the public to explore the types of calls for service Bend Police officers respond to at parks locations, as well as the number of times police have responded to those locations.
For example, the most common calls for service on parks property are “suspicious circumstances” and “unwanted subject,” followed by “dog complaints,” and the most common location police respond to is Juniper Swim & Fitness Center and the adjacent Juniper Park.
In a recent BPRD community survey, 86 percent of respondents agreed with the statement, “I feel safe when I’m using district parks, trails and facilities.” While this is positive, maintaining and addressing safety opportunities is a priority for the park district and police.
“We value the partnership between park stewards, law enforcement and security services to maintain safe parks and recreation facilities,” said Michelle Healy, executive director of BPRD. “In a growing community, incidents and challenges present opportunities for prevention, response and awareness that is easy to access with the online dashboard resource.”
Bend Police introduced its data hub, created in conjunction with the City’s Office of Performance Management, in August 2023. The goal of the data hub is to make it as easy as possible for our community to learn more about the types of calls for service and reported crimes taking place in the City of Bend through reports, maps and raw data tables.
“Our Department is committed to transparency, and that means sharing as much information with the public as we can,” said Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz. “We were pleased to work with Bend Park & Recreation District to build this dashboard, and we look forward to creating additional dashboards that will give the public more insight into our community’s safety.”
The data is updated on a daily basis. It is compiled from the Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System that is maintained by Deschutes County 911 Dispatch.
You can access the data hub at https://policedata.bendoregon.gov. At the top of the page, click on “Parks Incidents.”
Date: Nov. 19, 2024
Case #: 2024-00067896
Incident: Man dead in train collision near SE Wilson Avenue
Date / Time of Incident: Nov. 18, 2024 / 5:43 p.m.
Location: BNSF railroad tracks, SE Wilson Avenue, Bend
Deceased: Tony Ray Monen, 52-year-old Bend resident
At approximately 5:43 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, Bend Police were dispatched to a report of a collision between a southbound BNSF train and a person at the railroad tracks near SE Wilson Avenue.
An investigation determined that the man, identified as 52-year-old Tony Ray Monen, was lying on the tracks when he was struck. Monen was dead at the scene, and no foul play is suspected.
SE Wilson Avenue between Ninth and Centennial streets was closed until approximately 9:30 p.m. as the Bend Police crash reconstruction team conducted its investigation.
Date: Nov. 18, 2024
Case #s:
2024-00063972
2024-00053768
2024-00040527
2024-00020088
2023-00061247
2022-00073066
2022-00009195
2022-00049336
Incident: Recent scams defraud local businesses
The Bend Police Department would like to alert local businesses and community members to two types of scams we are frequently seeing reported.
These scams follow two fact patterns.
In the first scam, of which we’ve received reports dating back to 2022, local businesses and nonprofits are targeted. A company email is unknowingly hacked, and the scammer initiates email communication with the local business while impersonating a known vendor or contractor. In multiple cases, the scammer has used an email address that is virtually identical to the vendor’s email address, but with one letter changed.
The scammer then contacts the local business posing as the vendor, with an invoice or payment request, and the local business wires the funds or sends a check to a new account.
In these cases, victims have lost at least $400,000, and we believe there are additional victims who have not reported these incidents to law enforcement. These cases can be difficult to investigate, as the money is typically wired to an offshore account, leaving our office with little suspect information.
The other common scam our officers are seeing features a scammer calling a local business or an individual and pretending to be someone in a position of power: a manager, company owner or bank employee, for example. The scammer directs the victim to remove money from an account, a safe or other place where money is secured in the store and directs them to put those funds in a Bitcoin account. This has similarly resulted in losses of thousands of dollars for victims.
So far this year, our agency has taken at least 361 reports of scams and fraud attempts, a significant increase over past years. We don’t want you to be a victim. A few reminders:
- Law enforcement and other federal agencies will never call or email you demanding money. Banks will not ask you to wire money as part of a fraud investigation. Do not transfer money into Bitcoin or other online apps at the behest of any agency or business.
- Likewise, legitimate groups do not request payment in the form of gift cards.
- Never give personal information like a social security number or a bank account number over the phone or via email. A banking institution will not ask for these things.
- Trust your gut. If the caller is rushing you, making you feel uncomfortable, or you just think something is off, get off the phone and call the nonemergency dispatch line at 541-693-6911.
- Don’t believe Caller ID. Scammers can fake the number they’re calling from or a name or company you may recognize.
- If the person who calls or texts you claims to be a manager or company owner, tell them you’ll need to call them back. That will buy you time and allow you to contact your immediate supervisor. You won’t inconvenience them; you may save them a lot of money.
Have you been the victim of a scam? You can file a complaint with the FBI at www.IC3.gov.
Date: Nov. 8, 2024
Case #: 2024-00053829
Incident: 17-year-old arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material
Date / Time of Incident: Nov. 7, 2024 / 5 p.m.
Location: 63300 block of Stonewood Drive, Bend
Arrested: 17-year-old Bend resident
Offenses: Encouraging Child Sex Abuse I x 65, Encouraging Child Sex Abuse II x 65
Bend Police have arrested a 17-year-old Bend resident on suspicion of possessing child sex abuse material (CSAM).
The arrest stems from a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTip that detectives received on Sept. 12.
Bend Police detectives investigated the tip and identified the 17-year-old as the person who had accessed the CSAM and uploaded the material to a cloud-based storage device.
At approximately 3:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, Bend Police executed a search warrant at a home in the 63300 block of Stonewood Drive in Bend. Detectives seized digital devices as evidence.
At that time, detectives took the juvenile into custody and transported him to Deschutes County Juvenile Justice on suspicion of multiple counts of first-degree and second-degree Encouraging Child Sex Abuse. This investigation is ongoing.
Bend Police are investigating whether there may be local victims associated with this case. The 17-year-old worked 22 shifts as a safety monitor at Mountain Air Trampoline Park on Murray Road in Bend between February and November 2024. He is no longer employed by Mountain Air. The trampoline park has assisted with this investigation, including by providing the dates and times the suspect worked at the location.
The dates and times that the suspect worked at the trampoline park are listed below:
- Saturday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Sunday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Saturday, March 2, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Friday, March 22, 4:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Monday, March 25, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 27, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Friday, March 29, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Saturday, March 30, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Sunday, April 7, 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
- Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Monday, April 29, 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
- Saturday, May 25, 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Sunday, June 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Sunday, June 9, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Friday, June 21, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Sunday, July 21, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturday, Aug. 3, 2 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
- Saturday, Aug. 24, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Sunday, Sept. 1, 11:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturday, Oct. 5, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Saturday, Nov. 2, 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
If you believe your child may have experienced unwanted contact with this individual, please contact nonemergency dispatch at 541-693-6911, reference the above case number and ask to speak with Det. Jared Wiebold.