Then & Now

Police Officer Katie Flood serves as the department's public information officer, among other duties.  She is our liasion with the news media (most quoted woman in Lincoln, I believe), she manages our public web site, she plays an important role on our accredation team, and she is the publisher of our annual report--plus a few other duties.  This is not the first time I have acknowledged the quality of her work, but her most recent accomplishment simply cannot go unrecognized. 

It is the 2010 Annual Report of the Lincoln Police Department.  The theme, Then & Now, is simply marvelous. Officer Flood has taken the Annual Report to an entirely new level of interest and entertainment, by including throughout the document photos and data that juxtaposes information about the police department across a century of our history.  I am simply blown away.  I couldn't stop looking and reading until I had reached the end. 

Truth be told, a good share of our Annual Report is a little on the dry side.  Pages of statistics make for a good archival reference, but it's not exactly a potboiler.  This year, however, I couldn't wait to see the current photos paired with their partners from decades past, and the statistics from the horse and buggy era were a blast to see alongside the 2010 data. I particularly liked Katie's choice of the arrest data from 1915:  I guarantee you she picked that year specifically due to the 13 arrests listed for the offense of Insulting a Woman.

Katie, it's outstanding. Our employees and retirees will enjoy it very much, as will the general public.  You've turned the mundane into the exceptional--again!