Ogden Police Department

OGDEN — A dispute over a motorcycle led police to arrest a man wanted for a probation violation in Montana on Tuesday.

Ogden police picked up Jimmie Carl Smith, 52, riding a motorcycle that had been reported stolen in North Ogden, Lt. Chad Ledford said.

OGDEN — An argument between co-workers regarding walking over a freshly mopped floor led to an arrest for aggravated assault.

A supervisor at Southern Food Group tackled David Wisniewski, 29, when he saw Wisniewski pull out a knife and place it by his side during an argument Tuesday afternoon, said Ogden Police Lt. Chad Ledford.

OGDEN — When Dave Weloth started as a police officer 20 years ago, he would have liked to have had the information he’s providing today. Weloth now heads the Ogden Police Real Time Crime Center, a small room of computers in the city’s Public Safety Building.

Screens covering two walls show dispatch feeds and live surveillance feeds from public areas around the city.

The screens also feature maps marked with crime data — such as where the most burglaries have occurred and where parolees convicted of burglary are in relation to those hot spots, so officers know where to patrol and who they can talk to for information.

OGDEN — Police believe drive-by shootings at an Ogden home Tuesday night and Wednesday morning may be related to a violent power struggle within a street gang over control of leadership, drugs and money.

Ogden Police Lt. Scott Conley declined to identify the gang, but said members are not affiliated with the Ogden Trece.

On Monday, 2nd District Judge Ernie Jones issued a permanent injunction against Trece members, banning them from associating with each other in public and being in the presence of guns, drugs and alcohol. The injunction also places Treces under an 11 p.m. curfew.

OGDEN — After being questioned about their use of new license plate recognition technology, the Ogden Police Department put the equipment on display.

The OPD gave a demonstration to local media Wednesday on how and why they use Automated License Plate Recognition, a new technology that provides continuous and high-speed monitoring of traffic areas.

Ogden has one ALPR-fitted vehicle, which costs about $50,000 and features four cameras mounted on top of the police car, with a special computer inside. The department has had the vehicle for about one year.

OGDEN -- The Ogden Police Department is one of three state law enforcement agencies targeted by the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union with records requests seeking information about a new license plate recognition technology.