Case Date:

8/11/2024

What are the safety protocols for lifeguards on duty? There are two lifeguards on duty for the main pool at 2:30 pm, but the elevated chairs designed for lifeguards to easily scan the pool are empty. Instead, both lifeguards are seated together, chatting on the staff bench. There are easily 60+ people at the Bryan Park Pool now and plenty of small children. Until this weekend, lifeguards at Bryan Park Pool used the elevated chairs all summer and rotated frequently. Follow-up to #192811: https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=192811

Case Date:

8/10/2024

Does the City of Bloomington/Parks and Rec have a lifeguard:patron ratio that they implement? As of 1:30 pm, there are about 30 people in the main pool (not including the deep end) and only one lifeguard on duty. This lifeguard was seated in an oversight chair on the south side of the pool. When I asked the four off-duty lifeguards about the ratio, one told me that only a single lifeguard was sufficient for the whole pool for the number of patrons. He also indicated that they did not need to close off the west end of the pool to reduce the scan area for the lone lifeguard. However, after that, he did ask the seated lifeguard to go down to ground level to scan the pool.

Case Date:

8/11/2024

What are the safety protocols for lifeguards on duty? There are two lifeguards on duty for the main pool at 2:30 pm, but the elevated chairs designed for lifeguards to easily scan the pool are empty. Instead, both lifeguards are seated together, chatting on the staff bench. There are easily 60+ people at the Bryan Park Pool now and plenty of small children. Until this weekend, lifeguards at Bryan Park Pool used the elevated chairs all summer and rotated frequently. Follow-up to #192811: https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=192811

Case Date:

7/26/2024

There are several unhoused men living at the shelter at the Winslow Woods Park between the community gardens and the playground. They have been there for weeks. They left for a day and are back, now with a friend and his dogs. They burn wood in the grill day and night, never leave, and have a car packed with their belongings. They have taken over picnic tables as beds. No one else can use the shelter and it feels unsafe. Running them off for one day is not solving this problem. I do not feel safe going to the community gardens and orchard alone any longer. Why are they allowed to literally camp there? Please make this playground, shelter, and garden area safe again.

Case Date:

7/10/2024

Smoking marijuana in the parking lot after softball games currently 8:50 PM on Wednesday. Team shirt has Bloomington on it with something with red stripe below. It bald headed guy younger guy with a mustache short beard and even more passing around the group also very young children were present baby and car seat or carrier. #18 #55. Plate. IU2616. Black Chevy Colorado And drinking several beers a piece

Case Date:

7/10/2024

Smoking marijuana in the parking lot after softball games currently 8:50 PM on Wednesday. Team shirt has Bloomington on it with something with red stripe below. It bald headed guy younger guy with a mustache short beard and even more passing around the group also very young children were present baby and car seat or carrier. #18 #55. Plate. IU2616. Black Chevy Colorado And drinking several beers a piece

Case Date:

7/11/2024

Smoking marijuana in the parking lot after softball games currently 8:50 PM on Wednesday. Team shirt has Bloomington on it with something with red stripe below. It bald headed guy younger guy with a mustache short beard and even more passing around the group also very young children were present baby and car seat or carrier. #18 #55. Plate. IU2616. Black Chevy Colorado And drinking several beers a piece

Case Date:

4/6/2016

Hi There, A chunk of shingles has blown off the bathroom building in Building and Trades Park. It can wait 'till tomorrow...not an emergency! Jaclyn Ray

Case Date:

8/1/2018

People have been camping in the shelter houses at 9th St. Park for several weeks, if not months. I've been reluctant to officially report it but over the last week it's become a bit more permanent. And also a bit unruly.

Case Date:

7/21/2024

There have been two men camping in the shelter at Winslow Woods park for well over a week. They sleep on the shelter picnic tables at night and stay all day in the shelter, burning wood in the bbq pit. They have been there every day I have gone to the community gardens for the past few weeks. They seem to be storing their belongings in a maroon vehicle that is always there. It is concerning that these individuals have set up camp in the shelter, which effectively keeps anyone else from using it. I thought the city was prohibiting camping in our parks, but this one has been going on for a while now.