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officer (one for the officer and one as an equipment locker) and find some room in the squad area to put them. Unless the City acquires some other type of storage building (portable classroom type of building, storage rental area) we will be overflowing by mid-1992. I have scheduled an officer to take DARE training in February of 1992. It is my understanding that Ramsey Elementary School will be having a fifth grade starting in fall of that year and this is the grade level at which DARE is taught. I feel it is essential that we have our own officer do this instruction in order to develop a close rapport with the students; a rapport that will carry over to the rest of the officers. While the officer is doing this instruction and his preparation work he will not be available for patrol duties. I expect to cover his absence with an officer from the Day Power or a C shift officer. This will then lessen our patrol and response ability during those times. 1993 Recently Investigator Gustafson worke'd'on an incident in which a teen age girl removed from her father's home a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and gave it to a male friend. Dave's investigation determined that at one point there was discussion among the young persons who were in the company of the person now possessing this pistol that it would be used to shoot another young male, a resident of this community. It appears, in fact, that there had been an intention to shoot into his home one night but that the perpetrators instead, at the last moment, decided to shoot it out a car window and into the air. This event was gang influenced and there was some direct gang relationship. I refer to Minneapolis gang influence, not some local kids group. There is every indication that a large share of the thefts from vehicles and garages is being done with some form of gang re- lationship; actual gang members or "wanna-be's (persons who either would like to be in the gangs and are trying or persons who aren't looking to join but try to emulate gang members). Brooklyn Park is seeing a high level of gang and gang-related activity as is Coon Rapids and other suburbs. As pressure is put on gangs and other criminal elements in those cities they will move further out. Even as it stands now cities such as Ramsey, Andover, Elk River, Burns and others feel the effects of gangs by way of thefts, burglaries and assaults from transients. This is not meant to be a scare tactic nor is it a tactic used by me to gain personnel. In my opinion it is a prediction of what we will be looking at in this decade and a caveat to prepare for it. I want to add two patrol personnel in 1993, at the start of the year. One of these persons will replace the Sergeant who will then be removed from the routine patrol rotation schedule even though he will still answer some calls and provide back-up services as well as his supervisory duties. The other officer will be fit into the schedule at the busiest times and also will serve as a fill in officer for vacations, holidays and sickdays.