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I also plan to attempt some degree of secondary school liason in the fall of 1993 using one of our officers to assist the Anoka officer at the Junior and Senior High Schools. That officer will also put some time in at the Ramsey Elementary School. This assignment will be very limited and will depend on the call load and general activity pattern in Ramsey in 1993. I feel that with normal growth in 1992 and 1993 these personnel will in no way be ~edundant other than in a needed way. By this I mean that redundancy is a fact of life in today's world, espcially in areas where "down-time" must be avoided. To maintain the schedule of rotating vehicles out of service when they reach a mileage of 60-65,000 miles and to keep the benefits of accountability we should try to keep the number of officers using each car to two persons, if possible. Our experience has shown that the cars get better treatment in almost all cases and if there is a person who shows a tendency to abuse his vehicle in driving habits or by his view towards maintenance this is easily observed and dealt with by the administration. In 1993 then we should look at purchasing an additional vehicle, likely an unmarked (no roof bar) that would be used by the liason person, patrol and investigation. This would involve, besides the initial cost of the car, the cost for the necessary squad equipment to make it a patrol un~t, including a radar set. I would like to add another permanent install cellular phone so that two of the patrol squads would have phone capability. By planning the vehicle usage we would have a car with a phone on the street at all times. The current portable would be usually carried in the Investigator/Sergeant car for their use. I would like to add Case Writer, a software package, to our ENFORS computer system, in 1993. What this does is allow staff to place lengthy narrative into our computerized report system and also ties in all aspects of the system to that narrative. By doing this an officer can enter his report directly into the system, Initial Report and any Supplemental Reports, bypassing the need for secretarial entry for the most part. We will also be looking at upgrading or replacing much of the hardware to allow more user friendly PC abilities to tie in with our mainframe computer. With the current cost of Case Writer at about $3,900 and the additional hardware we may be looking at around 8 to 9,OO~ dollars for the upgrade. I would hope that by 1993, January, there will already have been a decision made about the construction or expansion of our current facilities. We will be badly in need of more space for secretarial/clerical, patrol and investigation, administration, garaging and storage of records, equipment and property/evidence. There will need to be room for photography and supplies as well as an area for fingerprint processing; this can be one room suitable for both functions. If any decisions are made in 1992 for construction of a facility, perhaps Public Works and Police combined, I am sure we won't slip a key in the lock until the end of 1993.