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3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) Crime Prevention Specialist. Chief WaY s~ted the Department has a Crime Prevention Specialist who coordinates~certain evefits ;lO the City - a couple of them being National Night Out and Safety Camp. The City ha~ won an award for National Night Out and Safety Camp is maxed out with attendance iaumbers. Another event is the car seat clinics - we held 10 of them last year2 We gavec~ut car seats which we get donations for from local businesses. Reserve Unit. Chief Way reported thatthe ~Reserve Unit is down in numbers. We have a really good unit, therefore, : we are i0sii~g 'them because they are being hired as officers. We currently have six applications for theReserves and we are hoping to bring all six on which will bring us up to a~itotal of 15.!; They have donated over 2,000 hours. They help out with back up, work school dances., provide reasonable security, and a number of other things. If not for the ReserVe Unit, we ~°flid have to pay our regular omcers over time. Presidential Motorcade: Chief way ,stated ~hat the Presidential Motorcade came through Ramsey and the reserves were on duty for that for about six hours. Commercial Vehicle Inspeations: C .hi~:W~ty stated that the Department was "heavy into commercial vehicle inspections this iYear. ~We pulled about 180 vehicles out of service because of violations. We are work~g w~ the City Attomey on this. We may be able to collect money for violations on the '~po~ because so many are not from the area so it turns out to be a warrant. Two percenter c0mmercial vehicles are involved in 15 percent of the accidents. Minnesotais ranked ~num. l~$r 47 of 50 states in commercial accidents. Police Calls: Chief Way r~ported that~the~Police Department responded to over 11,000 calls which is up from 9,2~0 the .year before. Councilmember Pearson inquired if that number is proportionate t0 the :number of people coming into the City. Chief Way replied that it is a little aheltd. A lot~ofpe~ple drive through the City to get to their own city, etc. There are also more people working in Ramsey, therefore, more medicals, etc. It is that way throughout A~loka cOUnty. : Hires for 2005' Chief Way stated that for~this coming year we have hired two officers and a new CSO. ~ ATV Donation: A gentleman won an ATV from a Rotary raffle and he donated it to the Police Department. Game Fair: Chief Way reported that there~are extra calls for officers for the Game Fair activities and we actually billed them tiffs Year. We will continue to have an officer up there during those weekends. ~ New Police Department Facility: Chief Way stated that staff is currently working on plans for the new Police Department Eacil.lty. We are maxed out for space in this one. We are providing more serVice, people Wan~ more service, and we will continue to grow. Fire Chief Kapler, who also serves as the DireCtor 0f Public Works reported on engineering. We have had some big things happen With regard tO r0a~d improvements. th 1) ttighway #47 and 167 AVenUe: We are gurrently looking for help from MnDOT with 167th and Highway #47. We are on their budget. 2) Dysprosium and C.R. #11~ This area Will_also see some improvements. He believed the accident count has been down because: of the four-way stop - that will be signalized this year. 3) School Zone. For Ramsey Elementary, We are hoping to install working lights in the school zone to blink when there is a Slower;mile per hour limit time. Public 8afety Bo. aVd -~ ~'ebruary 17, 2005