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6) 7) 8) 9) Lions picnic, Happy Days, 48 hours of added security at the Game Fair - which will be increased next year (the department bills them), track and field, charity soccer game with the Fire Department, and responding to the September storm along with the Fire Department - some road were closed and it was again proven the City needs to have more than one way out of a neighborhood. He added that he and Chief Kapler keep pushing for that. The department provided police protection to Lino Lakes when they had an officer killed - Ramsey sent two officers and Office Manager Joleen Wiemann for two days. There were four fatals in 2005. The crime prevention area was very busy - Ramsey again won an award for National Night Out participation, there were 144 kids in attendance at the Kids Safety Camp which is done jointly with the Fire Department. Tobacco and alcohol compliance checks were done - there were 8 tobacco failures and 3 alcohol. The Department is currently working through these. The department worked on the save kids program, the bicycle helmet program, etc. 192 kids were fingerprinted and 800 child safe gun locks were given out. A fulltime CSO was added and took over the code enforcement from Community Development; 450 ordinance complaints were handled. The reserve unit now has 15 volunteers. There were four or five of Ramsey's reserves hired out to other cities in the past year. They were hired by the Cities of Anoka, Coon Rapids, North St. Paul, etc. It just shows the quality of our reserves. The Department is in the process of filling these spots up again. The Reserves volunteered over 2,400 hours and as an appreciation, the department took them on a Lake Minnetonka dinner cruise. Investigator Stem attended advanced classes along with Jerry Streich of the Fire Department. There was a safe and sober program as will be the case in 2006. The City purchased three new warning sirens. In all, the Police Department responded to over 11,500 calls - which are up over 500 from the previous year. One area the police responds to is dog calls. This past year, $10,573 was paid to the City of Anoka for dog impound services. Ramsey actually bills the people for those charges now and ended up only about $1,600 short in collections. In previous years, the City has spent about $12,000 in working with the Humane Society. Ramsey is allotted three spots so they are full a lot of the time. The CSO's help out when they Can. Guns - the Department has gone uniform now - the City is purchasing and owning all of our guns. Previously, each officer had to purchase their own. The City purchasing and owning all the guns makes it a lot easier for ordering ammunition, maintenance, etc., plus, amano can be shared. The budget is up slightly - the Department is getting three new squads in February, plus with the new building on line, there are a lot more things that have to be purchased. Two defibrillator units have been given to the City by the Lions Club. One unit is for Fire Station No. 1, and the other unit is for City Hall. The Police Department will provide training to City employees. Upgrades were done to the impound lot. When a vehicle is seized that the Police might want to keep, it is kept on a lot by the Public Works facility. Some of the upgrades that were done include a fence around the fence around the area, the parking lot has been leveled off and lighting has been installed. There are probably about 25 vehicles there right now. Public Safety Board - January 12, 2006 Page 2 of 8