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<br />sold 135 new bike helmets to children and adults. We also fitted numerous existing bike <br />helmets as well. We also participated in the other SKAC sponsored helmet clinics in <br />Anoka County which sold a total of 1,177 helmets. <br /> <br />Also through our membership in Safe Kids Anoka County, we participated in 8 car seat <br />clinics throughout the Arioka County area (including our annual Ramsey clinic), having <br />logged approximately 204 families served. Our annual car seat clinic in May brought in <br />29 car seat checks, of which 27 of them had documented misuse. Additionally, over 40 <br />individual car seat inspections were done outside of car seat clinics at the Ramsey Police <br />Department. <br /> <br />Our annual Kid's Safety Camp in June hosted 126 area second and third graders and was <br />another huge success. ' <br /> <br />Two rounds of tobacco compliance checks were conducted at all licensed tobacco <br />retailers with three (3) violations: One retailer received a 10 day suspension for failing <br />their compliance check. We will conduct two rounds of tobacco compliance checks in <br />2007. Additionally, we received a 2006-07 alcohol compliance grant from the "MN <br />Department of Public Safety, Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement and will be conducting <br />two rounds of alcohol compliance checks on all licensed retailers before May 31, 2007. <br /> <br />Our Crime Prevention Specialist continues to actively participate in Youth First <br />Community of Promise of Andover, Anoka and Ramsey by assisting with programming <br />initiatives for Ramsey residents, as a member of the Advisory Committee, and one ofthe <br />three Ramsey appointed board members for the Northwest Anoka County Community <br />Consortium (NW ACCC), the governing board that oversees YFCoP. <br /> <br />Chief Way, Capt. Dwyer and Sgt Katers attended Minnesota National Incident <br />Management System (MNIMS) training. The training certified the officers in areas of <br />Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Sgt. Katers also became a certified <br />instructor of the training system. All officers and CSO's were instructed in the "MNIMS <br />system bySgt. Katers. <br /> <br />Sgt. Katers attended computer forensics training in Colorado. The specialized training <br />has become necessary due to the growing number of computer crimes that have occurred <br />in Ramsey and the rest of the country. <br /> <br />The department completed its first full year with the second CSO position in place. The <br />department assumed most of the City's ordinance violation cases, many of which were . <br />previously handled by the Community Development Department. There were nearly 470 <br />ordinance complaints in 2006. <br /> <br />The Reserve Unit consists of 16 volunteers. Besides assisting officers by patrolling <br />parks, members attend functions at Lord of Life Church, Ramsey Elementary, <br />Community Picnic, Anoka County Fair, Anoka Halloween Parade and National Night <br />Out. Members volunteered approximately 1600 hours of their time in 2006 to the City. <br /> <br />2006 Annual Report <br />-15- <br />