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2003 POLICE RESERVE SUMMARY . Prepared by Lt. Scholl The St. Anthony Police Reserves volunteered 2,272 hours for 2003. These hours do not include police reserve administration time spent on meetings and planning. We lost reserves in 2003. Two began their law enforcement careers. Three left due to life changes. All left in good standing with SAPD. One person, Jeff Johnson, joined our unit. The St. Anthony Police Department obtained Mr. Johnson from the Minneapolis Police Department. All reserves are well trained, including Mr. Johnson. The St. Anthony Police Department reserve strength currently stands at 10 members with no one on leave. Hours attributed to reserve patrol totaled 1286. This time was spent with patrolling cities, vehicle lockouts, vehicle impounds, minor assists, medicals, transports, animal complaints, parking enforcement, and other tasks that they were directed to assist with by sworn officers. Hours attributed to special events totaled 608. Our police reserves assisted . with school carnivals, St. Charles Mardi-Gras, Villagefest, local parades, National Night Out, school dances, sporting events, State Fair, and other events. Event hours nearly doubled 2002 hours and this was done with fewer officers. Reserve Sergeant Gary Myrick, once again, led in hours served. Due to restraints, training was down a bit for 2003. Reserves received training from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department. Many reserves received search and rescue training. We met our EMS training goals covering both l~` Responder and EMT. All reserves received basic 800 MHz schooling. Police reserves assisted SAPD as role players during our in-house Use of Force and SIMS shoots. Several reserves also testified in court due to situations, which occurred while on duty. For the first time, our reserve make-up consists of a majority of people who do not intend to enter the field of law enforcement. Although our total hours • I~