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Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office 1 RCSO Patrol Unit 2021 Calls for Service Summary Report Calls for Service information About the Sheriff's Office The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office is Minnesota’s first law enforcement agency, established in 1849 when Minnesota was only a territory. The Sheriff’s Office • Has more than 450 employees, including full-time, part-time, and temporary employees, plus over 200 volunteer members. • Has an annual operating budget of approximately $57 million. • Provides wide-ranging law enforcement and public safety services to an urban community of more than 550,000 residents in a metropolitan area of 3.2 million people. • Serves as a regional partner, providing services to city, county, state, and federal agencies. Public Safety Services The Public Safety Services Division maintains a high level of visibility throughout the county. With squad cars responding to calls for service 24 hours a day, boats on the waterways, ATVs patrolling county parks and trails, and volunteers assisting at community events, the Public Safety Services Division is responsible for providing patrol, investigative, waterway, and community services. Patrol Services Municipal police departments regularly patrol their own cities. The Sheriff’s Office provides similar law enforcement services to seven communities in the county – Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Little Canada, North Oaks, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, and White Bear Township – under contract. Patrol Services responds to calls for service 24 hours a day, such as medicals, alarms, vehicle crashes, motorist assists, and domestic disputes as well as reports of property offenses and fraud. This unit assists citizens and other law enforcement agencies. While engaging in community policing practices, Patrol Services actively patrols each contract city to prevent and deter crime, as well as enforce city and county ordinances, and state and federal laws. Initial reports of felony-level offenses are taken by Patrol Services and then forwarded to the Criminal Investigations Unit for further investigation. State statutes also require an expanded Sheriff’s Office role, providing jurisdiction and authority throughout the county. As a result, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office collaborates with and supports local law enforcement agencies in a variety of ways, programs, and activities. This report provides a summary review of the 2020 activities of the Patrol Services Unit, using ‘call for service’ data as generated by the Ramsey County Emergency Communications Center Dispatch and the Sheriff’s Office Record Management System.