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MINUTES City Council May 11, 1988 Sheriff's instr•ucted to infor•m some caller~s of deputies estimated r•esponse times Depar•tment if deputies ar•e tied up in emer•gency situations. This would be tr•ue in (Cont. ) the cases of cal l er•s r•epor•ti ng burgl ar~i es that have al r•eady happened, and emergency situations would continue to be handled as quickly as possible. Ber~geron r•epor~ted that aver•age r•esponse times by the Sher~iff's Depar•tment for~ medical emer~gencies is 4 1/2 minutes, domestics is 6 minutes, bur•glar•y r•epor•ts is 15 minutes. Fahey noted the r•ecent cr~ime r•epor•t that came out indicating Little Canada's cr•ime r~ate to be higher~ than most cities included in the r•epor•t. Bergeron felt that the Neighborhood Watch Program would assist in r•educing the cr•ime r•ate. Scalze asked if ther•e were any bar•s or• multiple dwelling units that wer•e r•esponsible for a larger~ number~ of calls than aver~age that the City should be wor•ki ng wi th owner•s to r•educe cal l s. Ber•ger•on r•epor•ted that ther•e wer•e and he woul d be happy to di scuss these ar~eas with Scalze. Ber•ger•on also r~epor•ted that the sur•vey indicated a pr~oblem with r~udeness on the par•t of deputies. Ber•ger~on r~epor•ted that he contacted Decision Resour•ces, the company who conducted the sur~vey, and only two r•espondents to the sur•vey indicated a pr•oblem with rudeness on the par•t of deputies. Ber•ger•on felt that the Sher~iff's r•esponse time was good, but again r•epor•ted that dispatcher~s will aler~t people if a deputy is busy with an emer~gency and the deputy's estimated r•esponse time to a r•outine call. Scalze asked if deputies within the City wer•e concentr•ating on giving speeding tickets r~ather than handling more serious cir~cumstances. Ber•ger~on r•epor~ted that the Sher•iff's Department r•ecently r~eceived some complaints about tr•affic speed. Ber•ger~on also r•epor~ted that the sher~iff ticketing speeder•s is in addition to the nor•mal patr•ol within the City. Fahey acknowledged the cooper•ation the Sheriff's Depar•tment gives the Fir•e Depar~tment, and thanked Ber~ger•on for• his input this evening. Minutes Blesenar reported that on page 27, top paragraph of the April 27, 1988 Agenda Council meeting minutes, the cr~ack-filling equipment the City was Item No. 3 consider~ing pur~chasing was one year• old r•ather than thr~ee as r•eflected in the minutes and the pur•chase pr•ice was $4,500. Blesener• also r•epor•ted that the equipment was in good condition and it was pur•chased by the City. Page -2-