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Working with St. Paul, Bloomington and surrounding agencies, we learned other regulators were experiencing similar high costs and low results. Circumstances seen as major contributors to these problems included: • The lack of automated records systems; • Insufficient staffing to insure compliance with reporting requirements; • Inability to share pawn transaction data between agencies; • Inability to share stolen property data between agencies except for serialized stolen items that meet NCIC entry standards • Inability to compare pawn transaction data with stolen property data within an agency or between agencies, except for stolen items with serial numbers that meet NCIC entry standards; • Inability to compare pawn transaction data with stolen property records at insurance companies; • Incomplete and/or inaccurate loss reports; and • Unreported losses. Clearly, effective regulation of pawn shops and secondhand dealers is a multi - jurisdictional problem that govemment, alone, cannot solve. Automated Pawn SystemTM Redefining investigation and regulation through strategic partnerships with community and industry. Through the development and implementation of the Automated Pawn SystemTM, it is the goal of the Minneapolis Police Department to: • Decrease and stabilize the cost of regulating pawn shops and secondhand dealers ; • Improve police service and effectiveness; • Promote information sharing; and • Impact associated crimes. These goals can be met through information sharing with other jurisdictions and strategic partnerships with block clubs, community organizations, the insurance industry, and pawn shops and secondhand dealers. Each plays a vital part in redefining how law enforcement can respond to property crimes more effectively. Automated I'mvt SystemTM and APSTM are Trade Nlarks o Page 25 iA 4