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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />11 Lino Lakes Public Safety Department 2016 ANNUAL REPORT <br />ONE VISION. ONE MISSION. <br /> <br />focusing on prevention, promoting life safety, aggressively pursuing criminals, encouraging <br />volunteerism and continuing to enhance and strengthen the agency’s community oriented <br />policing philosophy. <br /> <br />In 2016, the Lino Lakes Public Safety Department Reserve Officers were trained by LLPD staff in <br />vehicle operation, house and business checks, use of force, first aid, traffic direction, search and <br />rescue, patrol tactics, public relations, report writing, leadership and officer assists. Reserve <br />officers handled 18 prisoner transports to the Anoka County Jail which enabled sworn officers <br />to remain in Lino Lakes. Throughout 2016, the Lino Lakes Public Safety Department Reserve <br />Officers donated 1,539 hours of service to our community. <br /> <br />CHAPLAINS - The Lino Lakes Police Chaplain Program was formed in 2003 by a patrol officer who <br />realized having such a resource would be a valuable asset to our agency. Lino Lakes Police <br />Officers respond to a wide variety of incidents including situations where a death has occurred <br />or a death notification needs to be delivered. Police chaplains assist officers with these sensitive <br />tasks and provide an invaluable service to not only the officers but community members as well <br />by being present to assist with crisis management. Chaplains are on call 24-hours a day, every <br />day throughout the year. <br /> <br />Beyond assisting officers with the aforementioned calls, chaplains are also tasked with keeping <br />in touch with the wellbeing of officers. This is accomplished by participating in ride-alongs with <br />the officers or by stopping at the police department for a visit. <br /> <br />During 2016 our chaplains at the time, James Chapman and Troy Fields, resigned from the <br />program. Chaplain Chapman and his family moved to Nashville, Tennessee in order to pursue a <br />new endeavor. Chaplain Chapman served over six years as a department chaplain. Chaplain <br />Fields left due to the demands of his current position as lead pastor at Tree of Life Assembly of <br />God Church in Lexington. <br /> <br />With the resignations we reaffirmed the importance of this program and <br />began a search to fill the two vacancies. In July of 2016 we had the fortune of <br />recruiting Wes Pederson, a Pastor of Ministry at Eaglebrook Church (Lino <br />Lakes Campus), to join our program. Chaplain Pederson has lived in the area <br />for several years and currently resides in Centerville with his family. With one <br />spot filled we continued our search for a second candidate and had the <br />fortune of being contacted by Dylan Tate. Chaplain Tate was referred to us <br />by a family member of a Lino Lakes Police Officer who knew we were <br />searching for police chaplains. Chaplain Tate is a Youth Pastor at Maranatha <br />Church in Forest Lake and joined our program in September of 2016. <br />Chaplain Tate currently resides in Lindstrom with his family. <br /> <br />Chaplain’s Pederson and Tate will attend training through the Minnesota <br />Emergency Service Chaplain Association (MESCA) in the spring of 2017.