05-03-2021 Council Work Session Packet

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7Lino Lakes Public Safety Department 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ONE VISION. ONE MISSION. • After responding to a serious motor vehicle crash, an investigator was assigned to follow up with interviewing those involved, as well as obtaining medical documentation of their injuries. One victim’s condition deteriorated, sadly leading to their death. With the assistance of the Minnesota State Patrol Crash Reconstruction Unit, as well as evidence obtained via multiple interviews and search warrants, the driver causing the crash was charged with Criminal Vehicular Homicide. • While reviewing several trailer theft incidents in the city, investigators identified a suspect, and obtained a search warrant to allow for a tracking device to be applied to the suspect’s vehicle. Within days of the tracker being installed, this vehicle was shown to be in the area of another trailer theft. Additional search warrants were executed, which led to the recovery of two stolen trailers as well as the arrest and criminal charging of the responsible individual. In addition to the cases assigned, the Investigations Division also processed several crime scenes for DNA evidence, instructed department Use of Force and Firearms trainings, processed all administrative forfeiture cases, coordinated the Guns-n-Hoses hockey event, completed 148 background investigations for city permits or employment processes, as well as 159 discovery requests. The Investigations Unit also utilized their police/fire cross training in their response to 40 medical and fire emergencies. Fire Division With the arrival of COVID-19 in early 2020 and with many of our resident’s working from home, our calls for service changed slightly with a slight reduction over all. Our agency experienced a decrease in our 2020 (371) fire call load in comparison to 2019 (379). The type of calls that made up the majority of the 40 calls for service (CFS) were related to vehicle crashes (NFPA 300). This was also a reduction from 2019 (52). Our Police/Firefighters responded to all 371 fire CFS and our Paid On-Call Firefighters responded to 248 fire CFS in 2020. The fire call load decreased by 8 CFS for our Police/Firefighters and increased by 12 CFS for our POC Firefighters in comparison to 2019. Through our public safety response model, we have developed a robust weekday fire response through our utilization of police/firefighters. In 2020, there were 176 fire CFS that occurred on weekdays between the hours of 0600 and 1800 hours. In late 2020 we implemented a Duty Officer Program. The Duty Officer responded to 21 Calls for Service. These calls are usually non-emergent type calls. Our staff responded to 15 calls for service that involved fires. These calls resulted in $241,450 in property damage/loss. Through these fire suppression efforts, there was $13,682,450 worth of property saved in 2020.