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Youth Resource Officer Officer Melinda Brown is currently assigned as the Youth Resource Officer (YRO) at Centennial Middle School. She has held this position since the 1998 -1999 school year. This position is a full -time position during the school year with flexibility to attend both daytime and after school activities. The program continues to be instrumental in improving understanding and promoting mutual respect between police, school staff, counselors, parents and students. In the fall of 2005 Officer Mike Monson headed up the expansion of the elementary school liason program. He continued the involvement with Rice Lake Elementary School, but also began to develop curriculum and programs for Blue Heron and Lino Lakes Elementaries as well. The Lino Lakes Police Department had received a grant in prior years from the federal government to place an officer in Rice Lake Elementary school. The successful partnership with Rice Lake Elementary encouraged the department to expand our involvement with the other schools in the city. He provides lessons on safety, respect, and bullying just to name a few. He is also visible in the hallways and interacts with the children at lunch and recess. Being involved with students provides him the opportunity to show them that a police officer is a person that they can trust and not someone that they should be afraid to approach. Officer Monson has been placed in charge of the school patrol and deals safety issues on and around the school grounds. with traffic Emergency Management Emergency Management is responsible for the operation of City Government /Public Safety during an emergency whether the emergency is natural, technological or a terrorist act. The Lino Lakes Police Department operates under the Minnesota / National Incident Management System (MNIMS) during an emergency. The staff at the Lino Lakes Police Department and several city staff members received extensive training in the use of this system, and Sergeant Strege began training for state certification as an Emergency Manager. The police department is responsible for completing and updating the emergency plan to incorporate the Homeland Security issues. The Lino Lakes Police Department continues to participate in training and drills with other agencies that would be likely to respond to actual emergencies in the city. The police department along with Centennial Fire, Minnesota Correctional Facility — Lino Lakes and North Ambulance designed and executed a hazardous material drill at a local business. Lino Lakes Police Department 2005 Annual Report 24