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Business Crime Watch - The goal of the Business Crime Watch is to create stronger bonds be- tween members of the business community and the police department with the end result being crime prevention. The goal of crime prevention is achieved through employee training on a variety of topics that affect area businesses. In working together, all members of the Business Watch will benefit from obtaining up to date information on crimes and possible criminals that strike in our city through a Business Watch Notification System. The Lino Lakes Police Department partnered with several local business and conducted training in forgery, fraud, robbery awareness and prevention and self defense. The Lino Lakes Community Service Officers work with the business within their assigned geographical areas. Junior Citizens Academy - The fourth annual Junior Citizen's Academy provides education on public safety to students at Centennial Middle School. Students learned how to fingerprint a crime scene, use of force /defensive tactics, first aid, personal protective clothing, fire extinguisher use, crime prevention, DWI prevention, K -9 demonstration, the Police Explorers and much more. The Junior Citizens Academy provides officers with another avenue to posi- tively influence juveniles in our area. Internship program — The police department once again utilized service learning interns through the development of a partnerships with Metropolitan State University School of Law Enforcement and Century College . Students benefit from getting a first hand look at all the work that goes into making a community oriented police department successful. Interns help create an atmosphere where progressive new ideas are developed. Monthly Seminars On the second Thursday of each month throughout 2008, the Lino Lakes Police Department held free educational seminars for the public. Topics of the seminars included: Self - Defense for Women, Adult Drug Awareness, Identity theft prevention, teen driver safety, snowmobile safety, hunting safety, child safety, and internet safety. The seminars will continue throughout 2009. 14