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Appearances at the Town Hall Meeting along with attendance at the property manager's <br />coalition meetings help maintain the connections with various property management <br />representatives. <br />Officer Keckeisen and all the day shift officers continue to offer a police presence at the cross <br />walks of Edgewood, Pinewood and even Sunnyside schools before and after school. This <br />presence is well received by the school staff, and families of the entire student body. We will <br />continue to provide as much support to the schools as possible as this attention has certainly <br />been heightened due to the tragic events around the country this past year. <br />The monitoring of all registered predatory offenders continues, as well as the analysis of <br />monthly alarm reports and the distribution of the weekly crime summary and prevention tips. <br />The crime summary reports include a crime mapping feature. This information provides <br />citizens a visual representation of where criminal activity took place during any given week. <br />This also allows officers to adapt accordingly and allocate patrol resources where they are <br />most needed. <br />Officer Keckeisen provides valuable instruction to all the officers on firearms proficiency and <br />the use of force/defensive tactics techniques. <br />K-9 (Canine) Unit <br />2012 has been an exciting year for the Mounds View Police Department and its new K-9 Unit! <br />This process began back in 2011 when the city council overwhelmingly approved the <br />formation of the city's first ever K-9 unit. The police department was awarded a grant from the <br />St. Paul police departments K-9 Foundation. Officer Nick Erickson was selected to be the <br />departments K-9 handler. <br />Officer Erickson was introduced to Niko in early March. Niko is a male German Shepherd <br />Dog from Eastern Europe who was born in May of 2011. German Shepherd Dogs are chosen <br />for this duty because they are generally easy to train and they are loyal. The two became a <br />team and attended the first portion of their training in St. Paul at the K-9 training facility. This <br />consisted of 12 weeks of training in May in the following areas: Agility, apprehension, <br />article/evidence searching, handler protection, building searches, tracking, and obedience. <br />The first public appearance for Officer Erickson <br />and Niko was at the Town Hall Meeting in April <br />of 2012. <br />F <br />