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Department Generated Priorities May 29, 2018 Update Police • Hiring and training new police officer o Officers Brian Sawyer and Melissa Miller hired and both in FTO Training • Successful transfer of one officer to the VCET (Ramsey County Drug Task Force). o JPA Agreement on May 29 Council Agenda for approval • Funding (through foundation), training, and implementing a second K-9. o Canine acquired, Handler identified, Training of both completed May 24 • ICAT and reality based training, active shooter training for entire agency. o Training set for mid July • Successful Super Bowl events o Event occurred with no police calls or deleterious impacts to city • Launch Twitter social media outreach (in progress now). o Done • Continuation of successful outreach programs: mobile rock wall outreach, NNO, NNO pre -party, father daughter ball, shop with cop, bowling with cop, coffee with a cop, launch new ones including New Americans academy and Kids N Cops hockey. o Ongoing, numerous events to date • Mobile outreach and command vehicle implemented. o Ongoing but minimal activity to date with focus on officer hire and training Community Development • Cross -train staff so that every time -sensitive task can be covered by another team member. o Ongoing, Jacob Martin now certified as Fire Inspection ® Innovation - During the transition of Building Officials, it became apparent that there are ups & downs in time needed for plan review and inspections, as there likely is with all positions. During these lulls, there is capacity to do other things. I would like to initiate "Innovation Thursdays", in which staff is allotted the day to develop ideas of solving ongoing problems in an effort of becoming more efficient. • Comprehensive Plan Update.