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oF REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: STAFF REPORT Report Number: AGENDA SESSION DATE SEPTEMBER 26, 1995 Report Date: 9/26/95 DISPOSITION Item Description: CRIME Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) ,SUMMARY; The City of Mounds Views crimes are reported to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Minnesota Criminal Justice Information Systems. All offenses are reported as Class 1 or Class 2 crimes. The City crime rate is based on all the reported crimes. The problem with the system is that if you arrest a person for theft, and you arrest another person for burglary, both crimes are reported as Class 1 crimes. So, a city that has twenty minor crimes will have the same crime rate as a city that has twenty major crimes. Another problem is that the more arrests you make, the higher the crime rate goes because you report the arrests as a Class 1 or Class 2 crime cleared by arrest. An example of this would be a Driving While Under the influence of Alcohol arrest. The arrest is reported as a crime, but if there was no arrest there would be no reported crime. Therefore the more arrests made, the higher the crime rate. In Mounds View, we have more reported smaller crimes than larger more serious crimes. We also have a high arrest rate. Due to these two elements, Mounds View may show a higher statistical crime rate than the conditions our citizens live under. Dave Brick, Lieutenant RECOMMENDATION;