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• <br /> DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET NARRATIVE <br /> • <br /> FUND: General <br /> • <br /> DEPARTMENT: Police <br /> DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVE <br /> It is the primary objective of the Mounds View Police Department to provide a secure <br /> social environment. In doing so, the Department's role is to enforce the law in a fair and <br /> impartial manner. Members of the Department must recognize both the statutory and <br /> judicial-limitations-off P__alice_authority_and e constitutional rights of all persons and to <br /> render appropriate services to our citizens. <br /> DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES <br /> The Police Department consists of fifteen full-time licensed Police Officers, a full- <br /> time secretary, a part-time secretary and a part-time Community Service Officer. In <br /> addition, seven volunteer Police Reserves donate their time to provide a variety of <br /> support services. Police Department activities include, but are not limited to, prevention <br /> of crime, deterrence of crime, apprehension of offenders, recovery and return of <br /> • property, movement of traffic and general public service. <br /> DEPARTMENT GOALS <br /> The goal for the Police Department is to maintain the current level of services and to <br /> provide for best possible services to the citizens with the resources available. <br /> DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURE COMMENTS <br /> Eighty-seven percent of the Police Department's 1994 Budget consists of wages and <br /> benefits paid to its members. Wages and.benefits are determined through negotiations <br /> with Teamsters Union Local No. 320 and provisions of the Comparable Worth Law. <br /> Contracts with Ramsey County (dispatching, $51,717), and the State of Minnesota <br /> (connect fees to the Minnesota Criminal Justice Information System ($1,920) provide <br /> support service to the Police Department. The Capital Outlay Account ($32,500) <br /> provides for the regular replacement and updating of Police vehicles and equipment. <br /> • <br />