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miummomiiiiiimommummummimmmum <br /> • <br /> employs: Chief, Lieutenant, two Sergeants, two Investigators and eight <br /> Patrolmen. The Department also employs a Community Service Officer, one <br /> full time Secretary and one part time Secretary. Support services are provided <br /> by the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department, the Bureau of Criminal <br /> Apprehension and other agencies. <br /> In recent years, the Police Department has realized a significant increase in <br /> "calls for service". Officers are spending more time in responding to calls. <br /> Consequently, less time is being spent in the enforcement and prevention area <br /> of police work. <br /> To help supplement the manpower shortage, the Department created a <br /> Reserve Unit in 1986. The Reserve Unit presently consists of seven members <br /> who regularly patrol with sworn officers. Reserve Officers will also be <br /> available in the event of disasters or civic events. <br /> Reserve Officers and/or part-time officers should not be considered as a <br /> replacement for a regular full-time officer. Their authority, duties, and <br /> responsibilities are very limited. The current ratio of one officer per 1,000 <br /> inhabitants is below the State average of 1.2 officers per 1,000 inhabitants for <br /> Class V cities. <br /> In response to national and local concern about drug abuse, the Police <br /> Department will attack the problem in two ways. On the prevention side, we <br /> will be working with school officials to implement a drug education program <br /> at Pinewood School. Project D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) <br /> is a substance use prevention program designed to equip elementary school <br /> children with skills for resisting pressure to experiment with tobacco, drugs <br /> and alcohol. This Fall we will have an officer teaching five fifth grade classes <br /> for a period of seventeen consecutive weeks. The D.A.R.E. Officer will spend <br /> a minimum of two days a week at Pinewood School during this seventeen <br /> week period. <br /> On the enforcement side, the Police Department try to assign an officer to the <br /> Ramsey County Drug Task Force. This assignment will be for a minimum <br /> period of three months. An assignment for a longer period would be of a <br /> great benefit for Mounds View,but without hiring additional staff it would be <br /> prohibitive. <br /> 18 <br />