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i. Emergency Services The Department assists in coordinating and planning with other agencies procedures used in the event of a major disaster or hazardous materials incident. Rendering aid to the injured, providing security and coordinating support groups is a responsibility and a duty that the Department is prepared for. The Police Department provides police services to the community year around, twenty-four hours per day. At the present time, the Department employs: Chief, Lieutenant, two Sergeants, two Investigators and eight Patrolmen. The Department also employs a Community Service Officer, one full time Secretary and one part time Secretary. Support services are provided by the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and other agencies. In recent years, the Police Department has realized a significant increase in "calls for service". Officers are spending more time in responding to calls. Consequently, less time is being spent in the enforcement and prevention area of police work. To help supplement the manpower shortage, the Depai talent created a Reserve Unit in 1986. The Reserve Unit presently consists of seven members who regularly patrol with sworn officers. Reserve Officers will also be available in the event of disasters or civic events. • Reserve Officers and/or part-time officers should not be considered as a replacement for a regular full-time officer. Their authority, duties, and responsibilities are very limited. The current ratio of one officer per 1,000 inhabitants is below the State average of 1. o cers per ,000 inhabitants for Class V cities. In response to national and local concern about drug abuse, the Police Department will attack the problem in two ways. On the prevention side, we will be working with school officials to implement a drug education program at Pinewood School. Project D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a substance use prevention program designed to equip elementary school children with skills for resisting pressure to experiment with tobacco, drugs and alcohol. This Fall we will have an officer teaching five fifth grade classes 19