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motor vehicle noise rules adopted by the Pollution Control <br /> Agency. <br /> <br /> HIST: 1974 c 500 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70 <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright 2004 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of <br />Minnesota. <br /> <br />Staff of the Police Department have reviewed the ordinances and state statutes available <br />and finds them to be adequate to manage the noise complaints in the City. <br /> <br />Conclusions <br /> <br />The Mounds View Police Department uses a balanced approach to public safety issues. <br />We are careful to distribute our resources appropriately to the various public safety <br />issues in the city. In the recent citywide survey residents had a perception that juvenile <br />crime was a significant issue. We have an obligation to try to prevent juvenile crime. We <br />currently are taking affirmative action to do this by having an officer assigned to crime <br />prevention / Drug Abuse Resistance Education D.A.R.E., and have another officer <br />assigned as a School Recourse Officer at Edgewood Middle school. The D.A.R.E. <br />program is designed as an outreach program to elementary students to give them solid <br />coping skills to stay away from drugs, violence and alcohol abuse. This prevention <br />program has been very popular in Mounds View and receives high support from the <br />parents of students attending D.A.R.E. classes. The crime prevention/DARE officer also <br />works with businesses and residents with various programs to help them prevent crime, <br />increased their security and advises them on current crime trends. This SRO at <br />Edgewood Middle school position has been shown to be a critical position for dealing with <br />juvenile crime. One or both of these positions could be eliminated and the officer(s) <br />reassigned to do traffic enforcement instead. This, however, would not be <br />recommended. Placing more resources in one area by taking them away from another <br />area is liable to tip the balance scale with increased concerns resulting from the area <br />where the officers were removed. <br /> <br />The Mounds View Police Department recognizes that traffic issues and noise complaints <br />are one of the greatest concerns to residents, and we have made addressing these <br />concerns one of the top priorities in the Police Department. This as evidenced by a <br />doubling of the number of traffic citations issued from 2001 to 2004. We plan to continue <br />with this emphasis and also work with all entities in the city to help with finding other ways <br />to manage the traffic issues. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> Mike Sommer, Chief of Police