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Mounds View Police 2021 S no sis The Mounds View Police Department experienced one of the most trying years in the history of the agency, yet continued to achieve proactive enforcement goals as well as our continued commitment to outreach events. Mounds View officers responded to over 13,000 calls for service that included numerous serious incidents including: homicide, drive by shootings, sexual assaults, criminal vehicular homicide, officers being shot at as well as having to use deadly force. There are currently two incidents still under investigation by the MN BCA involving our jurisdiction. Mounds View officers were also tasked with civil unrest response during the Potter shooting and resulting incidents. The agency was part of a training and response collaboration between numerous Ramsey County suburban agencies, several of which deployed to help us in Mounds View as well as St. Paul. The year was also challenging coming up with enough manpower to respond to incidents as several officers were injured long term, or officers experiencing COVID. The first police K9 in the history of the agency (Niko) retired in December. K9 Niko received a retirement send off and the agency is thankful to the hard work of Niko and Officer Erickson to make the Mounds View Police K9 unit an award winning and reputable K9 unit. An intense selection process was conducted for a new K9 handler and Officer Alex Aase was selected to be the replacement, with training starting in the spring of 2022. We also said thank you and goodbye to Investigator Berling who retired in November. Investigator Berling will be missed and served the citizens of Mounds View with distinction earning numerous awards, including the Meritorious Service Award, during his stellar career. Officer Nick Erickson was selected to replace him as the new Investigator. Officer Erickson left the NRO (Neighborhood Resource Officer) position leaving that needing to be filled. Officer Sarah LeVoir was selected to replace him as the NRO. We were blessed to hire two new outstanding officers who made it through the FTO process and are having an immediate impact: Officer Wes Vert and Officer Nathan Boscardin joined our force and Boscardin has been serving as the SRO (School Resource Officer) during the 2021 school year. Vert comes to us with extensive prior police experience and serves on the midnight shift. In 2021 Officer Mike Hanson was promoted to Sergeant and serves on the midnight shift as well. The TZD DUI officer grant was awarded to the agency again, and Officer Sydney Dison was selected for this position and is excelling as expected. The hard work and success of our officers was honored at our Bi-annual awards banquet, funded by the Mounds View Police Foundation. Numerous officers were awarded the Meritorious Service Award, the Life Saving Award, Community Policing Award, Mounds View Police Team Spirt Award, and the Rob Frisby Memorial Award. Officer Aase also received several state awards in 2021 for his DUI enforcement efforts. The Mounds View Police is looking forward to several major milestones this next year to include: receiving and implementing the virtual reality use of force simulator (2"d in state of