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Mounds View Police 2024 Synopsis This year was an extremely difficult year in the law enforcement community due to several officers dying in the line of duty. Those officers/first responders include Burnsville Police Officer Matthew Ruge, Burnsville Police Officer Paul Elmstrand, Burnsville Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth, Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell, Park Ranger Kevin Grossheim, and Red Lake Nation Police Officer Jesse Branch. This is a constant reminder how dangerous law enforcement is and why it is extremely important to invest in high level training, necessary equipment to protect officers, and modern technology in order to keep our officers safe. The Mounds View Police Department continues to strive to improve levels of proactivity and outreach while, like most police agencies, struggling to hire quality police candidates. This year was challenging with manpower and staffing levels. The main focus in 2024 was to continue to hire quality candidates. Fortunately, we were able to hire Officer Tennison and Officer Tan who both are on solo patrol now and are doing very well fitting into the MVPD culture. We look forward to their positive contributions in the future. We also hired three interns (Jordan Hofineister, Mitchell Borrowman, and Hannah Sogard) who helped out with the front office, outreach events, and various other tasks. We also hired two CSOs (Asa Overton and Sophia Frey)this year in order to help out officers working the streets. CSO Overton was a Mounds View PD Reserve who was hired as a CSO. There has been several opportunities for specialty assignments throughout the year. At the end of 2023, Jeremy Hellpap was promoted to Deputy Chief and Riley Solz was selected as the new investigator. The investigator position will be a rotation position in order to allow for more opportunities for the officers. Due to the VCET Investigator's hard work, dedication, and proactive investigative efforts, we decided to extend his specialty position three more years (possible extension two more years after that) and he was also selected and approved as a Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force Officer (DEA TFO). This will be a great opportunity and experience for this investigator. Lastly, we conducted a sergeant process at the beginning of 2024. After an extensive selection process, Sydney Dison was selected as the new patrol sergeant (4th sergeant). She is the first female sergeant in Mounds View PD history. We know she will do a great job and we look forward to her positive contributions in her new role. Despite staffing levels, officers continue to be proactive while still committing to numerous outreach events. Mounds View officers responded to almost 10,400 calls for service which includes aggravated assaults, domestic assaults, sexual assaults, robberies, and burglaries. Our Violent Crime and Enforcement Team (VCET) investigator continues to address large and small narcotics cases. Numerous arrests have resulted in not only felony or federal charges but have taken dangerous individuals, narcotics, and firearms off the streets. For a variety of reasons, these cases and arrests have made a direct positive impact to our community and the quality of life in Mounds View. Our VCET investigator's team was recognized by the United States Attorney for several narcotic arrests involving a large-scale drug trafficking organization. Traffic enforcement efforts continue to be a priority. We work closely with the Toward Zero Death (TZD) and the Ramsey County Traffic Safety Initiative (RCTSI) programs in order to address traffic needs through enforcement and education efforts. Sgt. Dison has been our TZD/RCTSI coordinator for the past couple years.