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Long -Term - Financial Plan <br />Page Twelve <br />To help supplement the manpower shortage, the <br />The <br />Department created a Reserve Unit in 1986. <br />members who <br />Reserve Unit presently consists of seven <br />regularly patrol with sworn officers. Reserve <br />Officers will also be available in the event of <br />disasters or civic events. <br />Reserve officers and/or part-timeofficersshouldnot <br />be considered as a replacement <br />time officer. Their authority, duties, and responsi- <br />bilities are very limited. The current ratio of one <br />is significantly below <br />officer per 1,000 inhabitants <br />of l.2 officers per 1,000 <br />the State average <br />inhabitants for Class V cities. Serious considera- <br />tion should be given to increasing the Department's <br />strength in the coming years. <br />The Police Department will be evaluating the <br />the City <br />feasibility of a Joint Powers Agreement with <br />Officer. The <br />of New Brighton for a School Liason <br />be officed at Irondale High <br />Liaison Officer would <br />School but would regularly visit at the Junior High <br />and Elementary Schools. The officer's primary duties <br />with their <br />would be to assist school -aged children <br />in juvenile criminal <br />problems and to assist <br />i::vestigation. <br />drug <br />In response to national and local concern about <br />school <br />abuse, the Department will be working with <br />at <br />officials to implement a drug education program <br />(Drug Abuse Resistance <br />Pine ood School. Project DARE <br />Educ .ion) is a substance use pervention program <br />designed to equip elementary school children with <br />to experiment with <br />ski' s for resisting pressure <br />acohol. DAREcers is aseventeen week <br />tobacco, drugs and <br />taught by police to fifth grade <br />program <br />students. <br />Ramsey County is currently studying its dispatching <br />and communication systems. There is a good <br />will update its <br />possibility that Ramsey County <br />dispatching capabilities with computer aided <br />dispatching and changing radio frequencies to a <br />would <br />different band. If this occurs, new radios <br />and additional costs will be <br />have to be purchased <br />required. <br />With an increase in population and a commercial and <br />activity is <br />business district rapidly growing, police <br />be <br />increasing. Cutbacks in police services may <br />realized if revenues remain constant. eServices such <br />9 <br />as unlocking car doors, property <br />