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Mounds View Police 2025 Quarter 3 Synopsis This quarter we will continue to hire quality police candidates for our police department. With that said, we hired Officer Asa Overton in August and Community Service Officer (CSO) Molly Olson in September. Officer Overton first served as a Police Reserve and then transitioned to a Community Service Officer while he was attending college. After he completed college and the skills program, he was hired as a police officer. Currently, he is in 2nd phase of field training, and he is doing very well. CSO Olson is also attending college while serving as our new CSO. We look forward to their positive contributions to the agency in the future. During the summer, we also had two interns (Avery and Jordan) who assisted the agency in a variety of ways to include investigations, documenting property and evidence, and outreach. Allowing CSOs and interns to work at the PD provides a unique perspective to the day-to-day operations of a police department. This opportunity will expose potential police officer candidates to the Mounds View PD and provide valuable experience to them. This could also prove valuable in recruiting and retaining quality police officer candidates. Officer Logan Tan completed his probationary period, and we conducted his official swearing in. Officer Nina Garcia is our new School Resource Officer (SRO), and she will be working at Edgewood Middle School and Pinewood Elementary School. She looks forward to building relationships with the school staff, the students, and the parents. MVPD continues to increase our social media presence and continues to invest in our officers by a variety of ways to include officer professional development, training, and officer wellness. The Mounds View Police Department continues to engage in numerous community outreach activities. The main outreach activities this summer were Night to Unite, Festival in the Park, and the Tribute Park Dedication. Officers participated in Night to Unite activities and collected over 650 lbs. of donated food and supplies for Ralph Reeder Food Shelf in Mounds View. The Festival in the Park this year was challenging due to the weather, but we made the best of it. The parade was unfortunately cancelled due to the weather, but the Friday night activities were held at the MVCC. MVPD providing security for all the festival events, performed a K9 demonstration with K9 Ace, Sgt. Schultes worked on the crash simulator, and Chief Zender volunteered to be in the dunk tank! MVPD also had a booth at the festival and partnered with the Mounds View Police Foundation by selling plush K9 dogs and handing out information. MVPD also participated in the MVCC Resource Fair and several Hot Dogz events at churches and City Hall Park. After working on this project for several years and countless hours of coordinating, planning, and organizing the Tribute Park project became a reality! The Tribute Park soft opening dedication for first responders (Police, Fire, & EMS) and the three tragedies that we remembered (1965 Tornado, 1986 Williams Pipeline Explosion, and the 2007 35W Bridge Collapse) was a huge success. MVPD provided security during the event and Chief Zender spoke about the Mounds View Police Department's crucial role it has played in the city since its incorporation in 1958. This was a great event to get all the first responders together showing our cooperation and teamwork within the city as well as speaking with and interacting with the families that these tragedies impacted. Later in the day, we participated in the SBM Fire/MVPD softball game where the PD won and kept the bat trophy here at the PD. We look forward to this event next year! We also participated in the battle of the badges with the SBM Fire Dept. We performed a workout circuit showcasing the new outdoor fitness court in City Hall Park.