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MEMORANDUM Date: February 4, 1998 From: Steve Carlson To: Mike Morrison Subject: 1997 Year-end Prosecution,Summary Mike, I thought it might be helpful to provide you with a summary of the prosecution services provided by the firm in 1997 We handled a total of 709 cases in court on behalf of the City of St. Anthony. These cases generated fines and prosecution costs totalling $39,935.00. This is'an average of $56.33 per case in fines costs imposed by the Court. Note that this is the average for all cases, not just convictions. If we limit the survey to pleas and convictions only, the average increases to $158.47. I have compared these numbers to the data provided by the Hennepin Count District Court. The total number of all citations and counts issued out of the City of St. Anthony in 1997 was 2,474. These citations and counts generated gross revenue of $77,892.04. This is an average gross revenue of $31.48 per citation and count. This compares to the average gross revenue per citation and count for all of Hennepin County of $19.66 and $14.75 for the City of Minneapolis. It is significant to'note that despite St. Anthony being the only suburb to have its cases heard at the Government Center, and despite the constant pressure from Public Defenders and the Judges to keep in line with "how Minneapolis handles cases", the average of fines and costs generated by our in-court appearances is nearly double that of all citations and counts from St. Anthony and is significantly higher than the County average and the average for the City of Minneapolis. In 1997 our office also drafted 78 formal complaints. The average turn around time from when the request for the complaint was received in our office to when it was available to be picked up by the Police Department was 1.63 days. We are confident that a turn around time this quick is virtually unheard of in any other municipality. We are very proud of our efficiency and the progress we've made in this regard.