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-=f 1 • February 9, 1996 Page 2 To date, I have received word from two cities, Mendota Heights and Brooklyn Park, that they will be submitting their own individual affirmative action programs to the court. II. RESOLUTION ON DAMAGES On December 29, 1995, I forwarded to all of the defendant cities a draft resolution relating to the allocation of damages among the defendant cities. The formula described in the resolution was recommended to the MPRS board by its executive committee. I received a few comments about the form and format of the resolution, and those recommendations have been incorporated in the attached, revised resolution. Therefore, I submit the attached resolution for consideration for adoption by each of the defendant cities. I would appreciate it if you could provide me with a copy of the adopted resolution for your city once the council has decided. If the city council declines to approve the resolution, I would appreciate being notified of that as well. III. POCOP PROGRAM On January 31, 1993, at the invitation of the State Department of Public Safety, representatives of a number of the defendant cities attended a meeting at the Rosemount community center about the Police Officer Career Opportunities Program (POCOP). The State Department of Public Safety and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis have entered into a joint powers agreement for the training of police officers. The program which is run under this joint powers agreement is referred to as POCOP. As many of you will recall, until the late '70s, cities hired police officers who were then sent to a police academy for their law enforcement training. The law was then changed to require a two-year community college program of an approved law enforcement curriculum, followed by the POST board examination. POCOP is a return to the older system. The joint powers organization contracts with community colleges to put on what is essentially a police academy for the Department of Public Safety and participating cities. POCOP has extended an invitation to the defendant cities in the Starks & Fields lawsuit to participate in an upcoming POCOP program. This program requires the city to hire candidates as police officers and send them to the academy. The academy is a course of study of between four and five months. The cost to the city would be the tuition which is approximately $3,500 plus whatever salary is paid to the police officer during the academy period. The next POCOP class is scheduled to begin on September 3, 1996 to end during December, with graduation in early January. • It will be given at the Rosemount community center. CLL100209 MP110-2