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City Council Study Session Meeting Minutes • April 10, 2001 Page 2 1 VI. REVIEW ITEMS. 2 A. 2001 Police Department Annual Report. 3 City Manager Morrison advised of the four items for the Council's review. He noted the 4 attendance of Police Captain John Ohl and Fire Chief Joel Hewitt who will be presenting their 5 annual reports. 6 Police Captain Ohl reported that Police Chief Dick Engstrom has an unknown medical malady 7 and all wish him their best. He stated Chief Engstrom is missed at the Police Department. 8 Mayor Cavanaugh encouraged all to call Police Chief Engstrom and wish him a speedy recovery. 9 Police Captain Ohl presented a brief overview of the 2001 Police Department Annual Report, 10 explaining the four-pronged approach which they use to arrest offenders, prevent crime, solve 11 ongoing problems and improve the overall quality of life. He advised of their level of staffing, 12 noting the level of crimes experienced in 2000. He explained that Part I crimes are more serious 13 when compared to Part II crimes. He advised of the crime clearance rates for St. Anthony, 14 Hennepin County, and Ramsey County. Police Captain Ohl reviewed the top ten cities with high 15 crime and advised that St. Anthony is ranked 16th. He advised of the number of tickets issues, 16 cases investigated, and activity of reserve officers who volunteer their time. He explained the it type of activities that the Community Service Officers (CSO) are involved with and stated they 18 do a very good service for the Police Department. 19 Mayor Cavanaugh advised that CSO officers were hired as part of a grant and one of the 20 conditions of the grant was that the CSOs must remain hired. 21 Police Captain Ohl reviewed the crime prevention activities including bike patrol program, bike 22 rodeos, block parties, town meetings, community prevention coalition, and other activities. He 23 stated they have maintained a full complement of officers in 2000 which is a great 24 accomplishment and bodes well for the City and the officer's working environment. Also, the 25 community benefits by having well-trained officers. He reviewed the risk management training 26 which has been undertaken for all officers and transition to work with a CJDN computer system 27 to be able to work with the State. He stated they are working on intruder drills with schools and 28 to assessed weaknesses with the response for the schools. Police Captain Ohl reviewed the 2001 29 work plan as detailed within the annual report. He stated that 2000 was a successful year and he 30 believes 2001 will also be a successful year. 31 Councilmember Thuesen noted 40% of the operating budget is from outside sources and asked if 32 there are standards on what the percentages should be. Police Captain Ohl stated the Police 33 Department is not an enterprise operation, however, in attempting to be frugal they do go outside 34 for grant money, citation and court revenues generated through citations and arrests, monies from 0 the State for certification of officers, forfeiture funds, and grants for equipment.