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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 26, 2005 Page 6 1 B. Police Department 2004 Annual Report, Chief Richard Engstrom. presenting, 2 Police Chief Engstrom stated this last year has seen a lot of changes, and some have made a 3 tremendous impact on the way we do business in the community. The commercial development 4 has challenged the local government to provide the same level of service at a lower cost. The 5 police had to develop innovative ways to provide that for their citizens. He reviewed the Part I 6 crimes in his presentation, which the FBI and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension tracks. He 7 explained that in Part II crimes, there has been an increase in sexual assaults. Also, burglaries 8 and larceny had increased. He explained that overall, this calculates to an increase of 9% in 9 2004. T1; 11 Mr. Engstrom stated the calls for service have gone up from 2003 significantly. The reported 12 incidences went up at the same time. The calls of interest have more than doubled for the 13 suspicious person/vehicle calls. The false alarms are high, but are decreasing slightly. He stated 14 that nine registered sex offenders have moved into St. Anthony. He reviewed the control stats 15 for 2004. He said it was a challenging year due to the fact that five officers were off duty for 16 various reasons at one time. 17 18 Mr. Engstrom noted that there were 1,132 investigation cases total for the year. The clearance 19 rate is 56 %. The detectives had 17 major investigations for the year and five of those were 20 sexual assaults. He reviewed the steps taken by the officers to reconnect with the residents. He 21 explained the education for the officers was down to 1031 hours, which is usually at 1200 hours. 22 They changed it to be more economical and efficient by changing instruction to be at the police 23 department. He noted the Reserve program last year saw another increase in hours. He said they 24 went down to 11 officers in May after 2 reservists gave their notice. The Police Reserves 25 assisted in 731 hours at events such as parades, sporting events, community events. They had a 26 good turnout at a mock emergency and the reservists responding from home. He said they did a 27 community service officer review for the one part time officer. 28 29 Mayor Faust commented that the report is somewhat difficult to read, and noted the public can 30 view a copy at the City Hall. Mr. Engstrom added that copies are available at the library, and in 31 the City Newsletter. 32 33 Councilmember Stille said a few things are disconcerting. He asked what a resident should do to 34 be proactive and reverse these trends. 35 36 Mr. Engstrom said that when the Apache Plaza was tom down, there were calls regarding 37 prowlers, which added to the increase in calls. He said what took his department by surprise was 38 the increase in sexual assaults. They were not on the street, but were in the homes, which are 39 harder to fight. 40 41 Councilmember Stille stated that the Council will encourage other Department heads to help the 42 Police Department out. Mr. Engstrom said he appreciates the help from other departments. 43 44 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 45 City Manager Mornson reported the following: 46 • Silver Lake Road Task Force Update — we are soliciting members from the public. We 47 have currently 12 people interested. There were three more calls today. Councilmember