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VII. Police Education Summary <br />2014 Annual Report · Police Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br />13 <br />We constantly strive to cultivate good leadership qualities in our offi cers. Two of our <br />street offi cers that are fi eld training offi cers and also our department fi rearms and use of <br />force instructors had the opportunity to complete a leadership program at the Minnesota <br />BCA. The certifi cation included attending classes over two years at the BCA ranging from <br />handling stress in leadership roles in law enforcement to strategies for hiring new offi cers <br />in today’s changing law enforcement community. <br />Offi cer Dokken, Offi cer Sroga, and Captain Cotroneo <br />In a pro-active move to combat residential, <br />summer burglaries, and peeping tom/suspicious <br />persons, we got another offi cer certifi ed in <br />bicycle patrol. Some of their patrol comes <br />when the majority of residents are sleeping. A <br />bike patrol Offi cer can be stealthy which makes <br />crime detection easier. A bike patrol offi cer can <br />make a surprisingly large number of contacts <br />while on night patrol. <br />Four of your offi cers also went to Crime <br />Prevention Practitioner training. We are looking <br />forward to implementing new techniques and <br />building on the old in the very near future. <br />Minnesota Towards Zero Deaths saves lives <br />by bringing together: education, enforcement, <br />emergency services, engineering, and more. <br />Two of your sergeants took part in “Towards <br />Zero Deaths” training. They brought back <br />creative ideas. They learned from the past. <br />They learned about what works and what <br />does not. New ideas for safer communities, <br />bicycling, transportation, and life and safety <br />enforcement will be implemented in 2015.