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14 VIII. Police Reserve Summary <br />2014 Annual Report · Police Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br />VIII. Police Reserve SummaryVIII. Police Reserve Summary <br />Prepared by Offi cer Tressa Sunde <br />This year, the Police Reserve Program was like most others…we had a great <br />year! This year, also like most others, we had a lot of turnover. Some may think <br />of this as a bad thing…but I like to think of this as an ever evolving position that <br />helps both the police department and those who commit to helping it. <br />After losing a few of our long term reserve offi cers last year, we settled into as <br />comfortable of a pattern as could be with covering shifts and special events as <br />they came up. As expected, our reserves stepped up to the plate and covered all <br />of the special events and most weekends. This was all done with only 8 people. <br />The commitment of these reserves never ceases to amaze me. <br />As the year went on and everyone got more time and experience under their duty belts, we again went <br />through a hiring process. Again we asked our reserve offi cers to assist with this process as they will <br />be working side by side with them. I take the hiring process very seriously, just like we do when we <br />hire police offi cers. Chief Ohl has made a huge impact on me with the hiring process we use for police <br />offi cers and I think it is a great way to hire our reserve offi cers. <br />In May we hired 4 new reserve offi cers and we did a great job if I do say so myself. Amro Abdalla, <br />Mike Milbrandt, Ismail Turay and Scotty Gordhammer. Amro and Mike are both eligible to be hired as <br />police offi cers and Ismail is a recent graduate who was also a ‘mentee’ for the Century College 916 <br />program (Offi cer Jim South was Ismail’s mentor). Scotty was a recent high school graduate and the <br />youngest reserve we have hired. <br />All 4 of the new hires began an extensive fi eld training program and were partnered with our seasoned <br />reserves to teach them the ins and outs of what it is to be a reserve. Due to their commitment to the <br />program, all of them successfully completed their training in a short amount of time. <br />In September we hired again and are very happy to have Braden McNair on the roster. Braden went <br />to and successfully completed the Hennepin County Reserve School. This school is free of cost and <br />provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Offi ce to all cities in Hennepin County. It is one night (3-4 <br />hours) a week for 7 weeks (See attached photo from his graduation with Sgt Spiess and I there to show <br />our support to Braden and his family). <br />In September Scotty stepped down due to his work schedule changing. Kyle Hopper also stepped down <br />as he took a position with the Minnesota Department of Corrections and is now working at the Lino <br />Lakes Prison. He made it very clear when he left that he credits his experiences with the St Anthony <br />Reserve Program for giving him the skills he needed and the confi dence it requires to do the job. Thank <br />you for the years of service you gave and we wish you good luck! In August, Dane Lazenberry also <br />stepped down as he was accepted into the Minnesota State Patrol LETO Program (Law Enforcement <br />Training Opportunity). This is the fi rst step to becoming a State Trooper. He will be following in his <br />father’s footsteps as he is a retired Lt. Colonel and was the interim Chief for the Minnesota State Patrol. <br />Dane, we cannot thank you enough for time and energy you gave to this program!