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2016 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />16 | Page <br /> <br />VII. Administration Review <br />PREPARED BY KIM BRAZIL <br />2016 started with the announcement that our records management system, Law Enforcement <br />Technology Group (LETG), had been sold to a competitor. LETG was sold to Zuecher <br />Technologies located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Zuecher has its own law enforcement <br />records management system and that software program is used by agencies in several states. <br />Michael Zuecher, Senior VP of Zuecher, advised us that he is committed to the continued <br />support of LETG. Although, with this sale, we are aware that LETG will not receive the needed <br />advancements and improvements that will be required of our records management software. I <br />am happy to say that Zuecher’s support staff has worked hard with us on large data requests <br />presented by our department over the last six months. <br />This year, staffing changes have been the most dramatic I can remember, in the many years I’ve <br />been with the department. In March, Officer Christman retired. His retirement, lead to the <br />hiring of a new patrol officer and the need to find another officer to take on the responsibility, <br />or better termed “the challenge” of handing the evidence room. In April our department’s <br />Office Support Specialist, Vicky, retired. Our administrative office staff consists of two full time <br />employees and one part-time employee. Losing a long term full time employee was a <br />tremendous challenge. This was a very difficult position to fill, but were fortunate to hire a St. <br />Anthony resident, Karen, who is quickly picking up on all the training and certification <br />required for the position. In June, both Chief Ohl and Captain Cotroneo retired. This lead to <br />major changes in the command staff of the department. Not only did we need to hire two more <br />officers, but this lead to the promotions of Sergeant Mangseth to Chief and Sergeant Spiess to <br />Captain. These promotions were quickly followed by the promotions of Officers Huddle and <br />Dokken to the rank of Sergeant. With all these changes, there were the unseen challenges of <br />interviewing, testing, as well as tedious background checks on all our new hires: Karen, Officer <br />Lazenberry, Officer Hess, and Officer Studer. These background investigations also required a <br />lot of work on the part of our administrative staff assisting the investigator in the processing of <br />many release forms and requests for information. <br />In July, before our department could even begin to settle in with these changes, we became the <br />focus of an officer involved shooting and gained national attention. Initially, immediately after <br />this event, our office became inundated with never ending phone calls from angry people