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2016 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />29 | Page <br /> <br /> <br />XI. Community Engagement Summary <br />PREPARED BY SERGEANT MIKE HUDDLE <br />The Community Engagement Unit fulfills several functions for the St. Anthony Police <br />Department and within the community of St. Anthony. While patrol activities can often be <br />proactive, much of police work is reactive in nature. Officers respond to incidents and crimes <br />after they have occurred. As the name states, the Community Engagement Unit’s mission is to <br />prevent crime before it ever has a chance to occur. We do this with a strategy of being proactive <br />in the community. The unit offers programs, seminars, and hosts events for citizens living or <br />working within the community. One of the goals of these offerings is to educate citizens on <br />how to protect themselves from criminal activity. Some of these topics include addressing <br />physical safety, protection from scams, youth/child safety, senior safety, and bicycle safety. We <br />strive to create a safe and more secure community by engaging citizens in neighborhood <br />functions, such as MN Night to Unite, Coffee with a Cop events, and the Summer Survival <br />School youth program every year. <br />All of your police officers within the department participate in dedicated community <br />engagement and crime prevention <br />efforts, activities and programs; <br />however, the members of this unit <br />are assigned additional details and <br />given additional responsibilities and <br />training to meet the mission goals of <br />this unit. The unit is comprised of <br />four Officers: Sgt. Mike Huddle, <br />Officer Tressa Sunde, Officer Jim <br />South, and Officer Kiel Rushton. <br />Officer Dale Moore, a long time <br />member of the unit, stepped down from his crime prevention position to take on other roles and <br />duties within the department. He carries with him into his usual patrol, and new assignments, <br />a vast base of knowledge and experience from his work within the Community Engagement <br />Unit. Officer Dane Lazenberry will join the unit early in 2017 to fill this open position.