2016 St. Anthony PD Annual Report

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2016 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 40 | Page XVI. 2017 Work Plan • Work on direction of department mission and vision. Maximize community engagement to include department branding and retooling/expanding Community Engagement strategies. Focus on youth engagement opportunities. • Body worn camera selection, adoption and implementation. • Organize and update the department policy and procedure manual. • Implement department Facebook/social media page. Develop and implement coinciding department policy. • Explore and implement training that emphasizes dealing with mental health concerns, de-escalation and community relations. • Professional development of new supervisors. • Meet the expanding training needs of patrol staff. (Legislative mandates/P.O.S.T. requirements). • With the potential retirement of a Lieutenant (09/2017), potentially promote a supervisor and promote a new Sergeant. • Hire, equip and train a new police officer. • Manage the selection of police officers to new positions of responsibility and accountability within the department. (Firearm’s, Use of Force, Community Engagement…) • Effectively handle personnel changes with the SWAT team. • Hire 6 new reserve officers to bring us up to authorized strength of 16. • Identify 1 new Firearms Instructor (Erdman) • Identify 1 new SWAT Operator (Lazenberry) • 2 officers complete SFST’s certification (B. Hess & Studer) • Work closely with the Department of Justice in regard to Collaborative Reform Initiative-Technical Assistance. • 2017: Internship for George Oyoo (Reserve Officer). • Establish/maintain the Inclusion Committee Charter with the City of St. Anthony and all departments. • Train and certify two new field training officers (South and Schlingman). • Train and certify one officer as a background investigator for future hires. • Participate in the National Highway Safety Administration study to improve traffic safety, education, and recent trends.