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2017 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />18 | P a g e <br /> <br />Other – 82 <br />Total Hours – 2098 <br />This year’s Reserve Officer of the Year and Eagle Award winner is Steve Panning with 401 <br />hours. We are so happy to have such dedicated volunteers. This is the second year in a row <br />Steve has been Reserve Officer of the Year and an Eagle Award winner. On top of his <br />commitment to the reserve unit, Steve is a longtime resident of St. Anthony, having lived here <br />for over 40 years. In addition, he is a Boy Scout troop leader in the community. <br />One of the changes this past year was the promotion of Sgt. Jeremy Sroga to Reserve <br />Coordinator. However, what has stayed the same, Sgt. Sroga was a reserve officer with St. <br />Anthony (1995-1996) prior to being hired as a sworn officer. We are excited for his ideas and <br />areas of expertise to help make the reserve unit even better. <br />This year, as in other years, we lost a few reserve officers who have moved on to their new <br />careers. Braden McNair, who started in 2014, was hired by Blaine Police Department as a full <br />time police officer. George Oyoo, who started in 2015, was hired by Hennepin County <br />Probation as a full time probation officer. Finally, John McElroy was hired by the University of <br />Minnesota as a full time police officer. We pride ourselves in helping to teach and mold our <br />reserve officers into police officers, whether they are hired by St. Anthony or another agency. <br />Over the years we have hired many officers from our very own reserve program, and have <br />found it an excellent way for them to learn the inner workings of how the city and our contract <br />cities work. The St. Anthony Police Department is currently made up of 20 sworn officers, 9 of <br />which came from our reserve unit! That being said, we are very proud of these reserve officers <br />moving on and their accomplishments! <br />So, as I had said in the beginning, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” <br />Every year we have reserve officers who move on to follow their dreams and others who stay to <br />give back to their community. This is what life is all about, moving forward but remembering <br />to stay true to yourself and follow your dreams. <br /> <br /> <br />