2017 St. Anthony PD Annual Report

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2017 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 24 | P a g e The Community Engagement Unit takes the lead for the department in some of our annual community programs which include MN Night to Unite, Summer Survival youth program, Annual Cops vs. Kids Basketball games, and Coffee With A Cop events. The success of these programs and efforts is due, in large part, to the partnerships and input we receive from community stakeholders. We have invited, and received, positive input from neighborhood organizations, civic groups, citizen activist organizations and student leader groups like St. Anthony High School’s Dare 2 Be Real. We are committed to giving these stakeholders a voice and have utilized their input to help direct our activities. The police department values these partnerships with members of our community. We look forward to building on them and developing more of them into the future. Officers logged countless patrol hours focusing on monitoring school zones for speed and crosswalk enforcement and safety, deterring and enforcing street racing along Hwy 88 in St. Anthony and Hwy 280 in Lauderdale, and handing out coupons for free ice cream from Dairy Queen to children “caught” riding their bikes with their helmets on. These activities are driven directly by feedback from community members. The following are a few examples of the activities St. Anthony police officers engaged in throughout 2017. It should be noted that this listing simply represents a small sampling, and is not a complete or exhaustive listing of the department’s engagement activities, January: Chief Mangseth, Captain Spiess, Sgt. Huddle, Officer Erdman and Officer Lazenberry participated in a community conversation event hosted by St. Anthony High School student group, Dare 2 Be Real. The event centered on “courageous conversations” and questions regarding race and community relations.