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2017 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />1 | P a g e <br /> <br />I. Message from the Chief <br />HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY <br />MANAGER AND CITIZENS OF ST. ANTHONY: <br />The year 2017 began with a commitment by the City of St. <br />Anthony and the St. Anthony Police Department to <br />improve our focus on enhancing community-oriented <br />policing practices, transparency, professionalism, <br />accountability, and public trust. Goals and objectives were <br />identified, drafted and published by the U.S. Department of <br />Justice, Office of Community Orientated Policing Services, <br />through information gained by holding community listening sessions, meetings with community <br />residents, and meetings with community stakeholders groups. In addition, interviews were conducted <br />with all police staff, department mandated training was evaluated and officer ride a longs were <br />conducted with police department staff, all in order to better assist us in aiming our focus on the <br />development of attainable goals and objectives. <br />As an agency, we have always tried to maintain a culture of community service, a guardian mindset and <br />one that embraces the concepts of community orientated policing. What we have realized over this past <br />year is that we must do better and my staff and I have committed ourselves to finding ways to do better <br />in order to serve all segments of our community. As an agency, we remain committed to working toward <br />our goals and objectives. <br />Through targeted technical assistance we have completed department wide "Fair & Impartial Policing" <br />training that applies the modern science of bias to policing. It greatly enhanced the city wide Anti-Bias <br />Awareness training our officers attended in the fall of 2016. In addition, we completed training in <br />Procedural Justice for Law Enforcement. This training focused on police legitimacy through improving <br />the everyday interactions of front-line officers and all police staff with the communities we serve. The <br />training spoke to four principles, often referred to as the four pillars: 1) being fair in processes, 2) being <br />transparent in actions, 3) providing opportunity for voice, and 4) being impartial in decision making. <br />The St. Anthony Police Department remains committed to maintaining open communication with the <br />communities we serve. We have worked in conjunction with other city departments to redesign and <br />enhance our website to make it easier for community members to provide and receive information. In <br />addition, we have launched a social media platform consisting of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter that