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2018 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 MANAGER AND CITIZENS OF ST. <br />ANTHONY: <br /> <br />Throughout 2018, our police department has remained focused on <br />working closely with our COPS Office technical assistance partners in <br />order to achieve our community stakeholder identified goals and <br />objectives. The Department of Justice Collaborative Reform Initiative <br />for Technical Assistance (DOJ CRI-TA) site team made monthly visits <br />to our police department to provide technical assistance and connect <br />our personnel with subject matter experts. The ultimate goal was to <br />increase our capacity and bandwidth within our agency as we <br />pursued the development of a department strategic plan which was <br />unveiled to the public this past June (2018) during an open house. <br />This document, our supporting mission and vision, along with historical information regarding CRI-TA can be <br />found on our website by visiting www.savmn.com. <br />A clear vision creates clarity of purpose. A clear mission improves the quality of our service. Our <br />identified goals and objectives must directly tie into our mission and vision. The police department’s <br />mission and vision must directly tie into the city mission and vision. All of our police officers must be <br />able to plausibly articulate how any policing action they may take fits into the departments’ mission and <br />vision. <br />I think many would agree that the way law enforcement conducts business has never been under more <br />scrutiny. This is despite the fact that we have become more technologically sound, are more integrated, <br />are more educated, are more carefully trained, and are more selectively chosen than ever before. The <br />perception that police officers are out of control is not balanced by reports of the good work that is done <br />every day by police officers as they serve within our local communities and across the country. People <br />who have never seen a police officer’s everyday reality up close can easily overlook just how difficult it <br />can be to face the everyday challenges associated with policing. We, as police officers, must adhere to the <br />Pillars of Procedural Justice and Fair and Impartial Policing. In the policing profession, perception is <br />reality and the most effective tool(s) we have are housed within the framework of these two tenets.