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2019 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />9 | Page <br /> <br />As the opioid addiction epidemic continues both locally and abroad, St. Anthony patrol officers <br />continue to see a spike in drug overdose calls. Officers responded to more than twice the <br />number of overdose calls as they did in 2018. We continue to have success in saving lives by <br />delivering Narcan, a medication that counters the effects of opioid overdose. <br />One of the goals in the St. Anthony Police Department strategic plan is <br />a focus on traffic and pedestrian safety within our community. Our <br />patrol staff is consistently proactive in achieving this goal by the use of <br />enforcement of traffic laws and through education. The St. Anthony <br />Police Department was also an active participant in the “Towards Zero <br />Deaths” statewide traffic safety initiative. This campaign is driven by <br />data, best practices, and research on how to eliminate traffic fatalities <br />and serious injuries, which data has consistently shown speeding, failure to wear a seatbelt, <br />impaired driving, and distracted driving as contributing factors. As such, our department <br />focuses on these traffic safety factors as part of our Strategic Plan. <br /> Please see the statistics below, which reflect the St. Anthony Police Department’s Traffic Safety <br />Initiative activities in the City of St. Anthony for 2019. In addition, included are citations issued <br />for parking violations, and the number and type of other arrests made by the patrol division. <br /> <br /> <br />0 <br />200 <br />400 <br />600 <br />800 <br />1000 <br />1200 <br />1400 <br />1600 <br />1444 <br />376 <br />339 <br />38 39 51 33 371 30 108 36 41 <br />2019 St. Anthony Traffic Safety Patrol Statistics