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2019 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />31 | Page <br /> <br />each and every contact is a community engagement opportunity. Officers logged 18,052 <br />minutes. <br />The St. Anthony Police Department recognized Officer Jim South with the Department <br />Commendation award for his sustained contribution to community relations efforts focusing on <br />youth programs. Specifically, his development and coordination of the annual Cops vs. Kids <br />Basketball event and the annual Summer Survival School. 2019 marked the tenth year of the <br />Cops vs. Kids basketball games. We are proud of Officer South for his work with both of these <br />programs. <br />Our student community has been gracious in inviting us to their Community Conversations on <br />Race, hosted by St. Anthony High School student group Dare2BeReal. Many of our Officers, <br />including the Police Chief and Captain, have participated in several of these meetings. We are <br />grateful to be included and look forward to being involved in the future. <br />In addition to the youth oriented programs offered each year, the department continued with <br />our involvement in VillageFest by staffing a booth for event-goers to meet and speak with <br />Officers, tour patrol cars, discuss crime prevention matters, and receive free give-away items. <br />Each year we partner with Cub Foods to support neighborhood block parties during the annual <br />MN Night to Unite event in August, as well as with Coffee With a Cop, which has been hosted <br />at the Cub Foods in St. Anthony. <br />This summary is not a complete description of the scope of community engagement carried out <br />by the Police Department through 2019. Most often it is accomplished by our Officers during <br />their tours on patrol. They are routinely Officer initiated contacts. The following section is a <br />sampling of activities that our Officers took part in through 2019. <br />January: Officer Moore, Officer Johnson, Officer Gerbino, and Lt. Diegnau attended a Martin <br />Luther King, Jr. event hosted by Nativity Church and assisted with traffic control and safety for <br />the event. <br />February: Chief Mangseth read to 2nd grade students as a guest reader at Wilshire Park <br />Elementary School.