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2019 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />42 | Page <br /> <br />XV. 2019 Accomplishments (Continued) <br /> <br />• In partnership with Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) and our partner <br />Ramsey County Law Enforcement Agencies, NYFS hired a community case worker <br />to perform follow up services on selected police calls for service related to connecting <br />referred households/individuals with basic services with regard to mental health or <br />any other basic family need. This initiative has served as a considerable action step <br />toward meeting the city and police departments’ goals of participating in public <br />safety joint mental health initiatives as referenced on the city’s strategic pyramid. <br />• The Police Department and the St. Anthony City Attorney have partnered with <br />Diversion Solutions, a Driver Diversion Program (DDP), to provide assistance to <br />those with a suspended or revoked driver’s license work toward reinstating a valid <br />license. <br />• The Police Department partnered with a program called LIGHTS ON, a program of <br />Microgrants. LIGHTS ON is a nonprofit community based program that enables <br />police officers to give repair vouchers instead of tickets for defective vehicle lights. <br />The driver can take the voucher to any of the participating auto repair shop for free <br />bulb replacement. The cost is completely free to the driver. <br />• Partnered with Cornerstone, a non-profit organization, that will financially assist <br />victims of targeted crimes. <br />• The Police Department received a grant and had a Medicine Drop Box installed in the <br />lobby of the PD. Disposing of medicine safely helps prevent crime, drug abuse or <br />accidental poisoning. <br />