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City Manager | New Brighton4 <br />NEW BRIGHTON IS rightly proud <br />of its Department of Public Safety. <br />Since the merger of the Police <br />and Fire Departments in 2000, <br />the Public Safety Department <br />has become a model which other <br />communities attempt to replicate <br />due to its extremely cost effective <br />and efficient way of providing <br />coordinated public safety services <br />to its residents, businesses, and <br />visitors. In order to effectively to <br />protect, to serve, and to educate <br />in partnership with the community, <br />many staff of the Public Safety <br />Department are cross trained in a <br />variety of service areas. <br />The Police Department has 30 <br />sworn officers. The Fire Department <br />has one full time Fire Marshal and <br />43 certified paid-on-call members <br />– almost half of whom are also <br />City employees. Public Safety <br />has been proactive in community <br />engagement, going to its citizens <br />instead of waiting for the citizens to <br />come to them. With approximately <br />one third of the population living <br />in rental units, the Public Safety <br />Department has collaborated <br />with property owners via a rental <br />management program to provide <br />positive interactions between the <br />City and New Brighton’s population <br />of renters. The Department has <br />been honored by the International <br />Association of Chiefs of Police with <br />its Community Policing Award. <br />Residents have the opportunity <br />to participate in many volunteer <br />areas, including Volunteers in Public <br />Safety, Police Reserve Officers, <br />and Police Explorers. The City also <br />partners productively with Ramsey <br />County for many public safety <br />services, including participation <br />in the award-winning ‘Closest <br />Unit Dispatching’ program for fire <br />response which has resulted in an <br />overall six-minute response time to <br />calls. <br />Public Safety