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2020 Annual Report • Police Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br />28 | Page <br /> <br />and beyond the duties of their regular assignments. In 2020, all of these officers were assigned <br />to patrol as their primary assignment. Officer Sunde stepped down from her role in the <br />Community Engagement Team at the end of 2020, completing twenty years of service in <br />community engagement. We look forward to seeing her succeed in her next duty assignment. <br />CET meets on a quarterly basis to plan events, establish goals and objectives, and discuss <br />subject matter that is of concern to members of the community. These meetings are mandatory <br />for all of our members. <br />Our department offers several community programs throughout the year. Nearly all of them <br />were canceled due to pandemic related restrictions in 2020. These programs are open to all, but <br />some are oriented to youth. These programs include, but are not limited to: <br />The annual Cops vs. Kids Basketball games <br />Summer Survival School, two full days of safety related education for kids in our community <br />Coffee with A Cop, an annual community based event <br />Citizens’ Academy <br />These events were planned, scheduled and budgeted, however <br />ultimately canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. In addition <br />to these programs, officers had been involved in a student <br />mentorship program through Century College aimed at helping <br />students explore and successfully get into law enforcement <br />careers. Our goal was to connect with and recruit diverse <br />groups of students to work and serve as police officers in our <br />community. Officers had also been meeting regularly over <br />coffee and snacks with senior residents at Chandler Place <br />assisted living in St. Anthony. This gave our officers and our <br />senior community a chance to connect and learn from one another. We found that our seniors <br />had a lot to share and taught our officers about some of the history of our area over the years. <br />We hope to resume our involvement in both of these worthwhile programs once it is safe to do <br />so. <br />The police department delivers Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) to Wilshire Park <br />Elementary and St. Charles School 5th graders. Officer Jon Schlingman has taught the <br />curriculum for these programs for several years. 5th grade students at Wilshire Park Elementary