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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 28, 2023 Page 7 • All officers completed League of MN Cities, MN POST Board approved, 2022 "Patrol Online" training for offices. • Adjusted Detective assignment tenure to allow for additional depth within the 4 Investigative Unit. 5 • Created an interface that allows the automated transfer of digital media to the Ramsey 6 County Attorney's Office. 7 • Continue to evaluate methods for implementing online reporting for selected offenses. 8 • Maintained police department membership with city wide involvement with the 9 Government Alliance on Race and Equity. 10 • Created an interface that allows the automated transfer of digital media to the Ramsey 11 County Attorney's Office. 12 • Continued to evaluate methods for implementing online reporting for selected offenses. 13 • Maintained police department membership with city-wide involvement in the 14 Government Alliance on Race and Equity. 15 • Offered medicine disposal drop box services. Collected 455.20 lbs. of pharmaceuticals 16 and packaging. 17 • Hired for vacancy at the position of Community Services Officer. 18 • Hired for three vacancies at the position of police officer. 19 • Created a hiring and staffing plan to staffing needs in the next 1-5 years due to increased 20 staffing needs and pending retirements. 21 22 Chief Mangseth reviewed What's on Deck for the Police Department. Chief Mangseth 23 congratulated Captain Spiess on his completion advanced education through a Cohort he joined. 24 25 The Police Department can be emailed at police@savmn.com; police records can be requested at 26 sapdrecords asavmn.com; the department can be called at 612-782-3350 to arrange for a meeting 27 via phone or in person. Residents can sign up for updates on the St. Anthony Village website. 28 The Police Department annual report can be viewed online at www.savmn.com. 29 30 The Hyundai & Kia Steering Wheel Lock Giveaway will be held Saturday April 15 from 9am — 31 12noon. Must pre -register to receive one at www.savmn.com/steeringwheellock. 32 33 Councilmember Walker asked if the steering wheel lock is for any vehicle and Chief Mangseth 34 stated only for certain models of Hyundai and Kia. Councilmember Walker asked if the Citizen 35 Academy will be held in 2023. Chief Mangseth stated Sergeant Huddle is already planning it. 36 Are the three officers handling social media assigned to one site and Chief Mangseth stated they 37 share responsibility. Councilmember Walker commented on the RX drop boxes and the amount 38 that was dropped off. Councilmember noted there was an increase in calls in 2019. Chief 39 Mangseth stated the Department became more mindful of calls for mental health services. 40 41 Councilmember Jenson highlighted the fact that training was mentioned a lot throughout the 42 presentation. 43 44 Councilmember Webster thanked Chief Mangseth for the excellent overview. She stated 25% of 45 the training was elected training. All elected training needs to be approved. Chief Mangseth 46 stated they want officers to share skillsets.