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5/23/2024 <br />4 <br />POLICE DEPARTMENT SWOT ANALYSIS & BENEFITS TO CITY & POLICE DEPARTMENT <br />Police Department leadership  <br />staff compiled below SWOT  <br />Analysis, which contains the  <br />anticipated benefits to the  <br />Police Department, and thus to  <br />the City of Saint Anthony Village  <br />of a renewed partnership within  <br />the ‘Opportunities’ section. <br />FACILITY UPGRADES NEEDS <br />In 2023 staff highlighted a need for a professional work environment  <br />to draw recruits to a changing police department, including but not  <br />limited to: <br />Repurpose existing spaces to be more useable <br />Need for training and meeting space <br />Larger secure evidence storage <br />Improve daylight access <br />Add additional equipment storage <br />Rework locker rooms <br />Improve reception area <br />Larger garage and secured storage <br />Staff is not proposing that an entirely new police station be constructed. A contract price is being  <br />structured so the revenue from the police services contract could fund the renovations. Thus, no  <br />additional tax levy from Saint Anthony residents would be needed.