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Public Services

• Animal control

• Identity theft and financial transaction card fraud reporting

• Records requests

Permits and Licenses

• Dog and cat licenses

• Firearm permits

Units and Programs

• Neighborhood Watch: Primary purpose is to rally, organize and train citizens in improving their home security, enhancing their personal safety, and learning to immediately report suspicious activity occurring in their neighborhoods to the police. Empowers citizens to take charge of their neighborhoods and to look out for one another.

• Citizen Police Academy - class designed to teach residents the realities of police work

• Crime statistics and records unit for the City of Maplewood

• Emergency and non-emergency law enforcement services

• Emergency medical services in partnership with the Maplewood Fire Department

• Firearm permit information

• Information to victims of identity theft

• Neighborhood Watch

• Presentations and seminars to citizens on crime and what to do to avoid it

• Reserve program - non-sworn volunteers who are available 24 hours a day to assist police and citizens of Maplewood

Programs that encourage total community involvement in discouraging preventable crime:

• K-9 unit
• Patrol services
• Specialty units
• Investigative services
• Animal shelter for stray holds and adoption

Animal control:

• Emergency concerns include: Animal fighting, intentional animal abuse, animal/vehicle collisions, vicious animals, animals chasing/attacking people
• Non-emergency concerns include: Stray dogs, nuisance barking, animals in distress, animal bites and scratches that break the skin, removal of dead animal carcasses

Provides law enforcement and community services such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Neighborhood Watch, and child care seat safety education.

• Crime prevention including Neighborhood Watch, a law enforcement program that enlists the participation of citizens in crime prevention. Neighborhood Watch involves residents watching out for one another. Program requires that a block captain keep a list of residents in the neighborhood who are willing to participate in the program and receive information on calls for service, crime prevention ideas, and how to report suspicious activity if it occurs.

• Crime prevention including talks given to the general public that include personal safety, home security, fraud prevention, and drug awareness

• Community Service Officers (CSOs)/Citizen's Academy: Non-sworn uniformed employees whose assigned duties and responsibilities by their nature do not require the services of a police officer.

-Police Explorers/Teen Police Academy: Provides children and young adults the chance to gain exposure to various careers in law enforcement

Community Engagement Division

• Community Partnerships Unit

A Community Outreach Program (A.C.O.P.) (651)558-2305 Community Outreach and Stabilization Unit (C.O.A.S.T.) Police Reserve Program: (651)558-2350 Public Relations

• Traffic and Pedestrian Unit: includes accident/Traffic and School Police, (651)291-1111

• Investigator: (651)266-5722

Accident reconstruction, forensic mapping, and scene processing Specialized traffic enforcement programs (Aggressive Traffic, Operation NightCAP, and Safe and Sober) Parking Enforcement Unit, (651)266-5585

• Youth outreach and programming Unit (651)266-5485

Activities league Law enforcement career path Academy Police internships Ride-Along Program (18 years of age) Support Services and Administration

• Building Maintenance Custodians: (651)266-5667
• Communication Services: (651)266-5592
• Crime prevention, block clubs, operation identification
• Firearms permit information: (651)266-1111
• Fleet Unit
• Police/Community Services: (651)266-5486
• Research/Development: (651)266-5501

Crime Analysis Technology Development and Implementation Video Management Unit/CCTV

Crime prevention initiatives, information, community engagement events, and social media. Provides:

• Alarm system permits

• Arrive Alive Program

• Blaine police community alliance

• Catalytic converter theft prevention

• Citizens academy

• Coffee with a cop

• Community Connect

• Community outreach trailer

• Crime free multi-housing

• Crime prevention through environmental design

• Crime victim services

• Firearm locks

• Lights On! Program

• Night to Unite

• Safety camp program

• Scam and fraud presentations

• Safety patrol education

• Senior safety fair

• Steering wheel locks

• Student mentorship programs

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• Community outreach

• Dispatch center

• County correctional facility

?- Emergency response ??- Medication disposal box: Promotes the safe disposal of unneeded and/or expired prescriptions. This includes human and animal medications, along with illegal drugs. A permanent prescription drop box is located in the Law Enforcement Center lobby. Medication should be kept in its original container. The individual's name should be removed from the container. ?- Technical rescue

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• County correctional facility

• Community outreach

• Crime reporting and records

• Dispatch center

?- Emergency response

• Firearm permits

?- Technical rescue

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• Citizen Police Academy: Seven week program designed to provide residents insight to the inner working of law enforcement

• Community Outreach

• Education, instruction and demonstration of how to properly install child restraint seats

• Neighborhood Watch Program: Crime prevention program that enlists the participation of residents in cooperation with law enforcement to reduce crime, solve problems, and improve the quality of life

• Permit to Purchase licenses

• Public Safety

Provides law enforcement and community services such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Neighborhood Watch, and child care seat safety education.

Mayor and City Council Members:

• Member contact information

City Departments:

• Administration

• Building Permits and Inspections

• Emergency Management

• Law Enforcement

• Planning and Zoning

• Public Works

• Secure Medication Disposal

• Traffic control signage requests

Provides law enforcement services and community services including:

• Community crime prevention

• Dispatch center

• Manages county jail

• Responds to calls for service

The following is a partial list of services the Big Lake Police Department has available to its residents at no cost. Some of the programs and activities are done in cooperation with the Big Lake District Chamber of Commerce and various other community organizations.

• Awareness and education classes for citizens

• Back-to-school safety promotion

• Criminal investigations

• Fingerprinting

• Halloween safety bags and instructions

• Neighborhood watch

• Operation ID

• Orientations and seminars on request

• Premise surveys

• Residential security checks for those who might be vacationing or leaving town for a period of time

• Run, yell, and tell program

• Security watch

• Speed trailer placement

• Vehicle unlocks

Recruits Neighborhood Watch groups

• Identity theft education and scam prevention

• Community Outreach: Police work with residents on better securing their homes and communities, increasing personal safety

• Community Watch Program

• Multicultural Advisory Committee (MAC): Works to enhance relationships with members of the community from culturally diverse backgrounds

• Night to Unite: Held on the first Tuesday in August. Allows neighbors to meet, learn about crime prevention, and send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting crime

• Safety Day Camp: Children are taught safety skills: water, fire, and electrical safety; basic first aid; 911, and more

• Alley beautification program which promotes neighborhood cooperation, includes spring and fall plant shares and annual awards

• Coordinates block clubs/leadership and crime prevention activities

• Crime Watch crime prevention program

• K-9 unit

• Recreational enforcement unit

• School liaison program/school resource officers

• Sheriff's reserve unit

• SWAT team

• Underwater recovery

Provides law enforcement and community services, including:

• Civil process and warrant service

• Community policing and crime prevention

• Court security

• Criminal investigations

• Emergency communications / 911 dispatch

• Emergency response, search and rescue, and technical rescue operations

• Jail operations and inmate management

• Permit to carry and related firearm permitting

• Records management

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• Animal control

• Crime prevention and Neighborhood Watch Groups

• CPR classes

• Finger printing

• Permit to purchased

• Prescription drug drop-off program

• Records

• Provides police services for the cities of Minnetonka Beach, Mound, Orono, and Spring Park

• Community crime prevention programs

• Neighborhood Watch Program: Partnership between neighborhoods and police working together to make neighborhoods safe. Involves residents of neighborhoods working together by knowing each other, communicating with each other, and keeping an eye out for suspicious activity in the neighborhood.

• Firearms Safety Training: A class is put on in the spring and fall of each year which includes 24 hours of classroom instruction on gun and hunting safety, a practical exam, and written exam each student must pass in order to receive his hunter certificate allowing them to hunt.

Law enforcement services including:

• Assists in civil matters

?- Educates community members on safe water practices

• Responds to calls for service

• School crime prevention programs

• Child safety seat inspections

• Copies of police reports and accident reports are available. Only inactive offense reports and arrest reports will be released.

• Firearm permits

• Prescription drug drop off box for recycling drugs

• Provides municipal police services for residents of Ramsey

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• County correctional facility

• Community outreach

• Crime reporting and records

• Dispatch center

?- Emergency response ?- Technical rescue