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POLICE City of Ell< River 2004 Annual Report MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Elk River Police Department is to provide quality, professional, fair, and impartial police services to all of our citizens. YEAR IN REVIEW The Police Department continues to provide a professional level of service to all residents and businesses within our community. As the Chief, I am so pleased with the level of performance and daily work of each member of this agency. The professional demeanor of the staff, their strong ethical beliefs, and their attention to duty result in exemplary attitudes which are reflected in the high level of safety and comfort that our citizens feel while living here in Elk River. The new facility continues to be one of our greatest assets, giving the staff the building comforts while in turn also supplying them with the tools needed to do their jobs. We are currently operating very efficiently, with staff often suggesting and implementing change to increase both the productivity and effectiveness in direct relation to the tremendous flow of records and reports that are handled each and every day. As stated last year, I have been given a great management team and staff to assist me in managing this department, and I must give my commendation to Captain Bradley R. Rolfe for his tireless dedication and efforts; and to Investigative Sergeant Thomas Tyler for his continued support and hard work as well. The patrol sergeants have also been invaluable in their supervision of the patrol staff as well as Michelle Masica's excellent management of the clerical division. Last, my thanks to Kathy Anderson for her ability to know what needs to be done, without direction and requests, all to complete those tasks within the allotted time frame. Each and every employee not personally mentioned is commended and thanked for their performance last year as well. I am proud to be the Chief of this fine agency, but can't take credit for the daily work that each employee performs each and every work day. These employees are the reason that Elk River is a safe place to both work and live. The workload for the department in terms of calls for service has been fairly level for several years. Our total Primary Calls for Service in 2004 was 16, 134 - 460 less calls than last year or a 2.8% decrease. Total recorded incidents for 2004 were 18,129 - a decrease of 121 incidents compared to 2003 when the total recorded incidents was 18,250. The largest change in our actual call load is the significant increase in both Part I and Part II crimes. In 2004 we had the largest reported number of Part I and Part II crimes. We experienced a 20% increase in Part I crimes, or the serious crime category, with 146 additional offenses being reported this year. Unfortunately this was accompanied by a reduction of 5% in the number of cases cleared, with only 18% being cleared either by arrest or other means. I attribute this to several new challenges facing our department as the City of Elk River continues to grow.