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3.18. SR 09-15-1997 From: iver Date: Police Department Subject: Memorandum Mayor and City Council Thomas D. Zerwas, Chief of Police September 10, 1997 Grant Award This is to inform the City Council that we have received a grant award for fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) from the 1997 Minnesota Omnibus Crime Bill (COP) to use for overtime. This overtime grant must be utilized for specific areas of concern as indicated in the grant request. The focus areas for this grant request are Intensive Traffic Enforcement, Juvenile Curfew and Alcohol Enforcement, Neighborhood Crime Reduction Patrols, Business Center Concentrated Patrol, and Drug Investigations and Interdiction. I am including a copy of the grant request as submitted so you can familiarize yourself with the focus areas. If you agree and wish to accept this grant, please pass the resolution submitted along with this memorandum. TDZ/smp 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 723 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-2324 · Fax (612) 441-8937 OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 445 Minnesota Street Suite 1000 North Central Life Tower Paul, MN 55101-2128 Y ONLY: (612) 282-6555 Fax: (612) 297-5728 Telephone (VOICE): (612) 296-6642 September 3, 1997 STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Chief Tom Zerwas Elk River Police Dept. P.O. Box 723 Elk River, MN 55330 Dear Chief Zerwas: I am pleased to inform you that your agency has been awarded a grant under the 1997 Omnibus Crime Bill - Community Oriented Policing Grant for Overtime. The amount your agency will be awarded is $15,000. If the grant award is different from the amount requested, you are required to submit a revised budget for the amount of the award. The grant agreement cannot be processed until the revised budget is received. Please submit this revised budget no later than Friday, October 3, 1997. The total amount available under this grant for FY 1998 was $1,102,000. There were sixty-six (66) applications for a grand total of over $2.6 Million. Nine (9) applicants were funded at or near the requested level, forty-four (44) were funded at a lower level than requested and thirteen (13) applications did not receive funding. The limited availability of resources made it impossible to fund every project. Detailed instructions on important areas of this grant will follow this letter. I am, however, including some basic information: The grants will be disbursed on a quarterly reimbursement basis. You may request an advance of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the grant amount, after the grant agreement has been finalized. There will be quarterly reporting requirements. The quarterly reports and invoices will be due by the 10th day of the month following the end of the quarter. Over the next couple of weeks I will be preparing the grant agreements and submitting them to the proper areas for approval. Once this task is complete, the agreement will be sent to you for your signature. After all signatures have been received, requests for advances will be processed. Enclosed, for your information, is a sample "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT." This resolution to accept these grant funds must be passed by your governing body. The person signing this resolution, and any resulting grant agreement, must be authorized by the governing body to accept and expend these funds. This resolution must be provided to me as soon as possible but before October 3, 1997. I look forward to working with you this year. lfyou have any questions, please don't hesitate to call. My telephone number is (612) 297-1697. 7~drely' Rosalind R. Sullivan Grants Coordinator AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ver Police Department Thomas D. Zerwas Chief of Police September 9, 1997 Rosalind R. Sullivan Department of Pubhc Safety Office of the Commissioner 445 Minnesota Street North Central Life Tower-Suite 1000 St. Paul, MN 55101-2156 Ms. Sullivan, Here is a copy of the revised budget for the mount of the grant that you requested. If there is any thing else that you need, please let us know. If possible, I would like you to send me a copy of the quarterly reporting forms and invoices so that I will know what I need for record keeping. If you have these forms formatted on computer m either Microsoft Word or m Word Perfect it would be convenient if you sent a disk with the forms on it. Thank you and we look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Sgt. Jeff Mordal Elk River Police Department 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 723 · Elk River, Minnesota 55330 · (612) 441-2324 · Fax (612) 441-8937 BUDGET REQUEST OVERTIME APPUCANT AGENCY: Elk Rive~ Police Department .Av~,T=ge Salary Used to Compute ~'ant Request $30..00 Number of O;~ers Amount of overtime per week ' ' Number of Weeks T~d Budget Request $ 1 5 0 0'C. De ~: '~, The number of officers per week and the amount of overtime per week will vary throughout the year. The numbers above represent an 'average. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY APPLICATION PACKET FOR COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING (COPS) GRANT PROGRAM OVERTIME 1. ~ Cover Sheet 2. Xd~ Project Information Sheet 3. ~)Q Project overView 4. }/x, Project Evaluation 5. X Budget Request Return application to: Department of Public Safety Office of the Commissioner 445 Minnesota Street North Central Life Tower-Suite 1000 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2156 Arm: Rosalind R. Sullivan Grants Administrator COMPLETED APPLICATIONS DUE BY 4:30 P.M., AUGUST 8, 1997. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING (COPS) GRANTS PROGRAM OVERTIME This form is to be used as the cover sheet for your grant application. CONTRACTING AGENCY: Use your legal name and full address. This is the fiscal agent with whom the grant agreement will be executed. Elk River Police Department PO Box 723 13065 Orono Pkwy Elk River~ MN 55330 CONTACT MAILING ADDRESS: (If different than above) Project Director name: Chief Tom Zerwas Telephone number: (512) 441 - 2324 Fax number: ~12) 441-8937 Contact name: Chief Tom Zerwas PROJECT SERVICE AREA (counties/cities) Elk River, MN Telephone number: : Fax number: (512) Project start date: Jan. 1, 1998 ~1% 441-2324 441-8937 Project end date: Dec. 31, 1998 Grant agreements will not be processed without these numbers: I MN Tax ID # 8021856 I Federal Employee ID # 41-6005124 GRANT FUNDS REQUESTED $ 30,000.00 Overtime Pr~ectSummau-50wordsorlessinthespacebelow: The project that we hope to implement can be broken down into five(5) areas These five components of our program are: 1) Intensive Traffic Enforcement, 2) Juvenile Curfew and Alcohol Enforcement, 3) Neighborhood Crime Reduction Patrols, 4) Business Center Concentrated Patrols, and 5) Drug Investigation and Interdiction. Application Agency PROJECT INFORMATION SHEET (with which contract is to be executed) 2 Legal Name Street - City - Zip Phone Elk River Police Dept. 13065 Orono Pkwy, Elk River, MN 55330 (612)441-2324 2. Authorized Official Legal Name Street - City - Zip Phone Chief Tom Zerwas Same as Above ( ) Same as Above 3. Operating Agency (if different from #1) Legal Name Street - City - Zip Phone ( ) 4. Contact Person for further information on application I I Chief Tom Zerwas I Same as Above I( )Same as Above I certify that the information contained herein is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and that I submit this application on behalf of the applicant agency. Title: Signature of Authorized Official: PROJECT OVERVIEW (narrative) (1) Describe the project you hope to implement (specifically state the problem you will address). (2) Describe the services you intend to provide and the population you will serve (identify the specific geographic location and why you chose the site). (3) Describe how the need for this project was identified and how this program will address that need (include facts on crime demographics for the target area). (4) Describe the planning process you propose to implement (Provide specific information about the individuals and organizations that actively helped in the planning process). (5) If other organizations will help provide services, describe their role. You may use up to ten (10) attachment pages to support this narrative. Overview The project that we hope to implement as a result of receiving the overtime funding requested can be broken down into five (5) areas. These areas address the largest areas of concern from a variety of our citizens, groups, and organizations, and will provide a variety of services to different populations within our city. These five components of our program are: 1) Intensive Traffic Enforcement, 2) Juvenile Curfew and Alcohol Enforcement, 3) Neighborhood Crime Reduction Patrols, 4) Business Center Concentrated Patrols, and 5) Drug Investigation and Interdiction. Each of these projects will be discussed separately, but first an overview. The City of Elk River is a rapidly growing community located approximately thirty (30) miles northwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul. We are the county seat of Sherburne County which is the fastest growing county in Minnesota. Elk River is forty-four (44) square miles in size and has a population of approximately fifteen thousand (15,000) people. The population of the City has increased approximately thirty percent (30%) in the past five (5) years and has experienced a population increase of over 82% from 1980 to the present. Formerly a rural community, Elk River is now a primarily suburban community with outlying rural areas. Roughly twenty-five percent (25%) of our housing units are apartments (approximately 1,200 units). We have also had several "anchor" type businesses such as Target, Cub Foods, and Menards locate here. Recent business growth also includes most of the fast food restaurants and strip mall businesses. Along with the increase in population has been increased development and business which draw a large number of commuters and non-residents into the community. Elk River has two major highways running through it (Highway 169 and Highway 10). Each day thousands of commuters travel from places as far away as Milaca and Onamia to their jobs in the metro area. Many of them also seek their weekend entertainment in Minneapolis, St. Paul or the suburbs. Many of these commuters now do a large amount of their shopping in Elk River because of the addition of stores like Target, Menards, Cub Foods, and other strip mall businesses. New restaurants like Perkins, Applebees, and Time Out Sports Bar as well as established businesses like the Elk River 10 Cinema, make Elk River an increasingly popular night spot. Both of these highways are also major arteries to northbound vacationers, fisherman and hunters. Highway 169 is also the major route to the very popular Mille Lac's "Grand Casino". Calls for service have increased greatly in Elk River. Highway 101, one of the major arteries from Elk River to the Metropolitan area, has just finished being upgraded. This previously accident ridden two lane highway was upgraded to a nice four lane highway. We believe that this roadway improvement will also make Elk River more inviting to business and residential growth. With the increase in population that our City has experienced, our calls for service and Part I and Part II crimes have increased at a much faster pace than other areas of the State. Part I crimes in 1995 increased thirty-four (34%) over 1994, compared to a State average increase of approximately four percent (4%). In 1995 we had a decrease in Part I crimes. We believe that this is due, in part, to the overall high increase in 1994, the focus of Patrol officers on the high crime locations, and a national downward trend on crime. With the addition of these requested funds and a program for specifically addressing the areas of concern, we believe that we can limit the increase and possibly create another decrease of the targeted crimes. In 1986, the Minnesota State Planning Agency, published a report entitled 'Minnesota 2010 - A Projection of Arrests and Convictions' for Minnesota Counties. This report projected that Sherburne County would experience the highest percentage of change in total arrests of any county in the State. The report projected that Sherburne County would experience a ninety-two percent (92%) increase in arrests by the year 2010. The next closest county was Chisago County with an eighty percent (80%) increase in arrests by the year 2010. The report indicated that by 1990 we would see an increase in arrests by more than twenty percent (20%). The report also indicated that the number of arrests in all of Sherbume County would increase to 1,390 by the year 2010. In fact, we arrested nearly that number (1,150) in Elk River alone in 1995. A large percentage of those were juvenile arrests. Elk River is also the center of Independent School District #728. The school district encompasses five (5) counties and four (4) cities. All of the secondary schools are located in the City of Elk River. Approximately 4,000 teenagers are in our city daily, nine months out of the year. This also makes Elk River a gathering spot for these youths during off' school hours and days. As a result, we end up dealing with other communities' problems in our city. The public concern in all five components from different citizens, groups, and organizations has been already received and is continuing to be received. When planning for these projects, we will be looking to past crime trends and statistics as to when and where to concentrate our efforts. We will also be looking to business owners (like the Chamber of Commerce, Mall Associations), neighborhood groups (like neighborhood watch groups), and individual citizens for input as to where, when, and how (or alternative methods) to concentrate our efforts. Intensive Traffic Enforcement As previously mentioned, our project is broken down into five (5) components. The first component is Intensive Traffic Enforcement. The primary reason for this component is a huge public concern with traffic problems recently, especially the highway area which runs through our growing commercial areas. Our program would provide concentrated enforcement efforts in areas of public concern. In 1996 we had two (2) fatalities and numerous other personal injuries and property damage accidents in a one-half to one mile stretch of Highway 169. These two accidents prompted two areas of major concern for our residents and commuters. One of these fatal accidents involved the driver of a car who was broadsided and killed by a driver who ran a red light. This prompted a flood of letters to the local newspaper, 'Elk River Star News', as well as other front page articles of accidents involving semaphore violations. Organizations such as the School District and the Elk River Chamber of Commerce expressed concerns over the traffic problems on Highway 169. The Elk River City Council authorized some overtime funds for semaphore enforcement however the amount was not enough to adequately address the problem on a continual basis. Officers did justify that the problem was real and not just perceived, by writing a large number of semaphore violations when they were able to concentrate their enforcement efforts. Citations for semaphore violations increased by 500 - 600% (from an average of less than 10 per month to over 60 per month) by assigning a few overtime shitts for several months. Citizens have also become directly involved with these violations. We have had numerous instances where citizens observed semaphore violations and called 911. Several of them followed the violator while calling 911 on their cellular phones and were willing to sign complaints on the drivers who had violated the semaphores. The second fatality involved a juvenile male pedestrian who was struck by a car. The juvenile was crossing the highway atter dark and not at an intersection. This has become an increasing problem because of the number of commercial businesses and restaurants on both sides of the highway as well as residential areas. Aside from the fatality, there have been complaints by motorists of the pedestrian problem. The City of Elk River is already working with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to help remedy some of the problem. Mn Dot will be installing additional lighting along the highway. Mn Dot will also be installing a fence on both sides of Highway 169 between Main Street and 193rd Avenue. Officers have also been directed to stop and educate/enforce violators who are crossing at locations other than intersections. To date, officers have been unable to spend any time doing this because of call load and other activity. Although this activity would not be something that we would devote specific time for, it be would done in conjunction with the semaphore details on that same stretch of highway. Other Intensive Traffic Enforcement would include specific identified areas with traffic safety problems. These areas are and would be identified by citizen complaints of a problem in a specific area or through normal citizen contact by our officers while speaking with residents in other COP activities. We have identified these traffic problem areas in the past and have tried to deal with them through concentrated enforcement during regular shitts. 3 Some funds would also be used for DUI saturation patrols. This is a perennial traffic safety/public concern. We have participated with the Safe & Sober project in the past and have had very good success in the program. The number of DUI arrests in Elk River have increased during the Safe dr Sober project year only because of the Safe & Sober funding. Without the Safe & Sober funding in 1994/95 and 1995/96 we would have had nearly the same or less DUI arrests during those years compared to previous years. This is because of personnel shortages, especially on the night shills. Because of the overtime funding, these arrests increased. We are not eligible for funding through the Safe & Sober program this year because of a three consecutive year limitation on agencies. We believe that this program has been very vital and helpful to the traffic safety in our community. People and businesses in our community have been very supportive oftraffc safety efforts of the Safe & Sober program by sponsoring advertisements, and events. Our goals in this component are to decrease the number of accidents along Highway 169 between 193rd Avenue and Main Street, increase motorists comfort by deterring pedestrians from not using intersections in this same area, maintain a perception of the likelihood of being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, and making other targeted streets safe for motorist and pedestrians. Juvenile Curfew and Alcohol Enforcement The second component of the program is Juvenile Curfew and Alcohol Enforcement. This, along with the third component, Neighborhood Crime Reduction Patrols, would account for the majority of the funds. These two components seem to go hand in hand. This component would use the overtime funds to provide shills to enforce curfew violations and alcohol violations (including detection and apprehension of 'procuring for minors' violations). Curfew violations are sporadically enforced at present because of call load and priority to other offenses. However, locally and statewide there now seems to be a realization that a high percentage of the juveniles that are out in violation of curfew are committing a wide variety of other crimes. Most of these other crimes, at least in Elk River, are thefts, thefts from vehicle, vandalism and damage to property, in our neighborhoods. That is why the curfew enforcement and the neighborhood crime reductions patrols go hand in hand. Recently, the City of Elk River amended its curfew ordinance to make it more enforceable. If the curfew ordinance is strictly enforced the number of incidents of those other crimes should decrease also. The curfew enforcement would be done primarily during the warm weather months. The juvenile alcohol problem is a growing concern in our community. It is a problem that has been discussed by the Chemical Dependancy Counselor with our juvenile officers and with the press. While some school districts seem to have a reputation for other problems, such as drugs, Elk River seems to have a reputation for alcohol use and abuse. Alcohol arrests have remained fairly consistent the last four years. These numbers are down however, from some of the previous years. Due to the increase in calls for assistance and inadequate staffing for the population and call increases, many violations (especially in large party situations) are not cited. Simply put, when there are only two officers working on the shift, officers can no longer afford to be 'tied up' for an hour or longer processing underage drinkers. Parties, often times, are simply dispersed. 4 Overtime shift officers would seek out and enforce underage consumption/possession violations. In regards to procuring or providing alcohol to minors' violations. Our department has had very good success in plain clothes surveillance details at our liquor stores. Officers observe unusual activity that has lead to a good number of arrests both for procuring for minors and underage possession of alcohol. In the past, these details were also funded partially by Safe & Sober and partially by the City. Without additional funding this enforcement activity is likely to be curtailed. The goals of this component are to reduce the number of juveniles on the streets after curfew and thereby reduce the number of crimes committed by some of these youths. Another goal is to detect and cite more juvenile alcohol offenders and give more of a perception of the likelihood of arrest for such violations. Finally, the last goal would be to stop some of the source of the alcohol for the youth and to publicize those arrests in an effort to even further reduce these violation. i h rh rim R i n P r ! The third component is Neighborhood Crime Reduction Patrol. As previously mentioned, this activity would work in correlation with the juvenile curfew activities and would attempt to identify and apprehend people responsible for thetis, tampering with motor vehicle, vandalism, and damage to property. Currently we have a large number of these types of crimes in the neighborhoods close to the center of the City. This activity would target specific neighborhoods within the City. These areas would be targeted by 1) crime reports in the neighborhoods and 2) by contact with citizens who do not wish to report the crime, but want officers to be aware of the problems in their neighborhoods (much of this type of information is obtained through other COP activity). Another aspect of this component would be to spend more time being seen in the targeted neighborhoods. Officers would spend more time in the neighborhoods talking to residents and obtaining useful information to help with the apprehension of the lawbreakers. Many of our rural residential areas and rural developments do not have a problem with the types of problems that this activity is designed to address. This project would again operate primarily during the warm weather months but would also be used when incidents rise in a specific areas any time of the year and would not be limited to the above stated crimes only. The goal in this component is to reduce the number of crimes (listed above) in the neighborhoods having high incidents of these crimes and to apprehend the offenders. We believe that it is more likely that the crimes will be reduced significantly with the curfew enforcement than with the apprehension of the offenders. Business Center Concentrated Patrol The fourth component is Business Center Concentrated Patrols. The area covered by this activity would include two primary areas of the City. One is the new mall area and the adjoining mall and business areas located on northbound Highway 169. The second would concentrate on the business district located on east Highway 10. These patrols would concentrate on three primary concerns within this focus. The first issue is the business owner concerns about skateboarders and exhibition bicyclist in the mall and commercial areas. With the increase in commercial and business areas in Elk River, business owners are concerned with the potential liability and they are also concerned that the skateboarders and exhibition bicyclists scare or bother customers. The City is already working on providing a park or other space for this type of hobby or recreation. The second issue at the malls is that we have experienced a large number of theft from vehicles and damage to vehicles while they are parked in the parking lots of the businesses. Patrols for these issues would be primarily marked patrols with occasional surveillance. The third issue deals primarily with theft type crimes. The number of motor vehicle thetis in Elk River nearly doubled in 1996 (23 in 1995 and 45 in 1996). Many of these motor vehicle thetis, as well as a large number of theft from motor vehicles, tampering with motor vehicles and theft of vehicle parts, occur at the eight new and used car dealerships located along east Highway 10 in Elk River. Patrols for this issue will be primarily surveillance. The goal is to create a carefree and safe environment for shoppers and business owners. The goal is also to apprehend a higher number of violators involved in these crimes and deter others from similar violations. Drug Investigation and Interdiction The fffih component of the program is Drug Investigation and Interdiction. The number of drug related offenses in Elk River rose in 1994 and has continued to rise since. Our officers are finding an increasing number of drugs during routine vehicle stops and arrests. Although the primary drug of choice in the schools is alcohol, drug related incidents in the schools has also been on the rise. Officers are pleased to be making these types of arrest however they would like to see more done to curb the flow of drugs in our City. There is a Tri-County Task force in which the Sherburne County Sheriff's Department participates. However, the task force is centrally located in St. Cloud and rarely works any cases in the Elk River area. Patrol officers have little confidence in the task force following up on any information or informants passed on to the task force. Many of the arrests that the officers make could easily lead to additional arrests and seizures of both cash and drugs with a little time and effort put in to some follow-up and possibly some buy/busts. Several of the officers on the department have drug interdiction training and a couple of the officers have drug investigation and task force training. Both of these areas of training are under utilized because of lack of funding and other job responsibilities. We also have a very good canine certified in narcotics detection. Most of the overtime funding in this area would go to a 'call in' type program where officers would be called in to 'work' a case or informant as soon as a patrol officer makes an arrest where there is potential for more. Drug interdiction would also be stressed on nights where officers are working DUI saturation patrols as outlined in the first component of this program. The funding would also be used to follow-up or investigate the miscellaneous drug information that has also increased greatly since 1994. 6 The goal of this component is to curb the free flowing drug market that seems to be present in Elk River at this time. We don't expect to put a large dent in the amount of drugs being moved around Elk River, but we hope to let these criminals know that someone is out there actively trying to arrest them. We expect to increase the number of drug related arrests and investigations, especially follow-up arrests and investigations stemming from an arrest. Summary Elk River has experienced and will continue to experience rapid growth in both population and commercial/business areas. Along with this, we have experienced an increase in calls for service and in arrests. The police department has been barely able to keep up with the increase and has not been able to adequately address many of the concerns of the citizens shown above. The Elk River City Council has occasionally freed up funds to allow overtime projects to address these concerns but those funds have been very limited. Now, the new legislative Levy limits on local municipalities will significantly reduce the amount of overtime funding available to address these concerns. Funding through this grant would make addressing these citizen concerns a reality. 7 4 PROJECT EVALUATION (narrative) What are your desired outcomes? Describe how you will measure the impact of your services on your target population as it relates to outcomes. (Use specific examples, including statistics from the geographic location, surveys from the community etc.) Be realistic about what you can measure. You may use up to ten (10) attachment pages to support this narrative. Project Evaluation Each of the components of the project will be evaluated separately to determine if we have achieved the desired outcome. In most cases, the statistics will show us if we achieved our goals. How each component is evaluated is listed below. Although we may not be able to measure citizen satisfaction through any scientific or concrete standard, we will also know that we have achieved our desired results if any/some or all of the component(s) of our project no longer becomes a concern of our citizens, or as a group, or business, in a specific area. Intensive Traffic Enforcement This component would be evaluated by statistics in which we would hope to show the following: 1) an increase in the number of citations for semaphore violations, 2) an increase in the number of contacts with people crossing the highway at locations other than intersections, 3) an increase in contacts and citations in specific areas identified by the public as having a current or special traffic safety problems or concerns, 4) no decrease in the number of DUI arrests, and, 5) a decrease in the number of accidents on this specific stretch of highway. Juvenile Curfew and Alcohol Enforcement This component would look to statistics for an increase in: 1) curfew violations, 2) underage consumption and possession charges, and, 3) the number of 'procuring for minor' and/or 'contributing to the delinquency' charges. For evaluation of this component, we would also look at crime statistics for a reduction in the crimes focused on in the Neighborhood Crime Reduction Patrols. Neighborhood Crime Reduction Patrok This component would look for a reduction of thetis, thetis from motor vehicles, tampering with motor vehicle, vandalism, and criminal damage to property. This information would again be obtained from crime statistics. We might also see an increase in the number of arrests or a higher percentage of cleared cases in these targeted areas, however, the increase visibility and the' enforcement of the curfew ordinances may prevent may of these crimes fi'om happening to begin with.' Business Center Concentrated Patrol In this component we would like to see a decrease in the number of thefts from vehicles and tampering with motor vehicles in the mall areas along highway 169. We would also like to see a decrease in the number of complaints generated by both the business owners and customers. We would probably expect to see an increase in the number of trespassing citations issued at these locations also. This too would be evaluated by an'est and crime statistics. In regards to the concentrated patrols at the businesses located on highway 10, we don't believe that there would be as great of a deterrent factor because it would involve primarily surveillance. We do believe that there should be an increase in arrests for motor vehicle thefts, tampering with motor vehicles, thefts from motor vehicles, and damage to property from this specific area with a decrease in these crimes as a welcome side effect. Drug Investigation and Interdiction This component would be evaluated on how many simple drug possession arrests lead to additional investigations and/or arrests. We think that a side effect of a couple of successful additional arrests fi.om a simple possession arrest would be that patrol officers would be more aggressive with their drag intervention tactics. That in turn would lead to more additional investigations and/or arrests. It would also be evaluated by how many 'miscellaneous drug information' calls are investigated instead of being taken 'as information'. Cases opened, arrest, and crime statistics would evaluate our goals. We could also see an increase in the amount of 'drug information' fi.om citizens. 2 BUDGET REQUEST OVERTIME APPLICANT AGENCY: Elk River Police Department Average Salary Used to Compute Grant Request $30.00 Number of Officers 4 - ~ per wee~ Amount of ove~ime per week Number of Weeks 52 Total Budget Request $_ 3 0.0 0 O .00 The number of officers per week and the amount of overtime per week will vary throughout the year. The numbers above represent an 'average. RESOLUTION 97 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT FOR THE 1997 OMNIBUS CRIME BILL GRANT BE IT RESOLVED that Elk River Police Department enter into a cooperative agreement with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for the project entitled 1997 Omnibus Crime Bill C.O.P. Grant for Overtime during the period from October 1, 1997, through September 30, 1998. BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that Thomas Zerwas, Police Chief, is hereby authorized to execute such agreements and amendments, as are necessary, to implement the project on behalf of Elk River Police Department. Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River this 15th day of September, 1997. ATTEST: John J. Dietz, Vice Mayor Sandra A. Thackeray, City Clerk