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Date:April 12, 1999 <br />To:Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: Gary Cheswick. Chief of Police <br />Subject: Staffing <br />Patrol Coverage <br />The Orono Police Department currently consists of 'sixteen (16) full-time <br />sworn personnel. Of these, six (6) positions are additional officers for the contract <br />cities. The remaining ten (10) officers comprise the Orono base of the Police <br />Department. Included in these ten positions are specialized assignments that are of <br />benefit to all the contract cities or are engaged in administration of the Police <br />Department. Currently, there are four positions that fall into the before mentioned <br />description. These are: <br />- Chief of Police <br />- Sergeant <br />- Investigator <br />- School Liaison/DARE officer <br />Generally, these officers do not perform routine patrol duties and are, with <br />some exceptions, not assigned to patrol shifts. This leaves the City of Orono six (6) <br />positions to perform routine patrol duties. These officers are also charged with <br />patrolling the contract cities of Long Lake and linnetonka Beach (when in the case <br />of Long Lake, there is no additional contract ofi ^r on duty). <br />In addition to the contracts, an officer assig ^d to Orono is on duty 24 hours <br />a day. During this time period, there is an officer on duty assigned to Spring Park. <br />However, this officer is not allowed to leave the city limits of Spring Park unless <br />for an emergency. What this provides is one Orono officer covering 90% with a <br />Spring Park officer covering 10%. In addition. Long Lake contracts for an officer <br />for 10 hours per day, who also is not allowed to respond outside of Long Lake <br />unless for an emergency. For these ten hours, the Orono officer covers 80% of the <br />area, with Spring Park and Long Lake officers covering 10% each. <br />Since there are six officers available for Orono, and due to the type of <br />scheduling, there is a 4-8 hour period during each 24 hour period where we will <br />have two Orono officers on duty. In order to spread the resources we have to the <br />greatest extent possible, this added Orono officer is on duty when the Long Lake