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Activity Summary Page 2 <br />Part two crimes are generally less serious. They include misdemeanor a.ssaults, ihctts <br />and vandalism, as well as DWl arrests and drug law violations. Comparing 19-^1 to 1992 <br />these crime reports increased m Orono, Long Uke and Spring P^k and stayed the same <br />in Minnetonka Beach. The increase in Spring Park was from ln5 reports m 1991 to ^_4 <br />reports in 1992 or an increase of 35 .79ir. Some ot this increase was caused by having otticers <br />assigned to work as security at Lord Fletchers and being able to make arrests. When we <br />combined part one and part two crimes into a group that represents total crime other than <br />traffic offenses, there was an increase of 9.55^ in Orono, 35% in Long L.ake, tmd -1.. /o m <br />Spring Park There was a decrease of 14% in Minnetonka Beach. In all four cities <br />combined, part one and part two combined crimes increased from 968 reports in 1991 to <br />1131 reports in 1992 or an overall increase of 16.8%. Because there were fewer officers <br />assigned to Long I..ake and there was a 35% increase m reported crime * '] <br />general patrol cars spent more time taking those reports in Long Lake in i99*, than they had <br />in 1991. <br />The police do not have direct control over most reported crime in part one and part <br />two crime categories. In the traffic category there is a more direct relationship betw een a <br />cop being there" and enforcement action that results in a police report reflected in the <br />traffic category. (This category docs not include DWl arrests). <br />In the traffic category Orono had an increase from 659 reports in 1991 to 727 in 1992 <br />or approximately a 11% increase Likewise Minnetonka Beach had a similar 11% mcret^e <br />from 47 reports in 1991 to 52 reports in 1992. Spring Park had a dramatic increase frorn 135 <br />reports in 1991 to 342 reports in 1992 or a 153.3% increase. In 1992 we took extra efforts <br />to see that the four additional officers assigned to Spring Park were in Spring Park uid were <br />not pulled out of that area without good reason. The results in increased traffic enxorcement <br />attest to a "cop being there" more of the time. <br />In contrast, long Lake had 268 reports in 1991 and only 217 in 199^ for a <br />decrease in traffic reports which corresponds to their 30% reduction on e.xtra patrol from <br />2.5 officers in 1991 to 1.75 officers in 1992. <br />Part 3, part 4, and part 5 reports are the remaining non-criminal police reports ffiat <br />are recorded.’ All four cities had increased from 1991 to 1992. Likewise, when all activitks <br />are added up, all four cities had a to'al increase of activities compari^r ’O'^l to 1992. The <br />grand total in 1991 was 6021 and in 1992 it was 7031 or a 16.7% incr-^a: e in activity. <br />This summary looked at reported crime for comparison purposes. It did not iOok at <br />the issues of clearance rates or total arrests made. This report shows that there was more <br />crime reported and handled in 1992 by approximately the same number of officers. It mso <br />shows that having more officers on patrol can increase traffic enforcement. It might show <br />that cutting back uniformed patrol can lead to an increase of crime reports. But, there are <br />many variables to consider and I do not mean to propose there is a direct relationship <br />between the frequency of officers out on patrol and the frequency of reported or actual <br />crime.