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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RAMSEY COUNTY
RESOLUTION NO. 95-08
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT'S
SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT FOR THE COPS AHEAD PROGRAM
BE IT RESOLVED, By the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota as follows:
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice has recently implemented a competitive
grant program called the COPS AHEAD Program whose goals are to increase the
number oflaw enforcement officer improve the long-term ability at law
enforcement agencies to engage in community policing, and improve public
safety through innovative crime prevention; and
WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department provides public safety service on a
contract basis to several cities located north of St. Paul, Minnesota, whose
combined population exceeds 70,000; and
WHEREAS, there is a growing need throughout these cities to add sworn law enforcement
officers to develop and coordinate neighborhood crime prevention programs and
target certain high crime areas within these cities through community oriented
policing; and
WHEREAS, local funding is currently not available to address these needs due to significant
increases in public safety expenditures in recent years to add investigators and
other police personnel to address community needs; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota does hereby
support the COPS AHEAD Program grant application submitted by the Ramsey County Sheriffs
Department.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY C
THIS 30TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1995.
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TERRANCE R. POST, ACTING CITY ADMINlSTRATOR