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Chief James Mork Dr. Stephen R. Covey wrote some very poignant thoughts on the Nobility of Policing. officer, in an instant, can impact an individual for life, and even a community for generations.Given this realization, every police officer must be centered on what is important.Service, justice, and fundamental fairness, these are the foundational principles in which How different would our world be today if every officer always focused on service, justice, and fundamental fairness?At theCentennial Lakes Police Department,we sum that up with our motto of Serving with Courage and Compassion.That motto means so much to us that we have it printed on the hood of our squad cars.In addition to that, I challenge every officer to leave each call better than they found it.That may seem like a simple statement, but leaving a call better than they found it can have a profound change on a community and their view of police officers.How do you eat an elephant?One bite at a time.How do you change policing?One call at a time. One of the big challenges of 2021 continued to be Covid-19 and the uncertainties that disease presented in the short and long term.We took the necessary precautions and protective measures to stay healthy, we no longer have to consider it a threat.One of the negative results of being quarantined and having to change so many of our daily routines resulted in additional calls for service for mental health and crisis response.Whenever the right opportunity presented itself, we partnered with the Anoka County Crisis Response team that was called out 24/7 to respond to mental health crisis calls.We are thankful for that partnership and their professionalism.Covid-19 and all the issues that surround it, aswell as everyday life can be burdensome for officers. mental health.Knowing that officers suffer from the same issues that everyone else in the community suffersfrom, as well as being exposed to traumatic calls repeatedly, we wanted to make sure that the officers had the right tools in place to deal with those issues in a healthy manner.We teamed up with a local counseling office that specializes in keeping police officers healthy.Our program requires each officer to meet with a counselor at least once per year to discuss how things are going.By having everyone attend, it removes any stigma that officers may feel goes along with meeting a counselor.It alsoIf the officer would benefit from additional sessions, we allow for that as well.I personally have participated in this program and have found it very helpful and non-threatening. It is a fantastic way to know what your police department is up to.In January of 2021 we promoted Lieutenant Aldrich to the position of Captain.In April we promoted Officer Katy Mannin to the position of Corporal, and she is the first 2021 Annual Report CENTENNIAL LAKES POLICE DEPARTMENT 3