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In 2024, I will be starting my 26th year at CLPD.I cannot <br />believe I have been with this agency for a quarter of a <br />century!I have had the opportunity to both learn from <br />and teach a lot of officers over these years. I have <br />continued to teach aspiring law enforcement students at <br />Century College.Maintaining positive contacts with our <br />citizenry, while navigating through the recruitment and <br />retention of police officers, will continue to be our <br />Even though we hired one new officer in 2023, we were short <br />staffed for a majority of the year.It has been our goal, as an <br />agency, to hire the right officers, who fit our culture and have the ability to meet the <br />expectations of our community. There has been a drastic drop in the number of applicants <br />we have received over the past two years. As hard as it has been to find quality applicants, we <br />will not lower our standards just to fill a position. We have had a successful hiring process up <br />th <br />until now, and will maintain our quality assurance. We are fortunate and excited to add a 17 <br />officer position in 2024. <br />Our agency has become more active in the community. Getting back to more normal public <br />interaction, during these post-covid years, has been exciting. We were able to have a <br />successful Night to Unite, where there were several participants in all three of our cities. <br />Public Safety Night at Fete-de-lacs was well attended, and as usual the helicopter and K-9 <br />presentations were the main attractions. We had officers join the mentor program at Golden <br />Lake Elementary, and have once again participated in the Senior Expo at St. Genevieve. These <br />are just a few of the events that all of our officers have participated in 2023. We look forward <br />to more community engagements in 2024! <br />5 <br /> <br />