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I NVESTIGA TIONS Adminsitrative Sergeant Russell Blanck Investigations in 2007 continued to be a cooperative effort between the Criminal Investigative Division of the Anoka County Sheriffs Office and the department. Having been promoted to the position of Administrative Sergeant in 2006, in 2007 my time was split between management and investigative duties including returning to uniform to supervise the day shift officers, backing officers on "hot" calls as needed, covering patrol shifts during staff shortages, illnesses and vacations, and supervising the department's investigative activities. I attended management meetings, sergeants' meetings, Operations Committee meetings, and Governing Board meetings, and served as the department's liaison to the City of Circle Pines writing numerous articles for its newsletter and attending many meetings of the city council. As was the case in 2006, 2007 was noteworthy for a very concerted and successful effort by the patrol division to handle as many investigations as possible of cases responded to by assigned officers. Patrol officers did a wonderful job of developing and following up on leads and seeing matters through to charging. The patrol division also was very involved in ascertaining and locating witnesses and assisting with such other functions of an investigative nature as time and their patrol duties permitted. I continued to further the department's investigative function by reviewing all officer reports and teletypes as well as criminal alerts from other departments to develop "intelligence" directly relevant to our department's mission. Additionally, I conducted interviews of victims, witnesses and suspects, prepared criminal prosecution charging documents, signed in-custody complaints, prepared affidavits to permit the continued detention 0 f arrestees, drafted and executed search warrants and conducted such other investigations, including in excess of 50 investigations resulting from requests for permits to purchase handguns. In 2007 I also supervised the department's new D.A.R.E. officer, Officer Dan Gates, as well as supervised and assisted with background investigations conducted by others of police officer candidates. I coordinated coverage by police, reserve and community service officers of community oriented policing activities such as National Night Out. I supervised the department's predatory offender monitoring efforts. I also continued in my role as the department's Public Information Officer providing the media with information concerning important department events, programs and cases. I also continued to lead the department's lethal (firearms) technology program. My work in this area is discussed elsewhere in the annual report. In 2007 many officers again took advantage of the "on-call investigator program" I initiated in 2001. The program, designed to provide direction on constitutional, procedural, charging and evidentiary issues to on-scene officers and supervisors, supplemented those services provided by the CID and the "on-call" prosecutor. 27