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CC Meeting Minutes page two September 14, 1988 within the County. -The County does not charge for mutual aid, but they have contracted with Forest Lake Township for mutual aid to cover the City of Columbus at no charge. (Columbus contracts with Anoka County for 8 hour, 5 day per week service.) -911 calls come into a joint dispatch for Anoka County and the nearest officer is asked to respond. -The question as to whether a city the size of Centerville should have its own police department would require a community decision. There are other cities similar in size to Centerville in Anoka County that have there own departments that do not provide 24 hour service. -Jail facility is 22 miles away. -1 canine unit is part of the Anoka County Sheriff's department. -The possibility as to whether a community such as Centerville could be provided training through or with the County Sheriffs department would have to be discussed before a commitment could be made. -The police protection proposal submitted by the Sheriff's Department did include total service, equipment, training, personnel, liability, and administration. -The goals of response time vary from city to city. For example the goal in Fridley is 3 minutes. In other areas the goal may be more like 20-25 minutes. -Currently there is no time that a County patrol car is in Centerville, however, if Centerville did not have police protection this would be different. -For the last 2 years, 4 additional officers have been requested at budget time, and they have not been granted. The number of jailers required by the County is state mandated. -More officers are on duty in the evening hours. In a back up situation the County calls the neighboring communities or officers. Sometimes the County calls other counties. No charge is involved in these back up situations. -The County probably would not regularly go into communities that have their own departments even if the monetary and personnel resources were available. -A contract for 24 hour service with the County would cost over $200,000. -Sheriff Wilkinson resides in East Bethel that contracts for 16 hour police protection. When pressed, Wilkinson admitted that his preference with regard to the safety of his family would be 24 hour protection. -It would be possible for criminals to figure out which hours an officer were not on duty in any particular city. For this reason rotation of hours is advisable.