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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting
<br />Monday, April 2,8, 2008
<br />Page 10
<br />Attachment B
<br />Lt. Ros,and advised that it would be most helpful to the City's, Police Department,
<br />and the CIC, if people would jot down their serial numbers, to be entered into the
<br />NCIC.
<br />Councilmember Pus,t questioned what portion of stolen property reports, included
<br />serial numbers, from those makincr the reports,- sought clarification from Lt. Ros,-
<br />and on whether the 75 — 100 items, confiscated represented just the City of Rose-
<br />ville's, Police Department or other law enforcement agencies,- and the prosecution
<br />rate based on the rate of confiscation.
<br />Lt. Ros,and responded that few people take time to note their serial numbers,- ad-
<br />vised that the total number of confiscated items, represented a total for all agen-
<br />cies; and that there was, a 100% prosecution rate as all that needed to be proven
<br />was, that you were in pos,session of or receiving stolen property.
<br />Councilmember Roe asked what regulatory provisions, were in place for other
<br />bus,ines,s,es, receiving secondhand merchandise (i.e., Play It Again Sports,).
<br />Lt. Ros,and responded that those types, of bus,ines,s,es, did present a problem for law
<br />enforcement agencies,, as they were not regulated the same as pawnshops,, and of-
<br />ten were dealing in stolen property unknown to them. Lt. Ros,and opined that
<br />Minneapolis, and other communities, had secondhand ordinances, similar to those
<br />for regulating pawnshops,.
<br />Mr. Smith advised that he was, an advocate for the AP", system, and those officers,
<br />managing the system; noting that he continued to testify for the subcommittee to
<br />make this type of system a standard installation. Mr. Smith advised that the com-
<br />puter and imaging system was, very expensive; however, noted that the State of
<br />MN was, a model state for AP", systems, for other states,.
<br />Further discussion included discernable marks, or identification beyond UPC
<br />codes, and serial numbers,- cooperation between pawnshops, and law enforcement
<br />agencies,- the good neighbor relationship of Pawn America, in addition to their
<br />willingnes,s, to loan equipment to the Police Department and assist with appraisals,.
<br />Councilmember Roe asked Lt. Ros,and if there had been any feedback from the
<br />local retail community on Pawn America to-date; or if there had been any more
<br />incidents, of shoplifting trends, or tracking since Pawn America began operating.
<br />Lt. Ros,and advised that he was, unaware of any bus,ines,s, in the immediate area of
<br />Pawn America reporting a los,s, with a subsequent recovery at Pawn America; and
<br />recalled no increase in shoplifting incidents, or trends,, opining that such an inci-
<br />dent would certainly be something that would alert him.
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