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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 20,2012 Page 12 Police Department Police Chief Rick Mathwig provided an overview of the department's goals, not- ing that since many are operational in nature, they don't necessarily relate to the goals and vision of the Imagine Roseville 2025 process; however, they were im- portant to the City's future. Chief Mathwig reviewed the department's four (4) di- visions: patrol, investigative, administrative, and community service. Chief Mathwig noted that the increase in technology-related crimes had been the most notable change during his tenure. In addressing Goal #2, Chief Mathwig noted that one (1) officer position had been deleted in 2010 and never replaced; and that in the area experiencing the largest crime portion in the retail community. While Rosedale Mall management remained a great partner to the department, Chief Mathwig noted that it has a major impact on the Police Department without additional staff available. With the current needs throughout the community, and with Har Mar and Rosedale Mall, and the addition of redevelopment in the Twin Lakes area, Chief Mathwig estimated that 86% of one full-time officer would be required. As further redevelopment and exterior store development around the proposed Wal-Mart retailer occurred supporting additional mixed use retail and housing Chief Mathwig opined that there would be even more police and fire department calls for service. Chief Mathwig asked that considera- tion be given to the addition of commercial patrol officers for those large retail hubs to focus specifically on those areas. If this was not made available, Chief Mathwig opined that some of the current less vital policing (e.g. traffic enforcement, neigh- borhood patrols) would suffer to accommodate the needs of those larger retail areas and related crime throughout the community. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Chief Mathwig advised that ongoing conversations with retailers on resources they could bring to the table continued over many years, and as recently as several weeks ago with Rosedale Mall man- agement. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Chief Mathwig advised that officers and staff continued to train on responses for those suffering from mental health is- sues; with the goal of the department to always try to improve. Chief Mathwig ad- vised that, while staff had trained in the past online for such situations, they were currently pursuing a department-wide, eight (8) hour training class specific to men- tal health issues with the instructor from the law enforcement field. At the request of Acting Mayor Willmus, Chief Mathwig addressed other communi- ties having commercial officers and how those positions had evolved with officers patrolling commercial areas on their own and a program borne from that practice. At the last survey of other departments, Chief Mathwig advised that none of the communities he had researched had a piece of the financial needs paid for by the