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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 18, 2013 Page 24 tion from staff on the breakdown by property or taxpayer and how many would consider agreeing to it. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte specific to the current negotiated agreement with WalMart for commercial patrol services, Chief Mathwig ad- dressed the specifics of the agreement, emphasizing that WalMart had voluntarily agreed to it over a three (3) year period, and consequences to the agreement if and when a commercial patrol officer was hired by the City. Chief Mathwig ad- dressed the duties of off-duty officers currently performing those duties. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Chief Mathwig clarified reserve of- ficers and community service officers performing currently performing approxi- mately 90% of transports and document service rather than sworn officers. How- ever, Chief Mathwig noted that there were only so many of them available during a 24-hour period; but whenever possible ancillary duties had been greatly reduced for sworn officers. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Chief Mathwig advised that there were already limitations of department responses at retail businesses, with many of them done by phone or through written documentation by business owners. For major incidents (e.g. crashes), Chief Mathwig advised that current practice was for other agencies to be called in to provide assistance, a standard operating procedure. However, Chief Mathwig advised that it was inherently difficult for him or his officers to refuse service, but their expectations were that business owners provide a base level of service on their own. In recognizing that Rosedale, as one example, already paid a large amount of taxes, the department had to be cognizant that they could file civil litigation against the City and de- partment if they were able to document their receipt of limited or reduced ser- vices. Councilmember McGehee suggested that someone already inside and paid by Rosedale should handle their own shoplifting issues, unless there was a physical threat, with City officers coming in after the event to finalize paperwork. Coun- cilmember McGehee questioned what the actual requirements were of the de- partment from a legal perspective. Chief Mathwig responded that in the State of MN, there was a distinction between arrest powers versus private citizen protection; with private security guards not al- lowed to do public police work, but law enforcement powers necessary. Chief Mathwig clarified that there were already some stores in Rosedale that hired off- duty Roseville Police Officers to assist with their in-store security needs;but even with that option, there remained issues that off-duty officers could not handle on their own,whether due to volume or regulations. Public Works