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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 13,2018 Page 5 hers, people who know each other, and some have occurred at a few of the hotels. He stated for the most part, aggravated assaults are not by random unknown as- sailants. Chief Mathwig continued his presentation on other information and crime statis- tics in the city. Mr. Yunke thought the interesting thing regarding this presentation is that crime data is flawed because it only includes crime that is reported. He explained the uniform crime reporting system goes by the hierarchy rule and will not show eve- rything. He stated in 2019 they will be switching to a better reporting system. Mayor Roe noted while looking at the first six-month statistics, some areas be- tween 2017 and 2018 seemed to be trending down from the previous year. He wondered in regard to budget and resources if there was anything Chief Mathwig wanted to mention related to strategic focuses for the Department over the next year or two. He also asked whether they will be looking at additional resources or shifting existing resources to address what is trending right now in the communi- ty. Chief Mathwig stated in 2011, they started an impact unit, a two-officer team that looks at hot spots, problem neighborhoods, and works with them to solve the problems of the community and the residents around it. Another item they have been working on for over a year now is the problem with second party vendor electronic filing of police reports. He thought this would be completed by early fall. Chief Mathwig noted people will be able to easily file reports online with the Police Department, which will lead to more reporting of crime. He noted for sev- eral years, they have asked for a mental health liaison officer, which has not hap- pened, but it will be a continuous request. He reported that across the country, calls related to people in crisis have skyrocketed since 2008-2009 and will not go down. This system has not been fully developed since the 1970's and 1980's. He noted he will be requesting several officers for the 2020 budget. Councilmember Laliberte stated a few years ago, Chief Mathwig specifically re- quested a commercial patrol officer. She wondered if Chief Mathwig feels that need has gone away and is being handled with other resources. Chief Mathwig stated the need is still there but the mental health concern has sur- passed that as the number one priority. He noted Rosedale can do a lot to make Rosedale a safe place but there is a bit of a discord or misalignment of infor- mation or policies in regard to how much Rosedale performs and how much Ro- seville performs on top of that. He explained the reason the store in Rosedale is losing $1.8 million a year is because they closed a store in Minneapolis and a lot of their theft suspects are finding their way to Rosedale. He stated it is not going