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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 28,2019 Page 11 Chief Mathwig stated he did not think it was unique to Roseville but there are agencies within Ramsey County that are still doing gas drive offs aggressively. He stated it was difficult to pinpoint, but there are enough examples of what Ro- seville is not doing as compared to neighboring communities. Mayor Roe stated the reason he brought that up is to show that Roseville Police Department is not unique in some of the challenges the Department is facing in some of these areas. Chief Mathwig stated in summary, the reason why the Police Department needs another police officer is to address the increasing crime rate, the decreasing case clearing rate, increasing calls for service, the complexity of calls, the increasing population and training demands, and Roseville is trending in an area that is con- cerning to him as Chief and concerning to people in Roseville. Chief Mathwig stated the Police Department is requesting in the 2020 budget for three police officers: two ununiformed patrol and one detective. He stated the ad- ditional officers will work on the Rosedale impact and try to reduce the workload, increasing crime rate, decreasing case clearing rate and other things. Chief Mathwig stated in 2021, the Police Department is looking for three police officers and three patrol officers who would be working on the reducing the im- pact of Walmart and hotels along with the other items discussed. He stated if granted, the Police Department would be grateful. Chief Mathwig stated the memo in the packet is a continuation of discussion with the Council and is the Police Department's commitment to diversity. He thought the Roseville Police Department had done a good job since 2013 of hiring Com- munity Service Officers, which are part-time positions and typically desire to be Police Officers. The Department has a very robust history of hiring CSOs as Ro- seville Police Officers. He stated the Department works with the Roseville schools, found out the five most commonly spoken language, and the CSOs have to have that or experience with working with communities of color. On the posi- tive side, the Department has CSOs that will be looking for Police Officer posi- tions and currently, there are not any Police Officer jobs in Roseville and he does not expect any retirements until 2021. He wants to avoid the loss of good CSOs to other communities if he can. Mayor Roe stated Chief Mathwig told him the $79,300 is coming from currently budgeted 2019 dollars that are being reshuffled in the Department for another of- ficer. Councilmember Etten noted that he and the Chief exchanged emails regarding squad cars and other equipment. If the Council said yes to this request, it would