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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 28,2019 Page 9 Councilmember Etten thanked Chief Mathwig for the explanation because the res- idents could be looking at this and thinking Roseville is a terrible place to live. He noted there are nuances on both sides of this. Deputy Chief Scheider continued with the presentation and reviewed the Com- plexity of Calls and Investigations with the Council. Councilmember Groff assumed the reason this is done is to prepare a more solid case that is less likely challenged and thrown out of the courts. However, it does not reflect in the number of cases that are solved, which is a concern to him. He asked for clarity on why that would not correlate. Chief Mathwig explained that legal counsel could better answer that question. City Attorney Mark Gaughan stated in general terms, much of the reason for the increasing complexity of investigations is putting the case through successful prosecution is becoming more complex. He explained that disposition of all cases has become more difficult over the last ten to twenty years just by virtue of how the court system operates and has been interpreted. That does play a role here in terms of case clearance because it is harder for cases to be investigated to comple- tion but even those cases that do not get investigated to completion are more diffi- cult in and of themselves while those cases are being investigated. He indicated that often times it is a catch 22 in terms of what the police departments are being tasked with. Chief Mathwig reviewed the police overtime with increasing population and de- velopment. Councilmember Willmus stated it was noted in the report that Walmart does em- ploy off duty officers and he wondered if Rosedale and AMC did this as well. Chief Mathwig stated Walmart has the most consistency over the last five years. Rosedale will have officers on hand sporadically based on the time of year and AMC has officers there routinely every week, a couple days a week. The hotels do not hire off duty officers. Councilmember Willmus stated with respect to the HarMar area and Target, he would be interested to see what there is for data from that retail area as well. Chief Mathwig showed the Council the reactive calls from County Road B and Snelling from 2017-2018. He indicated the reactive calls for service increased from 2017 to 2018.