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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 6, 2024 Page 6 for to have use of a squad because there is a need for the equipment in the vehicle, such as a defibrillator and computers. There is typically a squad that is present at the mall that is paid for by Rosedale Center. This proposed contract would replace those off-duty police officers that are there now. She does envision there will still be some off-duty work. For instance, the Apple Store does hire off-duty police officers. Those will continue but the off-duty police that Rosedale has been paying, that funding will go towards two dedicated officers. Councilmember Strahan asked Chief Scheider to talk about the rebounding staffing and what it is attributed to. Obviously,it is a big change compared to other agencies in the area. Deputy Chief Adams explained the Roseville police department has been extremely fortunate in staffing. It has been direct support and trying some innovative things within the police department that a lot of people are catching on to do now. He explained the police department was early recognizers of the fact that the candidate pool, in the general realm, was dwindling and knew they needed to do something different and get on the front end of it. At that time, the police department worked with the City Council on increasing the police budget and staffing in the Community Service Officers (CSOs) and started to pay interns. Roseville was innovative in that, recognizing that previous internships if working for free, not everyone can do that. The police department wanted to try to diversify the police department, that was a huge piece of it. When the police department gets the interns, those interns want to become CSOs and the CSOs then want to become police officers. The City's police department is growing its own and that is finally coming to fruition now. He did not think the candidate pool had gotten better,it had actually gotten worse,but the police department has found a way to develop its own employees. Councilmember Groff indicated he wanted to be clear on a couple of things. Rosedale Center is committed to constructing the police substation that will be used by the City's officers as well as a vehicle will be covered by Rosedale. He thought everything else was self-explanatory. Councilmember Schroeder thanked Chief Scheider and Deputy Chief Adams for the presentation. She indicated she talked to the management at Rosedale and has actually been impressed on what partners they are, working with the City and the police department, and she is pleased that Rosedale Center is willing to do this. She thought it was nice that Rosedale Center is willing to pay for the squad car as well. She supports this idea, which is a wonderful thing. Councilmember Schroeder asked Chief Scheider if there will be updates given to the City Council on how this is working out. Chief Scheider indicated the police department can give updates.