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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION page four Date: 4/29/2802 The majority of those visitors are there for pleasure, but a certain percentage exist whose sole purpose is to commit crime. A summary of applicable reported crimes over the past three calendar years is: Rosedale Thefts Shopliing Fraud Forgery Bank Card Fraud HarMar Thefts Shoplifting Fraud Forgery Bank Card Fraud Crossroads Thefts Shoplifting Fraud Forgery Bank Card Fraud Tarqet Thefts Shoplifting Fraud Forgery- Bank Card Fraud TOTAL Tota) Theft, Shoplifting, Fraud, Forgery, Bank Card Fraud in Roseville Mall Area Percent of Total 1998 88 294 29 13 13 54 45 11 8 0 34 45 4 4 4 20Q0 99 288 21 27 22 61 38 10 5 3 47 51 11 11 5 2001 100 271 30 27 18 52 52 10 8 2 35 33 3 13 8 10 7 7 39 18 14 4 2 2 2 3 3 0 1 4 699 730 692 1770 1720 1886 39% 42% 37% The goals of adding an officer to solely investigate commercial crimes is to deter those crimes and increase individual perception of safety in the mall areas. The Retail Officer would have daily interaction with the Loss Prevention and Security Officers of the mall stores. Information could be shared about crime patterns and trends in the malls along with suspects in crimes in other jurisdictions. Often criminals will commit crimes in several cities in one day or a series of days. The Retail Officer would interact with the business community in order to reduce business loss potential. Management at Rosedale has verbally agreed to renovate an area within Rosedale to serve as a store front Police substation at no cost to the City of Roseville. This substation would be provided if the Retail Officer position is full-time and ongoing. The substation would provide for a positive,