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Minutes of June 15, 1994 Page 2 supplemented by VOICE (take reports over the telephone). The district offices also have YST and DARE. This is our third year of using NIDT's. All three substations will soon have them. Community Policing is big in our office and we have three officers performing only community policing. They work with the communities to help them solve problems in their neighborhood and also speak on crime prevention. Captain Hingston asked if there were any questions. It was asked if the Forest Service contract was performed in county cars and yes, it is. Our office gets compensated for fringe benefits. It costs the Forest Service $45 a hour for our services. The City of St. Paul Contract is being negotiated right now. In the past we have been able to absorb some of the costs, but we cannot now. The City of St. Paul gets service of 4 hours a week, normally on a weekend. MCSO has a lot of distance to cover to get to a call.- The question was asked as to whether we kept track of response time, and unfortunately the answer is no. The question was asked as to how much time it takes to transport for the Courts. Captain Hingston stated that the State has taken over some of the transporting, but it takes all of our Court Services time. Court Services also has to provide security in the courtrooms. It was mentioned that there are two costs involved in transporting to and from the Court. Captain Hingston reported that sworn officers are assigned to Court Services. We have five at the Courthouse. We also have two sworn officers in the Civil Section serving papers. Our Evidence Officer is now a civilian. By placing a civilian in there it puts one raore officer on the road. Draft Co ies of "Goals and Ob'ectives" and "Work Plan" Chairman Skirvin asked for any questions or comments. On #3 of the Goals and Objectives, Lt. Caillier asked as to what acope are we looking at. Are we looking just at our three agencies. Should it be more in the line of building needs? The agencies need to look at how many cars you have, the number of cops you have, - maybe replace that with facility needs. It was asked if it should be infrastructure and facility? It was sugqested that it should be facility, because we are the facility subcommittee. There were no more comments made on the Goals and Objectives. Work Plan--The Work Plan was patterned off of the Steering Committee's document. The Steering Committee met last Friday. The majority of the meeting was spent watching a video talking about the needs of Marion County. The Courthouse has "inappropriate" uses as in the Sheriff Office Civil Section, where the heating and ventilation is not working. Age of the building was not a determining factor for the Courthouse. The Senator Building is in