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Pequot Lakes Police Dept. Report to the City Council December 31, 2007 For the month of December the Department has logged 415 individual ICRs. Current Activities: The Reserves, Part time and Full time Officers conducted 687 individual business and home security checks throughout the month, with 6 open doors found. Reserve Officers assisted with crowd control during both the girls and boys PLHS home basketball games, as well as a regional wrestling tournament. Reserve Officers attended CPR/AED training here at the PD in preparation for the new AED the Dept will have available for when the reserves are on patrol. The Pequot Lakes Police Dept. Reserve Unit has been selected by the Minnesota Police Reserve Officer Association as the "Spotlight Unit" for the first quarter of 2008 and will be featured in the Associations March of 2008 Magazine, as well as being recognized at the annual Association Conference. Officer Josh Gartner was recently awarded the Heart Saver Award by North Memorial Ambulance service for the resuscitation of a heart attack victim that took place on December 17th. As of Dec. 28th, the victim was recovering quite well and in therapy. During the evening of December 17th, there were 3 separate incidents of heart attacks within a 1.5 hours period in the City of Pequot Lakes, the second `, and third taking place within 10 minutes of each other, while a fourth was also reported within that same 10 minutes in the City of Breezy Point. Officer Gartner also responded to the other two incidents in town. Training: Jan. 23 - 25th: Officer Kate Petersen will attend training in Duluth, MN specialized for School Resource Officers. Significant Cases: During the month of December several of the Full and Part time Dept's Officers participated in multiple Safe and Sober shifts during the Holidays. Respectfully Submitted, do. , /3...-6.cr_444--- Jerry Braam Chief of Police