Neighborhood Livability Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Neighborhood Livability Public Safety Department - overview Connecting with community Communicating and staying engaged Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Mission Statement Cottage Grove Public Safety collectively serves our community compassionately providing protection of life and property. We do this with honor, integrity, pride and professionalism. Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Public Safety Model Police, fire, & ambulance service under a public safety concept Three distinct service divisions of police, fire, and emergency medical services are merged into one operational and management team This type of organizational structure provides the public with seamless coordinated services from all divisions Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Emergency Medical Services Cottage Grove is also unique in that we provide emergency medical services (E.M.S. - Paramedic Ambulance Service), utilizing police officer paramedics and firefighter paramedics in a joint service Process of transitioning to firefighter paramedics taking medicals with police paramedics providing backup on multiple calls Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Fire Duty Crews The Fire Department runs a Duty Crew twenty-four hours a day, this Duty Crew is responsible for station duties, EMS and fire calls Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Call response and overlapping incidents have increased however duty crew has allowed us to decrease response times Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Average response time for primary service area - Just over 6 minutes Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS Average response times in Cottage Grove 5:38 – medical response 7:06 – fire response

Connecting with community Night to Unite Neighborhood Watch Summer Safety Camp Citizen’s Academy Police Reserves Fire Explorers Volunteers in Policing School Resource Officer Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Communicating and staying engaged Newsletters Social Media Media Releases Grove On-line Crime Mapping Proactive Policing Units Fire Prevention Programs Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

CITE Unit The mission of the Cottage Grove Police Department's Criminal Interdiction and Traffic enforcement (CITE) Unit is to make a positive difference in the lives of all citizens in our community. Members of CITE will remain proactive and responsive to the needs of the community as we partner in the reduction of crime and traffic related incidents. Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

RAIDS Online RAIDS (Regional Analysis and Information Data Sharing) Online works with any RMS to allow law enforcement to share crime data with the public through an easy-to-use online crime map and analytics dashboard. Coming soon in Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS

Volunteerism and Connecting Getting involved in the Community Torch Run for Special Olympics Share the Joy Program Lion’s Club and other civic groups Church Groups Athletic Association Coaches - Umpires Friends in Need Food Shelf Working with our Seniors Many employees live in CG Public Safety Department Police – Fire - EMS