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purchase. Patrol officers may happen across and arrest users every so often but <br />they rarely have time to work informants or develop cases on upper level dealers <br />and manufacturers. Three officers assigned to narcotics enforcement is a <br />minimum in an area where there are no other task force enforcement efforts <br />occurring. <br />The Felony Crimes Officers work major cases in cooperation with a multi- <br />jurisdictional Task Force. Many of these major cases may also be drug related <br />but they also have the ability to be assigned major cases by the department. <br />These officers represent the only resources available to the department to assign <br />to major ongoing serial offenses unless patrol officers are used on overtime. <br />The Auto Theft officers are assigned to a regional Auto Theft Task Force <br />and are assigned follow-up on all auto thefts occurring in the city. These officers <br />are fully funded by a grant from the Auto Theft Prevention Authority. <br />It is impressive that Chief Louis has been so successful in obtaining grant <br />funded positions. None of the other comparison cities have any grant funded <br />positions or fully paid School Resource Officers. The proactive investigative <br />operations are an extremely beneficial arrangement for the department because <br />it allows for more flexibility in case assignment when workload increases. It is <br />especially beneficial because four of these positions are funded by grants and <br />cost the department very little for the resulting return. <br />Crime Prevention OfFicer <br />One additional Officer is assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division <br />and is responsible for crime prevention efforts as well as Crimestoppers <br />coordination and supervision of the Police Athletic League. This officer also <br />serves as the department Public Information Officer. All of these functions are <br />Page 38 <br />