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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2012 GOALS:• Upgrade a portion of the municipal computers.• Upgrade several municipal network printers.• Upgrade municipal internet access, including router and firewall.POLICE ADMINISTRATION 2012 GOALS:• Continue using the public safety training center to include a state-of-the-art firing range withquarterly firearms qualifications.• Utilize the new training building with the movable walls to train officers in different scenariosthat they may encounter.• Offer additional training to the men based on merit and initiative not seniority.• Actively promote better communication and cooperation between divisions.• Train and equip officers to meet the challenges of combating the threats of terrorism inMonroeville and on a regional basis.• Continued cooperation with federal, state, and local emergency management organizations.• Continue to cooperate with regional weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and nuclear,biological, and chemical (N BC) task forces through Region 13.• Continue a patrol rifle course that will enable all officers to carry a semiautomatic .223 (AR­15) rifle while on patrol in their patrol vehicle.• Continue semi-annual firearms/driving/defensive tactics training for all officers (eight hours oftraining twice per year per officer).• Continue monthly police supervisor meetings.• Re-evaluate the hunting patrol which has become very successful in reducing the number ofillegal hunters within the Municipality.• Continue implementation of the Alert TS CAD/RMS system to better enhance thedepartmental commitment to providing the best service possible to the residents ofMonroeville. The software makes it possible to electronically record and transmit policerecords. The department is committed to moving toward a more "paperless" system.• Chief Cole is a member of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Region 13 group thatrepresents law enforcement interests.• Chief Cole sits on the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Training and Education Committee.Chief Cole sits on the radio procedure committee for all police departments that aredispatched by Allegheny County 911. Chief Cole is the chairman of the police committee forthe Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments.• Begin the testing and hiring process for new officers. The department's current swornstaffing is 46 officers. Within the next two years (by February 2013), fourteen officers areeligible to retire.POLICE PATROL DIVISION 2012 GOALS:• Continue to require areas two and six to be equipped with a shotgun in their cars while onpatrol. In addition, certain patrol officers have been trained with the AR-15 rifle and arerequired to carry them in the vehicles while on duty.• Continue to train all officers beyond the minimum standards of the Municipal PoliceOfficers Education and Training Commission (MPOETC).• Continue to utilize special operation and traffic division personnel on first and second shiftto increase manpower.• Continue to assign directed patrols to areas with increased calls for service.)·22·