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backgrounds. It also provides a police presence at the participating centers. A Csraf~iti blitz on June 5~ with more than SO students from Washington High School covered 79 vandalized sites; another effort took place in September with rookie officers painting ZO sites. In the Weed & Seed area students participated in a contest to design an Anti-Peer Pressure message. Winning artwork was displayed on billboards. 3500 students have received safety lessons from 5afetyville and with the support of a federal grant, we were able to place School Resource Officers in intermediate schools. _~ ;. Other outreach efforts include starting an Explorer Post for youth 14-18 and creating a Cadet program to help with college costs for young people why want to become South Bend police officers. In May we held a Town Hall meeting on minority recruitment. These efforts, in conjunction with the work of our Recruitment and Community Outreach Officers will help us to be more successful in diversifying our department. In 2004 we hired nine new police officers: 6 Caucasian, 2African-American, and 1 Hispanic. This ratio reflects the mix of diversity in South Bend. We also hired two additional bilingual Communications Specialists. All officers receive diversity training as part of the 28,000 hours of training provided throughout the year. In 2005 we will introduce `"Tools for Tolerance" as another way to help our offiicers respond effectively in amulti-cultural community. We have also taken a lead creating liaisons with the area's mental health, geriatric and adult protective service agencies, This outreach demonstrates our commitment to serving special needs populations. It was a busy year for the department. The Communications Center broadcast roughly ~, ~- 100,000 police dispatches; we issued 15,904 traffic citations and investigated 2,700 car crashes. The Investigative Division reviewed _ 26,040 cases. We are providing extended public .' service hours at records - full service lam 6pm; limited service at other times. The Uniform Division uses multiple tactics from School Zone __ - patrols and traffic blitzes, to directed patrols, A-19