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Rosemount accepts anonymous community donations for police wellness and K‑9 program; safety camp grants funded
Summary
Council accepted anonymous donations to support police officer wellness and the city's first K‑9 program and approved sponsorship funds for the annual Safety Camp; motions passed without opposition.
The Rosemount City Council on March 18 accepted multiple community donations to support police programming and the annual Safety Camp.
Police donations: The council voted to accept two community donations—one, an unnamed Vietnam veteran requested anonymity and directed funds to officer wellness after a scam recovery; another donor pledged $10,000 to support the city’s first canine (K‑9) program. Police staff described the donors as long‑time local residents who asked to remain anonymous; the city accepted both donations. Police staff also reported a related criminal investigation in which Detective Casey Murphy helped recover about $13,000 of roughly $24,000 that a resident lost to a scam.
Safety Camp sponsorships: The council also accepted donations for the city’s Safety Camp program. Staff described a $500 donation from Minnesota Energy Resources and a separate corporate donation from First State Bank of Rosemount that appeared with inconsistent amounts in the transcript; staff characterized both as recurring supporters of the camp. Safety Camp is an all‑day program on Friday, June 13 for children in grades 2 through 5; the fee is $15 per child and the program is capped at about 100 participants. Activities include junior SWAT demonstrations, bike safety, fire safety demonstrations, ambulance displays and lunch and a T‑shirt for participants.
Why this matters: The donations fund officer wellness programming, the startup of a city canine program and reduce the registration cost of a long‑running youth safety program that serves about 100 children annually.
Council action: Councilmember Tyson moved and a second was recorded to accept the officer wellness and K‑9 donations; the motion carried 4–0. The council separately moved to accept and expend the corporate donations for Safety Camp; that motion also passed 4–0.
Ending: Police and parks staff thanked donors and called the community generosity notable; the city will receive and deposit pledged funds and proceed with planned K‑9 trainer engagement and Safety Camp preparations.
