2026 Budget for the City of Shakopee

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Goals/Challenges:  It’s easy to say our goal is to keep people in Shakopee safe. While certainly true, our goal is also to exceed your expectation and be known as the best police department in Minnesota.  Shakopee is home to many large entertainment venues. These attractions bring millions of people to our city every year and help make Shakopee the great city it is. That said, these attractions also add to the significant workload our department has. In 2025 we will be adding an amphitheater to the entertainment options in the city. Over 70% of people arrested here are not from Shakopee.  Recruitment and retention issues continue to exist in policing; we continue to adapt and maintain our authorized staffing level.  The department collected data related to mental health related calls for service and found that our Officer’s spent 777.183 hours in 2024 on these calls. The average time spent on a mental health related call per officer is 34.6 minutes. The department responded to 502 mental health related calls in 2024. Officers made 87 referrals to our embedded social worker. This data is indicative of the impact this program has had on our community.

Performance Measures:

Actual 2023 22,358

Actual 2024 22,661

Projected 2025

Calls for Services

22,870

Crimes (FBI classified Part 1 crimes)

652 4.43 257

596 4.00 251

600 4.00 300 2100 55%

Shakopee Crime Rate (Per 100,000 people)

DWI Arrests

Ordinance Calls

2,031

2,081

Percent of Crimes Cleared Sworn Officers (budgeted)

44%

55%

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Gun Permits

341

322

330