Friday, September 25, 2009

Eagan Rotarian series #6

Jim McDonald has served as a police officer in Eagan since 1988. In September 2006, he became our police chief for a police department which started back in 1965. Over 68 highly educated officers serve to protect our community; our crime rate in Eagan is lower than the Minnesota state average which is lower than the US average. The 2009 Eagan police department budget is $10,956,300. Over $225,000 in fines or forfeitures were collected in 2008.

Jim posed with a replica of the original 1965 Ford police car. The car cost $2,900 at that time. A new police care now costs $38,000.

12 comments:

Olivier said...

la voiture est classe. cela fait un beau budget pour le departement de la police

B SQUARED said...

They do a great job in each of our communities.

Rob Siemann said...

how many tires on his car???

Kcalpesh said...

Posing On Duty :-) Thats a nice photo!

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Dan J. said...

Cool civics lesson. I would have thought a new police car would be more costly than that given all of the high tech gear most have in them.

Phivos Nicolaides said...

All the very best to Jim McDonald.

Lowell said...

Nice looking police gentleman. Sounds like he's doing a good job as a leader of coppers. Can't do without 'em, usually. Sometimes, when they get out their little radar guns and hide in the bushes, though...

Unseen Rajasthan said...

Nice post !! The Car is very expensive !Unseen Rajasthan

Gunn said...

Nice photo of a smiling policeman.
Keep up the important work,Mr. Mc. Donald!

GOD HELG!:-)

PeterParis said...

38000 $! Their cars must be nice!

valeria said...

Great photo! It reminds me of the tv movies Hazzard, back in the eighties...

VP said...

Nice portrait of a guy who, as you say, clearly knows his job. You're lucky for this.