(excerpt) In 1967 the Village Council passed a re solution forming the current Public Safety Department (a concept of consolidated police and fire services.) Chief Edward J. Farrell became the first Director of Public Safety, and the Burnsville police department became the Burnsville Department of Public Safety. The department was now responsible for both police and fire protection in the community where all police and fire workers are called Public Safety officers. Two new fire trucks were ordered and arrived in 1968.
