10-10-2016 Council Special Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION October 10, 2016 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE October 10, 2016 5 TIME STARTED 8:15 P.M. 6 TIME ENDED : 10*35 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 8 Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT None 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 12 Swenson; Deputy Director Kelly McCarthy; Deputy Director Dan L'Allier; Caption 13 Wayne Wegener; City Clerk Julie Bartell. 14 15 1. MN Dept of Public Safety 2015 Uniform Crime Report -Public Safety Director 16 Swenson reviewed the report and how it is put together. He noted a decrease in 17 availability time for officers to be out in neighborhoods suppressing crime and that the 18 numbers reflect that. Council Member Kusterman asked if certain neighborhoods are 19 impacted and Director Swenson said there was not a clear pattern. Deputy Director 20 McCarthy explained that officers do log proactive and active time; they have seen a clear 21 decrease in the percentage of proactive time and fire training time during on -duty hours is 22 a part of that. Director Swenson briefly reviewed what proactive hours involves. 23 Mayor Reinert asked how many officers are typically on duty and Director Swenson said 24 that figure never goes below two but they do have more due to overlap during some high 25 volume times. 26 27 Council Member Rafferty recalled previous questions about public safety vehicles and 28 active shifts per day. He noted a communication that he received that indicates six per 29 day. Deputy Director McCarthy explained the variables that impact the number on each 30 shift; for instance, they do reduce their daytime staffing because that proves consistent. 31 32 Council Member Kusterman remarked that 2011 figures show the same trend as 2015 but 33 without the fire training element. Deputy Director McCarthy explained that there was a 34 trend at that time that was addressed. 35 36 The council heard that there is a correlation between proactive police cruising time 37 through neighborhoods and a lower crime rate. When a council member suggested that 38 watching for open doors may be too much oversight, Director Swenson explained the 39 theory that thieves will return to an area where there is known opportunity — such as open 40 doors. 41 42 Council Member Rafferty suggested that there can't be any training done during the 43 night? The council was informed that there is training on the night shift as well because 44 it is done as much on-line as possible. 45 1