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