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WS — Item 10 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item 10 Date: February 7, 2022 To: City Council From: John Swenson, Public Safety Director Re: Shield 616 Donation Background Shield 616 is a non-profit out of Colorado that fundraises and purchases rifle rated ballistic body armor and donates these items to police and firefighters throughout the nation. Lino Lakes Volunteers in Public Safety (LLVIPS) is partnering with Shield 616 as the benefactor of this years "Guns and Hoses" hockey game. As a reminder LLVIPS is also a registered non-profit with a board consisting of individuals that volunteer in various roles in the Lino Lakes community. LLVIPS and Shield 616 plan to use the Guns and Hoses fundraiser to outfit police and firefighters with rifle rated ballistic armor for agencies participating in the Guns and Hoses fundraiser. At this point, they believe they have received enough donations to outfit every police and firefighter that will play in the hockey game on February 25th as well as start to outfit other police and firefighters from agencies that have players skating in the game. There are three police officers and three firefighters from Lino Lakes skating in the Guns and Hoses game on February 25th. If the City Council accepts the donation from Shield 616 for rifle rated ballistic armor, these six individuals would be the first to be outfitted with the ballistic armor package. The ballistic armor package includes Angel Armor RISE 2.0 level IIIa body armor with rifle rated Truth SNAP plates and Galvion's level IIIa helmet with upgraded harness system. The cost of the armor package is $2,300 per package. Here are the links to Shield 616 and Guns-n-Hoses event for additional details. If Council is supportive of accepting this donation, staff will place this on the February 14, 2022 Council agenda for formal acceptance of the donation. Attachments None.