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Mounds View City Council February 9, 2015 <br />Regular Meeting Page 7 <br /> <br />Council Member Meehlhause congratulated the Boys and Girls Irondale Nordic Ski Teams for <br />their 2nd Place Finish at the sectional meet. He wished both teams well at State. <br /> <br />Mayor Flaherty reported he recently attended a school board meeting at Snail Lake Elementary. <br />The attendees discussed issues affecting the community. <br /> <br />Mayor Flaherty commented he and City Administrator Ericson went to the Capitol today to <br />support Senator Bev Scalze as she introduced Bill 276, which requested a sound wall in Mounds <br />View adjacent to the mobile home park and Laport Meadows neighborhood. <br /> <br />Mayor Flaherty reported that on Wednesday, February 11th at 10:30 a.m. at the local Ramsey <br />County Library there would be Reading with the Mayor. <br /> <br /> B. Reports of Staff. <br />1. Police Department Annual Report. <br /> <br />Police Chief Kinney reviewed the 2014 Police Department Annual Report with the Council. He <br />discussed highlights from the year, noting calls for service have continued to increase. He <br />provided comment on the number of calls to the mentally ill. He reviewed the crime trends over <br />the past several years. He noted efforts on behalf of the Towards Zero Death campaign continue. <br /> <br />Police Chief Kinney reported on the current hiring process and noted the list of candidates had <br />been whittled down to two. Both were offered positions with the Mounds View Police <br />Department, which brought the department back to its full contingent. He was pleased to report <br />that National Night Out was a huge success again this past August, along with Festival in the <br />Park. He thanked the Council for their support by approving the new records management <br />system. He indicated the new system would be implemented in March of 2015. <br /> <br />Mayor Flaherty recommended that the Police Department attend or be provided with training on <br />how to best manage mentally ill. Police Chief Kinney anticipated that training would be held this <br />year as funding from the State for mental illness awareness was increasing. <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller requested further information on the LIDAR training attended by the <br />police department. Police Chief Kinney commented this was similar training as RADAR <br />training, except the LIDAR device was handheld. <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller questioned if the Police Department has considered purchasing body <br />cameras. Police Chief Kinney explained the department has one body camera at this time, but <br />this device has had a number of technical issues. He intended to expand this operation once a <br />decision could be made on the proper vendor. He commented that policies, data management <br />and data privacy practices would also need to be determined. <br /> <br />Council Member Meehlhause asked why the number of complaints for the department doubled <br />from 2013 to 2014. Police Chief Kinney discussed the complaints received in 2014 and noted <br />this was attributed to the increased number of calls being responded to by the Police Department.