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Mounds View City Council February 9, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 7 Council Member Meehlhause congratulated the Boys and Girls Irondale Nordic Ski Teams for 1 their 2nd Place Finish at the sectional meet. He wished both teams well at State. 2 3 Mayor Flaherty reported he recently attended a school board meeting at Snail Lake Elementary. 4 The attendees discussed issues affecting the community. 5 6 Mayor Flaherty commented he and City Administrator Ericson went to the Capitol today to 7 support Senator Bev Scalze as she introduced Bill 276, which requested a sound wall in Mounds 8 View adjacent to the mobile home park and Laport Meadows neighborhood. 9 10 Mayor Flaherty reported that on Wednesday, February 11th at 10:30 a.m. at the local Ramsey 11 County Library there would be Reading with the Mayor. 12 13 B. Reports of Staff. 14 1. Police Department Annual Report. 15 16 Police Chief Kinney reviewed the 2014 Police Department Annual Report with the Council. He 17 discussed highlights from the year, noting calls for service have continued to increase. He 18 provided comment on the number of calls to the mentally ill. He reviewed the crime trends over 19 the past several years. He noted efforts on behalf of the Towards Zero Death campaign continue. 20 21 Police Chief Kinney reported on the current hiring process and noted the list of candidates had 22 been whittled down to two. Both were offered positions with the Mounds View Police 23 Department, which brought the department back to its full contingent. He was pleased to report 24 that National Night Out was a huge success again this past August, along with Festival in the 25 Park. He thanked the Council for their support by approving the new records management 26 system. He indicated the new system would be implemented in March of 2015. 27 28 Mayor Flaherty recommended that the Police Department attend or be provided with training on 29 how to best manage mentally ill. Police Chief Kinney anticipated that training would be held this 30 year as funding from the State for mental illness awareness was increasing. 31 32 Council Member Mueller requested further information on the LIDAR training attended by the 33 police department. Police Chief Kinney commented this was similar training as RADAR 34 training, except the LIDAR device was handheld. 35 36 Council Member Mueller questioned if the Police Department has considered purchasing body 37 cameras. Police Chief Kinney explained the department has one body camera at this time, but 38 this device has had a number of technical issues. He intended to expand this operation once a 39 decision could be made on the proper vendor. He commented that policies, data management 40 and data privacy practices would also need to be determined. 41 42 Council Member Meehlhause asked why the number of complaints for the department doubled 43 from 2013 to 2014. Police Chief Kinney discussed the complaints received in 2014 and noted 44 this was attributed to the increased number of calls being responded to by the Police Department. 45