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Mounds View City Council October 14, 2002 <br />Regular Meeting Page 11 <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney asked if there would be any chance of obtaining grant money for the <br />MDC units. <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Brennan indicated he is not a member but went to the National Chief’s Conference <br />and had the opportunity to discuss grant availability and found that there is currently no funding <br />at this time but said he would continue to monitor for funds. <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney asked Deputy Chief Brennan to check where the bullet proof vests <br />came from because he saw something on the news about vests from one of the large <br />manufactures, possibly in Florida, failing. <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Brennan indicated he would check on the department’s vests but said that any vests <br />purchased would have to meet NIJ standards. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty asked how many of the traffic tickets issued were for actual moving <br />violations. <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Brennan indicated he had run a report but said that he had not had time to analyze <br />the numerous pages of detail. He then said that approximately 10% of the offenses are <br />administrative offenses. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick asked if the police department does any kind of radar patrol or speeding <br />patrol on Long Lake Road in the vicinity of County Road H after school. <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Brennan indicated that the officers are attempting to concentrate a presence at the <br />school when not on a call. He then said that he knows that the area does get a lot of attention as <br />he has seen radar logs. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty indicated he had spoken to Deputy Chief Brennan concerning New <br />Brighton setting up speed stops and was told that New Brighton has laser. He then asked how <br />much it would cost the City for laser equipment. <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Brennan indicated that the cost would be $5,000 to $6,000 per unit. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty asked if there are grants available for the purchase of laser equipment. <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Brennan indicated that New Brighton had won their unit through a drawing with <br />the safe and sober program. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty indicated he thought the City should have another AED unit to be able to <br />keep one at the Community Center and one at the golf course and those in the squad cars. <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Brennan indicated the units are nice to have but cautioned that the shelf life on the <br />batteries is approximately18 months and the batteries are $200 each time so the City does not