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Mounds View City Council February 26, 2024 Regular Meeting Page 3 Council Member Meehlhause questioned if there was an update regarding the Flock implementation. Police Chief Zender explained he was still waiting on permitting from Ramsey County. He stated he was eager to get this system installed in the community. Council Member Meehlhause requested further information regarding the New Americans Academy. Police Chief Zender explained the Mounds View Police Department collaborated with the City Attorney, County Attorney and SBM Fire to provide new Americans with classes to familiarize these individuals on the services provided by the City, police and fire. He reported he would be working to schedule an academy in 2024. Council Member Meehlhause thanked Police Chief Zender and the entire department for their dedicated service to the community. Mayor Lindstrom asked if residents could volunteer for the reserve program. Police Chief Zender explained those interested in volunteering could fill out an application on the department’s webpage. Mayor Lindstrom requested further information regarding the reality based training the officers would be receiving. Police Chief Zender reported he ordered simunition guns and protective gear for scenario based training, which could be done at Bridges or the Blaine Tach house. Mayor Lindstrom questioned if the SRO’s were at Pinewood and Edgewood. Police Chief Zender stated the school resource officers were currently servicing at both Pinewood and Edgewood, but were not under contract. He noted the department invoices the school district for SRO services through a good faith agreement. He explained it was his understanding the school district was working on a contract for the future. Mayor Lindstrom commented on how calls for service have normalized since 2020. Police Chief Zender reported this was the case. He commented further on how the Ramsey County Appropriate Response model would impact calls going forward. He stated professionally trained public health responders from St. Paul would be sent to mental health calls going forward instead of sending police and fire. B. 2023 Tubman Annual Report – Jennifer Dickinson. Jennifer Dickinson, representative from Tubman Services, provided the Council with the annual report for 2023 from the Tubman Organization. She described the legal advocacy services that were provided to victims and survivors of domestic violence. She noted a lot of her time was spent on criminal cases on domestic incidents. She commented on the challenges she faced due to complex family issues and court delays. She explained she would be attending roll calls in 2024 in order to get to know officers better and to speak to officers about domestic violence and violations of orders for protection. She thanked the City and Mounds View Police Department for partnering with Tubman.