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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 8, 2018 Page 4 Ms. Webster stated she joined the Police Department on the site visit and learned how other 1 departments interact in other communities. Ms. Webster provided a comparison of the two cities. 2 A picture of the group meeting was shown. Ms. Webster reviewed community oriented policing 3 services. Ms. Cox provided a model for the community and reviewed information regarding a 4 Children’s Festival. 5 6 Mr. Bernard Walker stated he was privileged to attend the site visit and enjoyed interacting with 7 the residents, Chief, and Sergeant. Chief Mangseth asked him to speak this evening. He stated 8 the group investigated the City of North Hampton, which the Police Department described as a 9 city of diversity. More information on the demographics was provided. He noted the city is 10 diverse but he does not know how equitable it is. North Hampton provides community 11 engagement through Coffee with a Cop, Fish Derby, and the School Resource Officer. St. 12 Anthony Police also has community engagement opportunities. The Mission Statement of North 13 Hampton was reviewed along with the Statement of Values. Mr. Walker provided a summary of 14 a Forum that was held along with the panelists, explaining that North Hampton presents a 15 pristine image of their Police Department but he felt there was a systemic problem that needs to 16 be addressed. 17 18 Mr. Ben Phillip, resident, stated he also attended the site visit and witnessed the type of events 19 done in North Hampton, noting not every event fits every community. He commented it is 20 important for Police to engage with the community and he is certain the St. Anthony Police are 21 striving to make changes. He recommended everyone engage with the St. Anthony Police 22 Department and advised the Police Department to communicate. 23 24 Sgt. Mike Huddle commented North Hampton was successful in some areas and they did have 25 some failures. They took a different approach to reach out to overdose victims to connect them to 26 the help they needed, to the homeless population, and had found ways to involve the community 27 and share the responsibility to take on problems and contribute. He is thankful for the team he 28 was with, stating it would not have been the same without Dr. Walker attending. Sgt. Huddle 29 stated he was challenged to think in different ways and acknowledged he has a lot more to learn. 30 31 Police Chief Mangseth thanked the members of the group for their participation on the trip and 32 stated he learned a lot from these experiences and conversations. 33 34 Councilmember Stille summarized issues that need to be acknowledged and challenged everyone 35 to do that. 36 37 Councilmember Jenson thanked the group for speaking from the heart, noting opportunities for 38 improvement need to be found. 39 40 Councilmember Randle stated his father told him and his siblings to work for progress not 41 perfection, which is going to take hard work and they will need to find a way to make it happen. 42 43 Mayor Faust thanked the group and stated he has hope for the future. He believes the Police 44 Department is all in on this and wants to do the right thing. He stated it is better to ask what is 45 wanted rather than tell people what they want. 46 4