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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 9, 2020 Page 4 1 extensive with the public safety partners, not only locally but across both Ramsey and Hennepin 2 Counties and State and Federal partners. Local cities were left pretty much on their own due to 3 needing heavy amount of assets and resources that were positioned to assist with things that were 4 occurring not only in Minneapolis and St. Paul but in other area as well. He believed they were 5 very effective in their response and in fact on May 28th the Minnesota Department of Public 6 Safety along with local public safety agencies and partners initiated the Multi -Agency Command 7 Center (MACC) as both a proactive and reactive security measure for activities related to and 8 due to the in -custody death of Mr. George Floyd in Minneapolis. 9 10 Chief Mangseth indicated the department accessed information that was supplied to them via the 11 Minnesota Fusion Center, which is housed with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and also 12 the Criminal Information Sharing Analysis Unit (CISA) housed in Hennepin County. This was 13 crucial for them in being able to dial in what their operation response would be. In conjunction 14 with communicating with outside agencies and public safety partners and information received 15 through the MACC the department was able to set up a response that involved somewhat of a 16 heavy presence in terms of City vehicles and City uniforms patrolling and being visible in the 17 City at all hours of the day and night. He explained they did learn through these resources that 18 certain groups that were developing within certain areas were targeting certain locations, such as 19 grocery stores, retail locations and gas stations. He noted they were very cognizant of this 20 information and strategic in terms of deploying resources and patrol patterns that would in 21 essence cover those areas. 22 23 Chief Mangseth stated the officers along with City fire staff committed to proactive patrolling of 24 the community businesses and were actually very proactive in terms of going into businesses and 25 meeting with store employees and management to provide them with the information the 26 department was learning and hopefully setting them up well to be situationally aware and 27 respond to any issues that they had approaching into their businesses. He felt that overall the 28 City experienced very light traffic as it related to part one crimes compared with other, larger 29 suburbs with more retail. 30 31 Chief Mangseth explained he issued a statement on the Police Department Social Media 32 Platform on Wednesday, May 27th and it read in part "As a Police Officer and Chief of a Police 33 Department, I can say the actions of the primary officers in the video are unacceptable and very 34 hard to watch", referencing the videos that appeared on the media. "I remain disheartened that 35 the tragic events took place. These types of actions forever tarnish the good work Police 36 Officers do and have been doing in the community each and every day. I have since cycled 37 through stages of grief, anger, and frustration along with the City Staff, Police Officers and Fire 38 Fighters but we have remained focused on leadership through these tragic and difficult times. I 39 have emphasized repeatedly to our Police Officers that everything we do as Police Officers must 40 be plausibly articulated and reflect our department strategic planned mission and vision. The 41 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis disturbs me to the core. It bothers me as a leader of a 42 Police Department. It bothers me as a human being, and it bothers me as a person of faith. I am 43 in complete agreement with other Police Chiefs across the Nation and that if you are currently a 44 Police Officer and you watch the video and you think in any way, shape or form that it was 45 acceptable, reasonable use of force, I want you to turn in your badge to me immediately because 46 that does not follow the principals established here with the Police Department and even with