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D. Public Safety/Homeland Security Update Director Jacobson reported the hiring of two new police officers: Officer Scott Kingslien was hired to replace Officer Bitzan who retired and Officer Tom Nerison was hired to replace an officer who will retire early. A promotional process has started for the upcoming open Sergeant position. The promotional process will involve interviews, role playing and written testing. The results of the promotional process should be received by the end of November/early December. A resolution of support will be presented at an October Council meeting for the Ramsey County Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eight members of our department will be running the Twin Cities Marathon; this will bring our department marathon total to 98. One member of our department will be running the Mankato marathon to bring our total to 99. Director Jacobson thanked everyone for their participation in National Night Out. Officer Hamdorf has submitted our final report to Town Watch. The 65th Anniversary for the Police Department was held and was an enjoyable time. It was nice to see all the retired and former employees. Public Safety received congratulations from the IACP Community Policing Award Committee on being named the winner of the 2011 International Community Policing Award for cities in the 20,000 to 50,000 category. They added that New Brighton Public Safety is one of a very few Police agencies in the world to have received this award and are part of an even smaller group that will be receiving the award for a second time (NBDPS also won this award in 2004). The award will be presented to the department at the IACP Awards Banquet in October. This is a very prestigious award and is reflective of our Community, our partners, our volunteers and the outstanding staff in Public Safety. Council Liaison A. Council Report Council Member Burg reported on the following items: o After the July 16th rain event, the City worked with Public Safety to get residents in touch with assistance. o The View is moving along. o Northwest Youth& Family Services is having an event on the 29th that you can attend and sample all kinds of food and drink; it is a fun event. a The Collier Group, hired to market the New Brighton Exchange, has reported they have 10 groups interested in the New Brighton Exchange area. a The Shred Day event was held and was successful. Residents could bring up to 5 banker boxes of paper for shredding. Code Enforcement Officer Hatch and Officer Hamdorf worked to coordinate this event.