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Department Reports A. Human Rights No report. B. Allina Health Ms. Renee Rosenberg, North Metro Supervisor, attended the commission meeting for Mr. Dave Matteson. Ms. Rosenberg gave an update on the status of their new substation and spoke briefly about the traffic accident in Buffalo which involved an Allina ambulance. Ms. Rosenberg reported the "RoadSafety" driving program has now been turned on in the ambulances. This program monitors how the ambulance is being driven and will "click" or "tone" to warn the driver of possible negative driving behavior. Ms. Rosenberg reported there have been 10 cardiac arrests so far this year in New Brighton. There is now a LUKAS device in every ambulance and Allina has switched to electric LUKAS devices instead of air powered. The average response time in New Brighton for Allina ambulances in 2013 was 6:44. As of today, Allina has responded to 264 call requests in New Brighton; 191 of these calls have been Code 3 response calls (lights and sirens). C. Volunteers in Public Safety (YIPS) Commissioner Woods presented the following items of note: • The monthly VIPS meeting will be tomorrow, February 25th • The PSC hosted a Red Cross" Blood Drive on January 8th. The number of repeat donors has increased. Future Blood Drive dates are April 91h and June 25th. • The VIPS will help with the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner which is scheduled for May 4th • The New Brighton Triathlon is scheduled for June 7`h D. Public Safety /Homeland Security Update Deputy Director Paetznick reported that Officer Farmer and Officer Craig have now completed the Field Training Officer (FTO) program and are now working on their own. The third recruit is now in Phase II of his FTO program. Sgt. Andy Masterman has announced that he will retire effective May 23rd. There is still a current Civil Service list which we will use as we move forward to replace this position. With our cold weather, there have been a lot of property damage traffic accidents the first two months of 2014. This year is off to a good start as the 2014 crime stats remain low.