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<br /> <br /> <br />Updates <br />A. Citizen Corps Council <br /> <br />No report. <br /> <br />Department Reports <br />A. Human Rights <br /> <br />No report. <br /> <br />B. Allina Health <br />Mr. Dave Matteson noted that Dr. Andrew Stevens is their new Associate Medical Director working <br />in partnership with Medical Director Charles Lick, MD. Dr. Stevens came from Indianapolis but <br />grew up in Minnesota. Dr. Stevens will focus on 1st Responder Education and Scene Response; <br />sometimes you need a doctor to respond to the scene of a call. Officers may see Dr. Stevens <br />responding to medical call scenes. Mr. Matteson hopes to get Dr. Stevens to a commission meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Matteson noted Allina has trained police and fire in early March in the use of the ResQPUMP <br />device to assist with performing CPR on cardiac arrest victims. Allina obtained these via a grant and <br />we were able to put these in all of our front line squads. <br /> <br />Mr. Matteson noted he is looking to get 24-hour supervisor coverage in our area as well as utilizing <br />their software system to adjust ambulance postings as needed by utilizing day of week/time of day <br />historical data. <br /> <br />Mr. Matteson noted they assisted our department with EMR (Emergency Medical Responder) <br />training; formerly 1st Responder Training. This was a scenario based training which was very <br />beneficial. <br /> <br />C. Volunteers in Public Safety (VIPS) <br /> <br />Commissioner Allen reported VIPS had their monthly meeting on February 28 with 12 people in <br />attendance. There will be a blood drive on March 29 which with VIPS will help with. <br /> <br />The VIPS are always looking for new members. VIPS meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at <br />the Public Safety Center in the Fire Training room. Deputy Director Hamdorf would be the point of <br />contact for persons interested in joining. <br /> <br />D. Public Safety/Homeland Security Update <br /> <br />Director Paetznick noted tonight is one of the informational meetings for Fire Fighter applicants; the <br />other informational meeting will be Saturday morning. These meetings have been very helpful for <br />the applicants so they are fully aware of the required commitment that will be expected from our <br />volunteer fire fighters. <br /> <br />Director Paetznick noted the Faith Community Partnership group met two weeks ago and they saw <br />some new faces. This is an engaged group who want to dive in more on issues. Commissioner Boyd