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13 <br />Public Safety received a check in the amount of $1,734.64 from Ramsey County for our <br />agency’s share of criminal forfeiture money related to an October 2017 case that resulted <br />in the seizure of 100 pounds of methamphetamine that was handled by New Brighton’s <br />Investigator assigned to the Violent Crime Enforcement Team (VCET). <br /> <br />Public Safety continues to send a majority of its patrol officers to the 40-hour CIT course. <br />In addition to the $700 course registration fee, it costs our agency 40 hours of personnel <br />time (about $2,800, with benefits) and potentially 40 hours of overtime to back-fill the <br />attendee’s patrol shifts (nearly $3,000), for a total price tag of $6,500 to send just one <br />officer. The course is not mandatory but officers renewing their licenses must have 16 <br />hours of continuing education in the three topic areas of crisis intervention & mental <br />illness crises; conflict management & mediation; and recognizing & valuing diversity and <br />cultural differences. Channel 5 news recently aired this story about the training: <br />http://kstp.com/news/new-state-law-requires-all-officers-undergo-crisis-intervention- <br />training-mental-health/4991356/?cat=1 <br /> <br />On July 24th, Officer Farmer and Officer Pyka were interviewed on CTV’s “Public Safety <br />Spotlight” about the field training process. <br /> <br />Public Safety assisted with the funeral for Officer Gromm on Thursday, July 26th that <br />occurred at North Heights Lutheran Church in Arden Hills. New Brighton also assisted <br />with the procession to the burial site at Roselawn Cemetery in Roseville. Specifically, <br />the Lake Johanna Fire Department requested a Fire Engine to assist with staging/traffic <br />control at the church. Roseville Police requested the assistance of our Police Reserves to <br />assist with traffic control along the procession, and the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office <br />asked our VIPS/CERT members to assist with parking direction for the many attendees at <br />the visitation on Wednesday. <br /> <br />On Thursday, July 26th, Director Paetznick met with representatives of Bethel University <br />to learn about their institution’s launch of a criminal justice degree program. <br /> <br />On July 27th, Deputy Director Hamdorf met with 9 professionals from Syria as part of <br />the U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program. The Syrians were <br />in Minnesota to learn about preparedness and disaster response. In addition to last <br />September’s response to Hurricane Irma, the MNAHIMT responded to flooding in <br />Southwest Minnesota and was asked to respond to Hawaii to assist with the ongoing <br />volcanic eruption. Public Safety has four people assigned to the MN-AHIMT. <br /> <br /> <br />XI. RECOGNITION, NEWS AND INFORMATION <br /> <br />This section will include “good news” information about our public safety personnel. <br />This will include formal and informal recognition of the department and/or its personnel <br />on or off duty. <br /> <br />Public Safety received a lengthy data request from a production company called in <br />Knoxville, Tennessee that makes true-crime, documentary style TV shows. They are <br />currently working on a series titled “Vengeance” for CNN/HLN and Sky News, and one <br />of the criminal cases they will be featuring is the murder investigation of Todd Stevens in