2018.09.10 Public Safety Commission Packet

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4 On the morning of July 19th, officer responded to Lions Park on report of a male with no pants on who had approached the caller and their 2-year-old child. The complainant reported that the man was wearing boxer shorts and a t-shirt. The call was received about 20 minutes after the incident occurred. An area check for the suspect was unsuccessful. Around 3:20am on Tuesday, July 24th, officers responded to a burglary in progess at Limu Coffee. Employees of Donatelle Plastics reported that two males had broken into the nearby coffee shop and fled in a white SUV southbound on I-35W. Area checks for the vehicle were unsuccessful. The store owner reported that the cash register and safe were missing from the business. Around 5:30am, an employee of the Bru House reported that their coffee shop had also been burglarized in a similar manner with the cash register missing. On July 20th, an officer took a report from a party who met an unknown person on a dating website. The complainant then made an inappropriate video of himself on Skpe. The complainant states he is now being extorted for $200.00 or the video he made will be sent to his employer. The investigation is on-going. On July 24th, both Limu Coffee and The Bru House were burglarized. In both cases, windows were smashed to gain entry. In both cases a cash register was taken and a safe from Limu. On July 25th, New Brighton squads assisted Mounds View Police with locating a suspect who had shot another person in their city. Officer Xiong observed the suspect vehicle southbound 35W from Hwy 96. A high risk felony stop was executed and Officers were able to take the suspect into custody without incident. Officers observed a 9 MM handgun and suspected marijuana inside the vehicle. Officers turned the custody of the vehicle and suspect over to Mounds View PD. On July 27th, 2 parties attempted to pass counterfeit $50 bills at Beisswenger’s Hardware. One party was taken into custody as he tried to flee the area and the other had fled prior to arrival of squads. The investigation is on-going. On July 28th, New Brighton squads responded on a report of strong armed robbery. The complainant stated that an employee of the business was assaulted after a group of black males stole items from the business. The complainant gave a description of the vehicle and license plate. The vehicle was located and a felony stop was conducted. Six passengers were taken into custody. The victim was checked by paramedics. The victim identified suspects via a show-up. Surveillance video showed the entire incident and positively identified the suspects. The suspects were interviewed. Two uninvolved adult females were released. An adult male was booked at the Ramsey County LEC for Simple Robbery. Three juvenile males were booked at the Ramsey County JDC for Simple Robbery. II. USE OF FORCE BY POLICE OFFICERS It is the policy of the New Brighton Department of Public Safety that officers exert no more force than is reasonably necessary in the discharge of their licensed duty, and that the use of deadly force is consistent with the law, training and our policy.