2018.12.10 Public Safety Commission Packet

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5 On September 24, Public Safety responded to a medical emergency of a male feeling weak at a residence in the 3200 block of Pecks Woods Turn. Squads arrived and found the patient to be in full cardiac arrest. CPR was started. The lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. The death does not appear suspicious but the Medical Examiner responded to the scene and took the body for investigation. Officers responded to a residence on September 24 around 9:15pm on report of a victim who had taken an unknown amount of painkillers. The caller was not on-scene but had witnessed the incident via video chat. Upon arrival, officers were unable to make contact with anyone at the residence, and given the exigent circumstances of the call, forced entry into the house. The victim was found unconscious on the floor and first aid was initiated. Allina paramedics transported the victim to the hospital. On September 27, officers were dispatched to the Long Lake Boat Launch on report of a child left unattended in a vehicle. They found a 7-month-old infant sleeping inside a car seat of a locked vehicle. Anglers at the pier report that the father regularly gets drunk and leaves the child. Officers were unable to locate the father or mother. The child was transported to Saint Paul Children’s Hospital for evaluation and placement with Ramsey County Child Protection. On September 27, New Brighton Fire was dispatched on a vehicle fire. Upon their arrival, the vehicle was fully engulfed. NBFD was able to extinguish the fire. Public Safety responded to the east side of Hansen Park on Sunday evening, September 30 around 8pm for a portable toilet that was on fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. On September 30 around 2pm, a resident in the 500 block of 23rd Avenue reported a male walking with a possible AR-15 rifle eastbound along 5th Street NW. Another caller to dispatch advised subject had left their residence with two guns and made statements that he wanted officers to kill him. The long-gun was determined to be a BB gun but the person-in-crisis also had a handgun on his belt. He repeatedly asked officers to shoot and kill him. The male eventually did prone out on the ground and voluntarily removed with a belt with a holstered gun that was found to be a BB gun replica of a Glock 19. He was also wearing a cardboard vest made to appear like a ballistic vest. After securing him, he advised that his medications are “off” and he had planning to do “suicide by cop” for three weeks. Allina paramedics transported him to United Hospital. The incident generated significant social media and some news coverage online: https://kstp.com/news/new-brighton-police-department-remind-here-to-help-post- troubled-man-airsoft-gun-ramsey-county-mental-health-suicide/5091712/. 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.