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18 <br />WORKING GROUP POLICE-INVOLVED DEADLY FORCE ENCOUNTERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS <br />HEARING SUMMARIES <br />On Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, the Working Group on <br />Police-Involved Deadly Force Encounters, co-chaired <br />by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and <br />Commissioner of Public Safety John Harrington, <br />hosted the second public hearing, titled Prevention, <br />Training and Officer Wellness, at Minnesota State <br />University at Mankato. <br />The working group convened at 10:30 a.m. with <br />a panel on Officer Wellness led by Sean Smoot of <br />21st Century Policing Solutions (21CP Solutions), <br />who reported on the Law Enforcement Mental <br />Health and Wellness Report to Congress and eleven <br />case studies on best practices in officer wellness <br />to improve officer mental health and resilience <br />and ability to respond as trained under stressful <br />Opening Remarks from Co-Chairs <br />Introduction of Working Group Members <br />Invited Testimony by Affected Families <br />Officer Wellness <br /> Chief Mike Goldstein, Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police at City of Plymouth <br /> Sean Smoot, 21st Century Policing Solutions <br />Prevention and Training <br /> Ellie Wilson and Jillian Nelson, Autism Society of Minnesota <br /> Steve Wickelgren, CIT Officers Association Clinical Officer <br />Prevention and Training (Part 2) <br /> Capt. Kevin Lutz, Camden County Police Department and Integrated Communication, <br /> Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) Trainer • PERF 30 Guiding Principles for Use of Force • <br /> Camden Use of Force Principles <br />BCA Investigative Process (Part 2) <br /> Superintendent Drew Evans, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) <br />Invited Testimony by Affected Families and Public Comment <br />situations. He was followed by Chief Mike Goldstein, <br />who is also director of public safety for the City of <br />Plymouth. Chief Goldstein spoke to the importance <br />of addressing the stress of the job and cumulative <br />exposure to trauma that results in negative health <br />outcomes for officers through intentional mental <br />health and wellness strategies. <br />The second panel focused on Prevention and Training, <br />with testimony by Jillian Nelson and Ellie Wilson of the <br />Autism Society of Minnesota and Steve Wickelgren, <br />CIT Officer Association of Minnesota. Nelson addressed <br />the disproportionate impact of police-involved deadly <br />force encounters. As many as 50 percent involve <br />HEARING TWO AGENDA AND SUMMARY