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30 <br />WORKING GROUP POLICE-INVOLVED DEADLY FORCE ENCOUNTERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS <br />WORKING GROUP MEMBERS <br />PATINA PARK, MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER <br />Patina Park is Mnicoujou Lakota and is the President/CEO of the Minnesota Indian <br />Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC), a 35-year culturally grounded nonprofit <br />agency dedicated to providing holistic, multi-service programming grounded in <br />traditional teachings that help to heal, preserve, and strengthen Native American <br />women and their families from the multi-generational trauma impact of settler <br />colonization. Upon graduating from Hamline Law School in 2001, Ms. Park focused <br />her early legal career on advocating for Native American families involved in child <br />protection and private custody cases throughout Minnesota in both state and tribal courts. Ms. Park previously <br />served as an appellate court judge for the Prairie Island Sioux Community and taught Children and the Law and <br />Federal Indian Law at the former Hamline University School of Law, now Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She <br />is married to a 25-year veteran of the St. Paul Police Department and has two children, who like her, are on <br />the autism spectrum. <br />BRIAN PETERS, MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION <br />Brian Peters became the Executive Director of the Minnesota Police and Peace <br />Officers Association (MPPOA) in June 2019. Prior to becoming the Executive <br />Director, Peters lead Target Corporations Global Crisis Management, Threat Assess- <br />ment and Travel Security Program. Before leaving Target for the MPPOA, Peters <br />served on Target’s Executive Services Team tasked with the Safety and Security of <br />Target’s top Executive Leadership Team. Prior to joining Target, Peters served as a <br />Commander in the City of Brooklyn Center. He joined the department in 1998 as a <br />Community Service Officer, Patrol Officer, sergeant and Commander. Peters is a graduate from the University of <br />St. Thomas with a master’s degree in Police Administration and also has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science <br />from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Peters is a graduate of the FBI National Academy session 251. <br />SARA RICE, MILLE LACS BAND POLICE CHIEF <br />Sara Rice is Chief of Police and an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs Band of <br />Ojibwe. Rice the joined the Mille Lacs Band Police Department in 2001, serving <br />as a Police Officer and Conservation Officer prior to being named Interim Police <br />Chief in 2016 and receiving permanent appointment as Chief in January, 2018. <br />Rice is also a member of the Minnesota POST Board. Rice has lived her entire <br />life on the Mille Lacs Reservation. She attended Onamia High School, received <br />her law enforcement degree from Central Lakes College, and earned a Bachelor <br />of Arts degree in organizational behavior from the College of St. Scholastica. She <br />leads a full-time police department of 23 full-time, POST-certified officers that <br />dates back to 1984. The Mille Lacs Band Police Department has law enforcement authority under federal, <br />state and tribal law.