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15 <br /> <br />Sara Swanson Conway submitted her resignation from the Public Safety Commission <br />effective immediately as she has moved out of the City of New Brighton. Her term was <br />set to expire next month. <br /> <br />Ramsey County criminal justice leaders met on Wednesday, February 27 to review the <br />“Implementation Plan for System Change” that addresses sexual assault response. This <br />plan is the product of a November meeting and subsequent work by Ramsey County <br />Attorney’s Office, Ramsey County SOS Sexual Violence Services, and Ramsey County <br />law enforcement leadership, including Director Paetznick who has participated in the <br />process. <br /> <br />On February 28 and March 1, BerganKDV completed the field work on the Fire Relief <br />Association audit. They will prepare a draft for review and once approved, a final copy <br />for the City’s actuarial study will be completed for the pension fund. <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 />During last month’s cold spell, for the first time in the 15-year-existence of the Public <br />Safety Center, we were asked to operate our generator to produce power for the building <br />in order to reduce the burden on the electrical grid. Normally, this is an infrequent <br />request during high-demand usage on extremely hot days in the summertime months. <br />The PSC generator ran without issue for the duration, and is set to automatically test run <br />weekly as well to assure its operational readiness. <br /> <br />Public Safety has welcomed Scott Burns, the recently retired Chief Deputy of the Burnett <br />(WI) Sheriff’s Office to serve as a community chaplain intern with the agency during the <br />spring semester as he finishes his seminary degree. Scott will also be serving in a similar <br />capacity with Allina Health Emergency Medical Services as he completes his clinical <br />pastoral education requirements. <br /> <br />A resident called Public Safety on Monday, February 11 to express his appreciation for <br />Officer Kingslien’s response to their mailbox being struck by a snowplow on Sunday. <br />The resident stated that Officer Kingslien is a wonderful representative for the <br />department, stating that he did an excellent job and went out of his way to respond to this <br />call for service. <br /> <br />Dick Eckert, a longtime member of New Brighton’s Volunteers in Public Safety (VIPS), <br />resigned last week citing health concerns. Dick expressed his appreciation for the <br />opportunity to serve the community and acknowledged the VIPS as “a very special group <br />of people and are willing to do whatever for the NBPD.” <br /> <br />On February 23, the Minnesota Asian Peace Officers Association hosted their 2nd annual <br />banquet at an event center in Little Canada. Officer Xiong was again elected to serve on