2020.01.13 Public Safety Commission Packet

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I. INCIDENT RESPONSE INFORMATION After dropping off students in the morning at Highview Middle School on Tuesday, October 1 st, a bus driver was performing a check of the bus to assure that it was unoccupied and found a raccoon near the heater in the back of the bus. No students had reported the animal to the bus driver. New Brighton officers assisted the Anoka Drug Task Force with executing a search warrant of a residence on Tuesday afternoon, October 1 st. Two suspects were arrested and one was later charged with first degree possession and drug sales. The other had several outstanding arrest warrants for aggravated robbery and fraud. On Wednesday, October 2 at 11:00 pm, Public Safety responded to the intersection of County Road E and Old Highway 8 NW on a power outage with wires down in the intersection. Public Safety provided traffic control at the intersection during the following morning rush hour due to low hanging wires. The intersection was not opened back up entirely until the following afternoon. On Tuesday, October 8 at 1:00 pm, police and fire responded to the 500 block of 11th Avenue NW on a fire inside of a detached garage. The fire division arrived and located the fire. Entry was forced into the garage through a side service door and the fire was quickly knocked down. The fire started in the corner of the garage and was starting to work its way up the side of the interior of the structure. The garage was overhauled and the items that first ignited were removed from the garage. The fire is still being investigated. Around 10:30 pm on Tuesday, October 8, New Brighton officers assisted Mounds View Police with arresting a suspect wanted for felony threats of violence and possible criminal sexual conduct. After clearing that scene, New Brighton officers also handled a domestic disturbance at Scotland Court Apartments in Mounds View as their officers remained busy on the previous incident. 2