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Director Paetznick discussed how the theft of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts was on the rise, especially catalytic converters and license plates. He encouraged residents to take simple crime prevention measures to make sure overhead garage doors are closed, to remove valuables from cars, to lock car doors overnight, along with doors to the house and garage to reduce crimes of opportunity.He reviewed a crime map for thefts and thefts of vehicles for the City of New Brighton. He encouraged residents with a Toyota Prius to park their cars indoors overnight. He recommended residents get back to the basics by getting to know their neighbors, maintaining situational awareness in neighborhoods,reporting suspicious activities to 911,reducing the opportunity for crime to occur and to"target-harden"their property against thefts and burglaries. Director Paetznick encouraged residents to stay informed by taking part in the Public Safety Departments Facebook page, the opt in to receive weekly incident reports via email, to visit the City of New Brighton's website, read through quarterly newsletters, and to participate in neighborhood oriented policing. Discussion included: • The Commission asked what kind of outreach was being done to welcome new residents into the community. Director Paetznick stated the City has a new resident packet with information from all municipal departments. He explained the City had a very active association with the licensed multi-family property owners. • The Commission questioned how much the population of the City would increase with the new development occurring and would this lead to an increased need within the Public Safety Department. Director Paetznick anticipated there would be an increase in calls for service due to the increase in the population and density within the Midtown Village development. • The Commission thanked Director Paetznick for the detailed presentation. VI. Reports and Updates A. Allina Health—Dave Matteson Dave Mattson discussed several high profile events that occurred in February, noting five employees were shot at a clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota. He explained this was a very difficult event for the hospital staff. He stated he was very proud of the communication center and all of the Allina staff that responded. He noted he responded to this event in order to provide after action review. He commented further on a car chase that occurred in Blaine that then ensued up to Braham, Minnesota. He indicated his staff was preparing for civil unrest given what was occurring in Minneapolis. He commented on how the number of COVID cases was on the decline, which was good. He was hopeful the vaccinations continue to bring these numbers down. He then discussed the call volumes and response times for February. Further discussion ensued regarding the incident that occurred in Buffalo. B. Public Safety Update—Director Paetznick Director Paetznick reviewed the preliminary February 2021 crime states with the Commission compared to 2020, 2019 and 2018. He reported thefts and auto thefts were still higher than normal. He explained Operation Safety Net was on the forefront of law