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supervisory oversight. He described how police services were allocated and deployed within the community and commented on the difference between being a reactive versus proactive department. He explained New Brighton's population has increased by nearly 10% since 2010 and has seen a 12.5% growth in housing units over the past 20 years. The roles of public safety officers was discussed, along with the departments ongoing recruitment efforts. He commented further on the recruitment efforts and training required for the departments paid on call firefighters. He explained he was always looking for reserve police officers to serve the community. Discussion included: • Staff discussed the difference between licensed peace officers, reserve officers and public safety officers. • The information posted on the City's Listen page on the website was discussed. • The assistance provided by the VIPS (Volunteers in Public Safety)program was described. • Staff commented on the budget for sworn officers in the Public Safety Department. • The Commission thanked Director Paetznick for the thorough report. VI. Reports and Updates A. Allina Health—Dave Matteson Dave Mattson provided the Commission with an update from Allina Health. He explained he was seeing a shortage in EMS employees. He noted he was down quite a few paramedics within his organization. He was hoping to boost EMT's into paramedic school in order to meet this need. He discussed Allina's new deployment method and noted there were several challenges in month two of the trial which impacted response times. He explained the mapping software may not be as good as the organization promised. He reported he would be transitioning back to VisiMobile for mapping purposes. He commented further on how partnering agencies were assisting with mutual aid given the decreasing number of paramedics. He provided the Commission with an update on COVID-19 and noted there has only been a mild increase in hospital admissions. He stated the challenge right now at the hospitals was with ER capacity. He indicated the 3M Open was held in Blaine two weeks ago and noted he saw 74 patients. He explained the development of a Special Event Team was being considered for large events in the area. He reported his clinicians would be completing mandatory training on pediatric sepsis, cardiac arrythmia, different types of fibrillation, and discussing legal matters. B. Public Safety Update—Director Paetznick Director Paetznick reported last week the City celebrated Night to Unite. He explained the City had 110 block party celebrations. He thanked all who hosted and showed up at these community events. He stated he also appreciated all of the donations that were made to the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf He noted the Stockyard Days parade would be held on Saturday, August 14 at 10:00 a.m. He commented the Commission would be discussing the departments body worn cameras in September. He discussed an upcoming catalytic convertor marking event that would be held in the community. He reported the City's COVID dashboard has a great deal of up to date information available for residents.