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2023 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES 5 <br /> <br />Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPO) /Criminal Background Checks on Gun Buyers <br />The City of New Brighton supports allowing law enforcement officials, qualified health care practitioners, <br />family members, and intimate partners who believe an individual’s documented dangerous behavior has a <br />substantial likelihood to lead to violence to request an order from a civil court authorizing the temporary <br />removal of any guns in the individual’s possession and the prohibition of any new gun purchases during the <br />duration of the order. <br />We also support preventing individuals who are legally able to purchase a gun from doing so without <br />background checks at gun shows, online or in private transactions. <br />Full Reimbursement of Health Insurance Costs for Disabled Public Safety Officers <br />The City of New Brighton supports full state funding for the Public Safety Officer Benefit Account that <br />reimburses employers for providing continued health insurance to police officers and firefighters in the line <br />of duty and dependents of those killed (Minn. Stat. § 299A.465). We understand fully the importance and <br />benefit of this law, but also want to be reimbursed fully for state mandates. As noted in the below graph, the <br />City of New Brighton has been reimbursed a total of 28% of the total benefits paid over the last ten years. This <br />presents a significant and costly challenge to the Public Safety personnel budget. <br />PARKS, RECREATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC SAFETY <br />Primary Contact: Tony Paetznick, Director of Public Safety