HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024/02/07 - ADMIN - Minutes - Police Advisory Commission - Regular Police advisory commission meeting
February 7, 2024
7:00pm
If you need special accommodations or have questions about the meeting, please call Police Lt. Mike Garland, 952-924-
2607, or the administration department at 952.924.2525.
Police advisory commission
Wed., Feb. 7th, 2024 | 7:00pm
Aquila Rm., 2nd Floor, City Hall
Minutes
1. Call to order 7:04pm (Chair Morgan)
2. Roll call
a. Members present: Slais, Gamradt, Tousignant, Noble, Morgan
b. Absent: Williams, Eugene
3. Welcome guests/observers (if any)
a. Community member Wilsey
4. Approval of agenda
a. Moved- Gamradt, 2nd- Tousignant
5. Approval of last meeting’s minutes – (Wed 11-1-23, 7pm)
a. Moved- Tousignant, 2nd- Gamradt
6. Announcements from officers or staff liaison (if any)
a. The group had discussion on upcoming meetings involving the city council and
input on boards and commissions revisioning. Study session or workshop
planned for early March.
7. Discussion of goals/projects for 2024
a. Involvement/assistance with PD youth mental health outreach (Tousignant)
b. Lt Garland gave info on examples of police-community collaborations to impact
mental health efforts in the community
8. Updates from subcommittees/task forces
a. Commissioners approved the creation of two task forces to work on ongoing
updates to the by-laws/2023 annual report (Morgan, Williams, Eugene, Noble)
and collaboration with PD on community mental health (Tousignant, Gamradt,
Slais)
i. Moved- Morgan, 2nd Tousignant
b. Officer elections will be placed on agenda for March 2024 meeting
9. Crime Info, Dept Info/Updates (Lt Garland)
a. Updated info on work of Juvenile Response Officers was provided to the group
b. Bias crime info, 2023 summary/highlights
i. Lt Garland noted that citations issued were up significantly from same
period in 2023, 3990 calls for service, 142 behavioral health calls, 623
reports for the month, increase in crimes/arrests involving firearms.
Summary was also provided about the frequency of potential bias
motivated crimes/incidents.
10. Old business
Police advisory commission meeting
October 5, 2022
11. New business
12. Adjournment 8:40pm
a. Moved- Tousignant, 2nd- Noble
Next scheduled meeting: Wed. 3-13-24, 7pm (City Hall – 3rd Fl. Westwood Rm., 5005
Minnetonka Bl., St. Louis Park, MN 55416)
Minutes compiled by Staff Liaison Police Lt. Mike Garland, mgarland@stlouisparkmn.gov, 952-
924-2607 (with additional notes provided by Comm. Slais)