2A, Emergency Response Presentation

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lt EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: February 27, 2012 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Coxfn- ilmenoers FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Adminisirtor SUBJECT: Emergency Response Presentation Background/Discussion At the April 18, 2011 Council work session, the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department (RCSD) gave a presentation on how the City Council should respond to an emergency situation. The example they discussed related to an "active shooter" coming into a City Council meeting. Commander Paget and Undersheriff Altendorfer were the main presenters of information at this work session. After the presentation and discussion, the City Council had some comments about the work session. The feedback that I received was that the work session was too general, and that the Council wanted specifics for how they should react to an active shooter situation. The Council indicated that they already know a lot about the past situations that have taken place at Council meetings, County Board meetings, School Board meetings, etc., around the nation, so a history lesson was not necessary. We all know that there is not any one magic answer and that each situation is unique. Nonetheless, the Council wanted to learn from the experts that if an active shooter did "A" or "B", then they should either hide under the dais, run for the door, try to talk the person "out of it", fight back, or call 911, etc. The Council wanted specifics for the most appropriate response or action they should take depending on the situation. All of the above comments have been relayed to Undersheriff Altendorfer. In turn, George has passed these comments on to the Training Unit at the Sheriff's Office. Earlier in the month, Undersheriff Altendorfer came to City Hall for another tour of the building. One very good suggestion that came out of this tour was the need to secure the basement floor level during Council meetings so that the public will be restricted to the lobby area on the main level. Another item that George and I have discussed is the benefits for having a Deputy attend Council meetings. Sheriff Bostrom has indicated that the type of training that the Arden Hills City Council is requesting is what the RCSD wants to provide to City Councils throughout the County. Accordingly, Sheriff Bostrom is going to be using Arden Hills for the first "trial run" on this new training exercise. The Training Unit knows (based on comments from George)that we do not City Council MeetingP:\Admin\Council\Agendas&Packet Information\2012\02-27-12 Reg Mtg\Packet Information Pagel of 2