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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, September 26, 2011 <br /> Page 13 <br /> Nays: None. <br /> 10. Presentations <br /> a. Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom <br /> Mayor Roe introduced and welcomed Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom. <br /> Sheriff Bostrom thanked the City Council for the opportunity to address them; <br /> advising that it was his intent to make the rounds of Ramsey County communities <br /> at a minimum of once per year, and more frequently at the discretion of the re- <br /> spective City Councils. <br /> As a resident of the Phalen area, Sheriff Bostrom provided his personal family <br /> history, work ethic and parental influence on a philosophy of commitment to ser- <br /> vice and family as his foundation and lessons learned and applied to his enforce- <br /> ment career history in law enforcement with the City of St. Paul and with Homel- <br /> and Security, and his education and continuing education through the FBI Nation- <br /> al Academy. <br /> Sheriff Bostrom noted that it was a common statement that, "if Roseville is safe, <br /> the entire county is safe." <br /> Sheriff Bostrom reviewed current and future proposed status of the Ramsey <br /> County Sheriff's Department; and advised that he sought recommendations from <br /> the City Council on how to improve service in Ramsey County on the future of <br /> law enforcement in Ramsey County, and cooperatively in working with the public <br /> safety chiefs in the City of Roseville and with other jurisdictions, recognizing that <br /> one (1) agency couldn't do it alone, as realized during the recently recognized <br /> September 11, 2011 ten (10) year remembrances. <br /> Sheriff Bostrom advised that he ran for office at the recommendation of others <br /> based on his service delivery beliefs, and through development of an emergency <br /> operations plan that had convinced him that this was how good governance should <br /> look. Sheriff Bostrom stated that he remained committed to apply those concepts <br /> and to focus the statutory requirements and mission of the Sheriff's Office. She- <br /> riff Bostrom reviewed those statutory purposes of the office: <br /> 1) To provide and manage detention services for all cities in Ramsey County; <br /> 2) To manage the court system and civil process documents and deliveries; <br /> 3) Manage 9-1-1 services for those not having their own dispatch services; <br /> 4) Waterway management and law enforcement, including water rescues (She- <br /> riff Bostrom clarified that this was not the wildlife side, handled by the <br /> DNR,but the people side); <br /> 5) To provide regional public safety cooperatively with the seventeen (17) ci- <br /> ties in Ramsey County, and bridge the gap within Ramsey County through <br />