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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 26, 2011 Page 14 cooperation with and support for investigations; and the challenges in keep- ing track of criminals throughout and within the system, and tying together services. Sheriff Bostrom reviewed his philosophy for community policing principles and short-, mid- and long-term solutions; the mission to never compete but to coope- rate with law enforcement partners; and to ensure that the department was mindful that it was taxpayer dollars being spent, and to keep those expenditures as transpa- rent as possible and ensure that they met the greatest overall good. Sheriff Bostrom reviewed the agencies intent to deliver on its promise to be a di- verse agency within the department and among the community to reflect the community being served; and to recognize that the uniform should be leveraged to compel kids by recognizing positive behavior and provide support and mentoring for community youth activities. Sheriff Bostrom expressed confidence that the agency was well on its way to achieve this mission through development of an operation manual for officers that hadn't been revisited for sixteen (16) years, and now available electronically and providing best practices. Sheriff Bostrom addressed new strategies for staffing of core functions first, cooperative training efforts with community policing staff; and used the example of a recent training opportunity with Roseville first res- ponders and all suburban agencies for a practical application in how to address potential crises in a meeting scenario and weapon situation. Sheriff Bostrom noted that such training raised the tide for first responders professionally, saved money for the individual agencies and departments by cost-sharing such training, as well as increasing the level of trust of all in working cooperatively during crisis situations. Sheriff Bostrom concluded by stating that he was pleased to be serving as the Ramsey County Sheriff; noting that the agency was founded in 1849 when the state was still a territory; and that it had been the first law enforcement agency in the state; and continued to be strongly positioned now to be effective and effi- cient. Councilmember Johnson questioned if the County did cooperative administrative Incident Command (ISO) or emergency management training, or if that was man- dated throughout the department to respond to crises. Councilmember Johnson advised that, part of the training for a newly-elected City Councilmember was participation in the four(4) levels of ISO training; and opined that it was an amaz- ing system that integrated all services from financial to front line officers. Sheriff Bostrom advised that a cooperative training and testing was currently be- ing planned by Sheriff Mathwig and other public safety personnel through the Ramsey County Emergency Management Office with troubleshooting and testing