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Human Rights Commission Minutes September 19, 2012 — Revised Draft Minutes Page 6 of 13 226 +'�°r a��°a said a��° *'��* *^^'� r'�^° situation had occurred � last � February 227 involving a suicidal individual. 228 229 � Grefenber� �e�€c� commented that the SWAT board had subsec�uentlX reviewed the case and 230 issued a report. � He added that at the Commission's recent joint meeting with the City 231 Council several Council members r°^^��°N�'°�' had spoken favorably of the �E Human 232 Rights Commission playing a role in a�°^�� ^�'�*°*�^r facilitating the fair and equal provision 233 of emergency services to those �e-� mentally or emotionally challenged. He encouraged � 234 ��Commission members to review the information and listen to the �°°� discussion on 235 236 237 238 239 240 this case to be provided by the Roseville residents involved in this February incident, in order to assist emergency service providers in future similar cases. Chair Grefenberg requested that Roseville resident Mary Lou Moen begin the discussion, � encouraged that all members participating be open and honest. 241 Mary Lou Moen thanked the Commission for providing a forum for discussing 242 this issue. She indicated that she appreciated the fact that the Police Department was seelcing 243 training in this area. Her reason for bringing this issue to the HRC was because in January she 244 received anti-stigma training at Region's Hospital where she worked. ' 245 '��'a��T � T� r m°�*�"�°�'*'� „�*�°r*�. The goal of D°�-��'� ��'a'-° this trainin� was 246 to treat mentally-ill patients in the same manner as those with any other illness. 247 248 Ms. Moen commented in February one of her neighbors attempted suicide and she was 249 concerned there was not a suicide prevention person onsite within the first 30 minutes. She 250 noted her neighbor was then admitted to Region's HospitaL In speaking with staff inembers, she 251 learned that the same anti-stigma training she received would be presented to the Ramsey County 252 Sheriff's. This led her to think the training would be valuable to the City of Roseville Police 253 Department. 254 255 Ms. Moen stated she spoke further with her neighbors and some signed onto the issue while 256 others were concerned or did not feel comfortable adding their name to the petition. She 257 expressed concern with the image of the police department given her discussions with her 258 neighbors. She wanted to improve this relationship and bring light to the human rights issue. 259 26o Ms. Moen was pleased that the Department � received the new training and hoped that �e 261 a°�^r� it would continue education in this area. She wanted to see the community further 262 educated on those with mental or emotional issues. 263 264 Frank Partico, a resident living in the nei�hborhood affected by the February incident and police 265 response, stated he was at home when the event took place. �r'�� „°�^'�'�^r'�^^a. He said he was 266 retired military. It was his opinion the event was handled in a militant manner as there were 267 snipers, armored vehicles and tear gas on site to handle one mentally_challenged young man. He 268 hoped �e new training would assist the police department to better manage these situations. He 269 felt something went wrong, there was a miscommunication as the Department was aware he was