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270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 Human Rights Commission Minutes September 19, 2012 — Revised Draft Minutes Page 7 of 13 a mentally challenged individual. Mr. Partico questioned why a specialized �r�l professional was not brought in to deal with the situation. Barb Partico introduced herself as Frank Partico's wife, and commented she worked in special education for 25 years. She stated her neighbor's home was destroyed due to the amount of tear gas that was sprayed into the home. She would not recommend anyone buy the home because of the events that took place. Mrs. Partico said she understood that the Roseville Police Department was not responsible far this since command had been vested in the re�ional SWAT team, but she expressed deep concern with the number of rounds of tear gas that was sent into the home occupied by the .�� man in question. She c�uestioned � if her neighbor who lived at this home would ever be able to come back into the neighborhood. She stated this was a devastating situation, as the young man never posed a threat to anyone in the neighborhood. Mr. Partico asked if the SWAT team had control of this situation, or if it was the Roseville Police Department. Police Chief Mathwig commented he was both the Chief of Police for Roseville and Chair of the East Metro SWAT. He explained SWAT works in concert with the local agency. Mr. Partico questioned who was giving commands at this event. Police Chief Mathwig stated Roseville was in command of the situation. 295 Mrs.. Partico was most disturbed by the fact that the SWAT members seemed jubilant when the 296 matter was over. She did not feel the outcome was positive, but rather extremely sad. If the 297 matter had been handled differently, her neighbor would still be in his home. The whole issue 298 was elevated to such an extreme, or used as a training exercise, when the real matters at hand 299 were not considered. She was pleased her neighbor did not die in the event, but stated he will be 30o terrified of the police. 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 Commissioner Thao questioned the age of her neighbor. Ms. Partico stated her neighbor is 23 years old and Chinese. State Representative and Roseville resident Mindy Greiling stated she urged the neighborhood to seek a review as it sounded like there was some overkill. She reviewed the report from the police department and SWAT. She said she had personally dealt with the police department on several occasions with her own son and matters were handled much differently, addin� �ke sa� her son has no issue with the police. 311 Ms. Greiling understood a toy gun was involved in this case which makes it more severe. She 312 was pleased the department had received additional training on how to deal with mentally or 313 emotionally challenged individuals. She questioned if the department would have ongoing 314 training ge�g �e in the future.