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Human Rights Commission Minutes September 19, 2012 — Revised Draft Minutes Page 9 of 13 360 361 Chair Grefenberg asked if the CIT-trained officers previously-mentioned were on site for this 362 case. Police Chief Mathwig stated there were several crisis negotiators on site. 363 364 Ms. Greiling inquired if the officers were aware of the fact that the young man had autism. She 365 understood that the department was not mental health specialists. Police Chief Mathwig stated 366 that officers on the street had a varied level of understanding of this individual based on prior 367 contact. However, the department as a whole does not have this knowledge, only the ofiicers 368 with prior contact. He explained the first two responders were responsible for the individuals in 369 the house, the neighbors and greater Roseville. The iirst two on site were working to minimize 370 hurt as much as possible. After communicating briefly with the young man, and seeing the 371 pistol, the door was slammed on the officers and expletives were spoken by the young man. This 372 was the end of the conversation. 373 374 Ms. Moen stated a health care nurse was on site to treat the young man far his diabetes. She 375 commented this individual could have been used �� r ��°* ;� *'�° �;*"�*;�� to address the mental 376 health concerns before using force. 377 378 Ms. Greiling understood that kicking in doors was necessary for a criminal, but not for a mental 379 health issue. 380 381 Police Chief Mathwig stated the handgun in his lap was the trump card in play. Guns end life 382 and this was the most important piece of the puzzle in this case. Ms. Moen s-a�concurred that 383 she does not want to see any officers in the City harmed. 384 385 Chair Grefenberg requested further information on the training that occurred after the incident in 386 February. Police Chief Mathwig said the training offered was on mental health and was 387 provided to every officer in Roseville. 388 389 Ms. Moen said she did not want to see individuals in the community fearing the police 390 department. She questioned if families of the mentally ill should make the department aware of 391 toy weapons, and �€ asked if police officers could work with special ed children to build 392 relationships. She commented that those with mental illness are not obvious and perhaps a 393 colored bracelet would make officers aware of how to handle situations in a more proper manner. 394 This would assure that situations were not elevated to an unnecessary level. 395 396 Police Chief Mathwig explained there were too many toy guns out there for them all to be listed 397 with the City. He discussed the use of air soft guns in the community. He indicated he has 398 conducted Lunch with the Officer for the past three school years to create positive interactions 399 between students and police of�cers. He noted the department also has an officer assigned to 40o Roseville High School. This officer could work with staff to discuss special ed and replica gun 401 issues. 402