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Human Rights Commission Minutes September 19, 2012 227 stigma training at Region's Hospital where she worked. The goal this training was to treat 228 mentally ill patients in the same manner as those with any other illness. 229 230 Ms. Moen commented in February one of her neighbors attempted suicide and she was 231 concerned there was not a suicide prevention person onsite within the first 30 minutes. She 232 noted her neighbor was then admitted to Region's Hospital. In speaking with staff inembers, she 233 learned that the same anti-stigma training she received would be presented to the Ramsey County 234 Sheriff's. This led her to think the training would be valuable to the City of Roseville Police 235 Department. 236 237 Ms. Moen stated she spoke further with her neighbors and some signed onto the issue while 238 others were concerned or did not feel comfortable adding their name to the petition. She 239 expressed concern with the image of the police department given her discussions with her 24o neighbors. She wanted to improve this relationship and bring light to the human rights issue. 241 242 Ms. Moen was pleased that the Department received the new training and hoped that it would 243 continue education in this area. She wanted to see the community further educated on those with 244 mental or emotional issues. 245 246 Frank Partico, a resident living in the neighborhood affected by the February incident and police 247 response, stated he was at home when the event took place. He said he was retired military. It 248 was his opinion the event was handled in a militant manner as there were snipers, armored 249 vehicles and tear gas on site to handle one mentally-challenged young man. He hoped new 250 training would assist the police department to better manage these situations. He felt something 251 went wrong, there was a miscommunication as the Department was aware he was a mentally 252 challenged individual. Mr. Partico questioned why a specialized professional was not brought in 253 to deal with the situation. 254 255 Barb Partico introduced herself as Frank Partico's wife, and commented she worked in special 256 education for 25 years. She stated her neighbor's home was destroyed due to the amount of tear 257 gas that was sprayed into the home. She would not recommend anyone buy the home because of 258 the events that took place. 259 260 Mrs. Partico said she understood that the Roseville Police Department was not responsible for 261 this since command had been vested in the regional SWAT team, but she expressed deep concern 262 with the number of rounds of tear gas that was sent into the home occupied by the young man in 263 question. She questioned if her neighbor who lived at this home would ever be able to come 264 back into the neighborhood. She stated this was a devastating situation, as the young man never 265 posed a threat to anyone in the neighborhood. 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 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.