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273 274 275 276 Human Rights Commission Minutes September 19, 2012 Mr. Partico questioned who was giving commands at this event. Police Chief Mathwig stated Roseville was in command of the situation. 277 Mrs.. Partico was most disturbed by the fact that the SWAT members seemed jubilant when the 278 matter was over. She did not feel the outcome was positive, but rather extremely sad. If the 279 matter had been handled differently, her neighbor would still be in his home. The whole issue 280 was elevated to such an extreme, or used as a training exercise, when the real matters at hand 281 were not considered. She was pleased her neighbor did not die in the event, but stated he will be 282 terrified of the police. 283 284 Commissioner Thao questioned the age of her neighbor. Ms. Partico stated her neighbor is 23 28s years old and Chinese. 2s6 287 State Representative and Roseville resident Mindy Greiling stated she urged the neighborhood to 288 seek a review as it sounded like there was some overkill. She reviewed the report from the 289 police department and SWAT. She said she had personally dealt with the police department on 290 several occasions with her own son and matters were handled much differently, adding that her 291 son has no issue with the police. 292 293 Ms. Greiling understood a toy gun was involved in this case which makes it more severe. She 294 was pleased the department had received additional training on how to deal with mentally or 295 emotionally challenged individuals. She questioned if the department would have ongoing 296 training in the future. 297 298 Police Chief Mathwig commented that Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) had been completed 299 by five of the department's 48 ofiicers. He explained this involved 40 hours of training paid 30o through a grant. The training was completed three years ago and has been passed along to all 301 new officers. He stated the Department recently hired a professional to come in to provide eight 302 additional hours of training to all officers on creating greater awareness of inental illness, on how 303 to assess and deal with mental illness, and on how to handle those with mental illness in crisis 304 situations. He indicated that 20-30% of all law enforcement contact was with those dealing with 305 mental health issues. 306 307 Police Chief Mathwig stated the department has a number of training courses that were mandated 308 by the State. Mental Health was not one of the mandated courses, but the department was going 309 above and beyond State mandates in this area. 310 311 In response to a question Police Chief Mathwig said Jonathan Bundt was the mental health 312 expert. 313 3l4 Commissioner poneen questioned how often the department conducted menta] health training. 315 Police Chief Mathwig stated this was the first time he attended mental health training sponsored 316 by the department, as this was not a State mandate. He indicated the anti-stigma training was 317 new to him and he was interested in learning more about this training. 318