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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 23,2013 Page 6 Mayor Roe welcomed Ramsey County Sheriff Bostrom to tonight's meeting for an update on the Department since his last presentation. Sheriff Bostrom reviewed the five (5) core areas of business of the Sheriff's De- partment: 1) Detention facilities 2) Court functions—security and issuance of court orders 3) Patrol services for neighboring communities 4) Regional efforts and partnerships with other law enforcement agencies Sheriff Bostrom complimented the Roseville Police Department for their partnership in those efforts and their partnership in the violent Crime En- forcement Team. 5) Managing the human aspect of waterways within the county Sheriff Bostrom noted that each Unit, Division and the Department itself had their own Mission Statements to ensure performance that was consistent with the val- ues of the organization. As part of that goal, Sheriff Bostrom noted that focus on hiring and promoting employees of good character, policing partnerships with neighboring departments, and maintaining healthy relationships with the Police Chiefs in those departments helped to create that atmosphere. Sheriff Bostrom briefly reviewed some examples of those partnerships, including current joint training of the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department and Roseville Police Department at the State's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on crime scene processing. Sheriff Bostrom advised that this provided for consistent investigations of all departments, and in mutual aid to each other as needed, and in accordance with BCA requirements. Sheriff Bostrom noted that this provided an intentional role for all parties versus the "going it alone" concept that had now thankfully gone by the wayside. Sheriff Bostrom noted that the Department continued to strive to provide better communication with the public, with one such effort involving an on-line warrant search on the Ramsey County Sheriff's website containing public information re- lated to those warrants. Another effort highlighted by Sheriff Bostrum included "Cod Red," being administered by the Department on behalf of Ramsey County, providing scalable information (e.g. specific to your location) and allowing inter- nal communication and announcements for law enforcement personnel and the public. Sheriff Bostrum advised that, while there is no cost for the program, it did require a log-in to the site to receive those continuing updates as applicable. Sheriff Bostrom alerted the City Council and listening audience that they would soon see typical black and white squad cars for the Sheriff's Department to clarify a clear message alerting the public to emergency vehicles and allowing consisten- cy with industry squad cars among most departments.