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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 16, 2016 Page 8 Councilmember McGehee asked how this linked into staf�s training for mental health crises to avoid a repeat of past episodes, which was important as well. Chief Mathwig advised that the department always tried to avoid any deadly force confrontations, and continued additional training as mandated for all new police officers by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Chief Mathwig noted that all stated are not doing so, but this was a new mandate in Minnesota. Chief Mathwig advised that the University of Northwestern offers a POST-certified education and training program,. For clarification, Chief Mathwig advised that to his knowledge, no police officer had been hired in the last 28 years without going through POST training whether or not they had mili- tary training beforehand, unless having previously served as a police officer in another state where you could be initially excluded from that immediate POST training. Councilmember Laliberte agreed that the mental health situation in Roseville and other communities was serious and should be paid attention to by all local gov- ernments. Councilmember Laliberte stated her hope was that legislation this ses- sion would have addressed that, but apparently it had fallen aside. Therefore, Councilmember Laliberte questioned if there were grant available for increased mental health-related training or for the additional officer position, similar to that offered in 2006. Chief Mathwig advised that the city has routinely applied for grants, but ironically Roseville's crime rate is not high enough to be in a position to receive a grant; and he was not aware of any new grant legislation being proposed. Councilmember Etten noted that the Chief had read off a Madison, WI job de- scription, and asked if Chief Mathwig saw similarities for the proposed job de- scription or job perfor�nance for a Roseville mental health liaison officer. Chief Mathwig respond affirmatively. Councilmember McGehee opined that the entire policing philosophy and organi- zation is different in Madison, WI related to this aspect. Continue Transition to Full-Tim Firefighters AND Employee Safety & Los Con- trol Specific to employee safety and loss control efforts, Fire Chief Tim O'Neill noted that this had primarily been handled through the City's Finance Department for many decades, and only last year had been taken over by the City's Fire Depart- ment. Chief O'Neill noted that the majority of Fire Department efforts were comprised of Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) education and training, and it made sense for the Fire Department to coordinate those plans and