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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 27, 2017 Page 2 Police Chief Mathwig clarified that, with the exception of the City of White Bear Lake, all law enforcement agencies in Ramsey County are and have been record- ing all traffic stops and tracking that data with racial data. Chief Mathwig further reported that those agencies, including Police Chiefs and the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department would be releasing that 2017 data in January of 2018 all at one time; while Roseville would pull its own data to release with the county as well. Councilmember McGehee stated her interest in that data and the ongoing body camera issue, since not all police departments have implemented it, some of that delay being based on long-term data storage security and the state's policy. Regarding the pilot program initiated in Roseville, Chief Mathwig recognized the significant expense in storing data per camera and per month, with those costs ex- ceeding $40,000 annually. Chief Mathwig noted that this agreement provided for a one-time cost for the city/agency Information Technology consortium to store data at a much reduced cost versus the original vendor that was found to not meet the city's needs. Chief Mathwig referenced the use of Panasonic as the preferred vendor for squad cameras over the last eight to nine years; with that also intended to now include body cameras for recording outside the squad using the same serv- er. Chief Mathwig clarified that the City of Roseville had been one of the four to five entities having tested the Panasonic product during the pilot program; and further clarified that tonight's requested action accepted the grant from the U. S. Bureau of Justice and result in cost savings, as detailed in the RCA. Chief Mathwig also noted that this was one of the next steps related to implemen- tation, set in motion last October when the state required body camera public hearing had been held and subsequent policy adoption by the City Council. At the request of Mayor Roe, Chief Mathwig reported that, in consultation with City Manager Trudgeon, with the change in State Statute in 2016 and effective January of 2017, all law enforcement agencies had to have a policy in place for use of body cameras. Chief Mathwig reviewed the community vetting of the pol- icy, including a community meeting, Survey Monkey with minimal public input at which time the draft policy was presented to the City Council with a public hearing and including input received to-date. Chief Mathwig assured the council that the policy had been under the City Manager's purview and included on the city's webpage for almost a year. Mayor Roe asked Chief Mathwig to address any decision-steps still needed with the policy now in place. Mayor Roe stated that it was his understanding that the pilot program also served to identify which product to implement; and asked if there was a check-in process going into 2018 providing periodic reviews beyond the annual budget expenditure.