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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 27, 2017 Page 5 that the state system had a purge system (e.g. typical traffic stops removed after 90 days) allowing a lot of the data to be removed and open up space on the serv- ers. Mayor Roe confirmed with Chief Mathwig that all videos would be loaded into the system, but the adopted policy parameters and criteria would determine the length of time kept. Mayor Roe further confirmed that an officer could not come in at the end of shift and make a determination on what was or was not kept in the system; but the video would be kept for the length determined based on state data practices and allowances specific to body cameras. Public Comment Sherry Sanders,McCarrons Blvd. Ms. Sanders expressed her concern with this partnership with the Village of St. Anthony, opining that they didn't have a very good record for decision-making. Ms. Sanders stated that she was unaware of the survey referenced by Chief Mathwig, as well as not being aware of the community demanding officers to wear body cameras. Ms. Sanders questioned how many people had attended the community meeting about the pilot program and what representation of the city was involved. Ms. Sanders opined that to state that the whole city wanted body cameras worn by Roseville officers was not true. Questioning community en- gagement involved, Ms. Sanders suggested that the city's Human Rights, Inclu- sion and Engagement Commission (HRIEC) host an event to engage the commu- nity about this issue. Having lived through the past Rodney King issue in Los Angeles, Ms. Sanders restated her concern, especially her understanding that of- ficers could edit — and not simply review — their tapes. Ms. Sanders opined that behavior, not cameras, served to build trust; and expressed her interest in protec- tion the human rights of Roseville citizens with that protection the top priority to provide open and honest community between officers and residents, and not to simply protect the reputations of the officers. Councilmember McGehee moved to TABLE this request for full discussion about the process and a review of the policy, with possible community engagement op- portunities addressed to ensure the public wanted these body cameras. Mayor Roe declared the motion failed for lack of a second. Etten moved, Willmus seconded, authorizing the Roseville Police Department to enter into a grant contract (Attachment A) with the City of St. Anthony, allowing the City of Roseville to accept the grant funding from the U.S. Department of Jus- tice — Office of Justice Programs to outfit and deploy body-worn cameras (BWC's) for all sworn police staff and community service officers; and authoriz- ing the City Manager, Mayor, Roseville Police Chief, and Roseville City Attorney to execute the document.