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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 13, 2018 Page 7 Chief Mathwig stated for the last few years, the immediate need he has talked about with the City Manager is the mental health liaison. That need is known and the statistics given over the last several years are accelerating. He stated for the 2019 budget, they are asking for a mental health liaison. It is their top priority. Councilmember McGehee asked if the Police Department was partnering with Fire Department staff in regard to mental health issues. Since those are primarily medical issues at their core, she thought there was some expertise in the Fire De- partment. Councilmember McGehee stated she would like to see something that is a combination or partnership when it comes forward. She stated in regard to part 1 crimes in 2018, they are trending lower in the first six months. She won- dered if the crime generally goes up in the second six months or is there an indica- tor useful to the Police Department about the first six months of each year. Mr. Yunke stated the data was available, so it was chosen. He explained the UCR does not come out until the 1 of the following month and noted July and Au- gust are busy months as far as crime. Councilmember McGehee noted theft from auto was missing from the report in the first few years. Mr. Yunke responded it was classified under "other theft" in the report table dur- ing those years. Chief Mathwig noted the federal government has reclassified crimes, which low- ers some categories and increases other categories. He stated in 2017, he asked their Impact Officers, in talks with the supervisor, if they could work with the three or four people who have experienced the most calls for service to their house. He stated in regard to banding together, making neighborhoods safer, and park patrols, Mr. Yunke has done a wonderful job, which has really brought down thefts from automobiles at the parks. Mr. Yunke explained they are using data and getting a program behind it to model the reduction of crime. He stated they are also creating response teams to impact crime. Councilmember Etten stated his comment is in regard to what the Police Depart- ment is doing around trying to help with education. He noted when there were some thefts in southeast Roseville, they had a neighborhood meeting. The neigh- borhood meeting was packed, very informative, they ended up leafletting and emailing, and went door-to-door. He thought neighborhood meetings were help- ful in alerting people about how to stay safe and connect with people one-on-one. He asked Chief Mathwig to speak in regard to some of the mental health services they receive from Ramsey County and where he would see additional work from Roseville staff fitting into that.