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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Elementary grades - Guest readers in February; Junior High - Get Minnesota Department of Human <br />Rights Commissioner Velma Korbel to kick off the essay contest; and Senior High and Community - <br />Invite Roseville Chief of Police Carol Sletner and former St. Paul Chief of Police Bill Finney to speak <br />to students about understanding police-civilian relationships <br /> <br />Commissioners discussed ways to make these work. Commissioners discussed police relations in <br />Roseville and student attitudes. Commissioners mentioned that RAS students really like Officer Won <br />Chau. Others mentioned that students thought police targeted them because of their age or race. <br /> <br />Commissioners discussed logistics of inviting Bill Finney. Commissioner Keeney suggested starting <br />by contacting RAS Principal Connie Nicholson to see if she is interested in having Chief Sletner and <br />former Chief Finney speak to the students at an assembly this May. <br /> <br />Chair Delmore introduced Commissioner Phil Crump who arrived before the goal setting discussion <br />began. <br /> <br />Carolyn Curti passed out an email from Commissioner Scott Higbee who had a conflict with the <br />meeting. Commissioner Higbee agreed to work on recruiting a youth Commissioner. Other <br />Commissioners suggested that he work with Officer Chau and the new Officer Marc Schultz the <br />School Liaison Officer. <br /> <br />Commissioner Crump said he would work on organizing a biannual current event review, possibly at <br />the Library. The HRC would get speakers who could explain an issue without picking sides. Some <br />examples could be the use of wiretaps, GLBT issues, what is happening in Darfur, Sudan or the <br />immigration debate. Commissioner Crump agreed to take the lead on this project. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kennedy said she would like to see the HRC look at the institutional health of the City <br />- what are attitudes about various people. She also was interested in knowing what other cities have <br />done. <br /> <br />Commissioners agreed to work on getting former St. Paul Chief of Police Finney to speak to students. <br />Chair Delmore would contact the RAS principal to see if/when we could visit the school. Once she got <br />the date, she would work with Commissioner Keeney and Commissioner Bob Venters to meet with <br />Chief Sletner. <br /> <br />Meeting Times <br /> <br />Commissioners discussed the HRC's meeting times and frequency. After some discussion, they agreed <br />to continue to meet monthly at the same time. <br /> <br />Oath of Office <br /> <br />Commissioner Phil Crump took the oath of office. <br /> <br />Meeting adjourned at 8:20. <br /> <br />2 <br />