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Roseville Human Rights Commission Minutes January 11, 2011 Page 3 of 5 Commissioner Grefenberg asked about police sensitivity training, relationships with minorities in the community and the diversity of police officers currently on staff Chief Mathwig said officers receive ongoing training on a variety of topics. He believes that through the programs he highlighted earlier in his presentation that the Police Department is working to address needs of all residents. Mathwig said the police department currently has one African American and two Asian officers, one Asian CSO and nine female officers. Commissioner Jaeger commended the police for how they responded to two recent incidents that affected her personally. She said she felt good about the police response. Commissioners asked questions about the email mentoring project, Shop With a Cop and the IMPACT project. Chief Mathwig said six officers are participating in the mentoring project, serving as resources for high school students through one of the northern suburbs. The Shop With a Cop program is a partnership with Target Corporation and members of the community. Chief Mathwig commended the Roseville Review for helping get the word out. The Review annually runs an article and the response has been great. Chief Mathwig clarified that IMPACT project has been implemented through changes in staffing. Officers now work 12 -hour days. Commissioners mentioned that the Commission is looking to get more involved with the Night to Unite (formerly National Night Out) to get into neighborhoods. Chief Mathwig suggested the Commission get involved with the Family Night Out at Central Park on the Monday before Night to Unite. The Roseville Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation, Public Works Departments together with several community businesses host the community event to build better relationships. 5b. Essay Contest Update Carolyn Curti distributed the list of essay scores. She said the first place winner received $50, second place received $30 and third place received $20. Honorable mentions received $10. All award winners also received an award certificate. In addition, each of the schools that participated receives a $25 gift card from Barnes and Nobles Bookstore. After some discussion, Commissioner Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Jaeger seconded motion to award the top three awards and three honorable mentions. Curti reminded the Commissioners that all of the essays were scored under a blind copy. Commissioners did not know whose essays they were reading to assure no bias. Curti identified the winners. She noted that she did not have the name of one of the honorable mention recipients, but the student was an English Language Learner (ELL). Curti said she would contact the teacher to get the student's name. Commissioners expressed delight that a student learning English did so well in the contest. Curti noted that two other essays among the top 24 were written by students identified as ELL. First Sophia Miliotis RAMS Mr. Lee Thao Second Aleksander Guzina Parkview Mr. Lucas Ebert