AGENDA

THIRD PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL (3-PAC) MEETING

3000 MINNEHAHA AVENUE - COMMUNITY ROOM (FIRST FLOOR)
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011

6:30 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS

MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 22, 2010 MEETING

TREASURER'S REPORT

SUMMARY OF THE DECEMBER HOLIDAY DINNER

6:50 P.M. STATE OF THE PRECINCT - INSPECTOR LUCY GEROLD

HEAR UPDATES ON ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES AT THE 3RD PRECINCT, RECOGNITION OF THE

CURRENT OFFICER(S) OF THE MONTH. BRING YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

7:20 P.M. REPORT FROM COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM (CRT)

7:30 P.M. REPORT FROM CCP/SAFE

7:50 P.M. QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. TOPICS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.

8:00 P.M. ADJOURN

 THIRD-PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
3000 MINNEHAHA AVENUE, COMMUNITY ROOM (FIRST FLOOR)
NOVEMBER 22, 2010, 6:30 P.M.

3RD PRECINCT MISSION STATEMENT

Reduce crime, establish good relationships with the community and achieve high officer moral.

- Call to order at 6:30 P.M. by Chairperson Gwen McMahon

- Introductions of 23 people mentioning neighborhood and/or affiliation with the 3rd Precinct.

Minutes from the September 27th meeting were approved as written.

Treasurer’s report given by Treasurer, Janell Holmberg:

- Any money raised by 3-PAC, be it food, pop or money goes towards various types of officer
recognition, mainly the Officer of the Month plaques, trophies
- $1351.23 in the savings account and $221.64 in the checking account. Everything is up-to-date.
Next report will reflect an invoice just received for a little over $94 and 4 months of trophies we’ve
yet to be invoiced for.

Special announcements from Chairperson Gwen McMahon:

 Regarding Officer Lopez, He was going to retire but has decided to stay on for 2 more years but
moving over to the Strategic Information and Crime Management (SICM) center which is part of
the investigations bureau. He said “I’m really a nerd at heart and it’s a nerd’s job”, he will be
happy.

Officer Lopez has been so helpful with 3-PAC Officer Appreciation dinners and general 3-PAC
needs we agreed to give him a gift card for $100 for a farewell gift.

 Planning for December 7th (11A.M.-1 P.M. & 6-9 P.M.) Holiday Officer Appreciation Dinner,
volunteers, donors and/or solicitors should sign up. Those volunteering for A.M. shift should arrive
around 9 A.M.
 Our meeting schedule for 2011 will be every other month as agreed to by the Inspector. However
January’s meeting will be moved to January 31 to allow for Gwen’s vacation. Then the 4rth
Monday of the odd months.

State of the precinct, Inspector Lucy Gerold:

- Our crime rate is up 11% which is pretty much unchanged. Increases are mainly in property
crimes which are up 36% and our auto thefts are up 23%. Reminders for people to get serial
numbers and to call on suspicious activity.
- Organization and personal changes for the precinct for 2011.
The department will be down 25 positions which are mainly through attrition. The duties of these
positions will be redistributed to other areas.

The precinct, up until about 10 years ago had the structure of officers reporting to shift Sergeant
and them reporting to the shift Lieutenant. For the past 10years we had sector lieutenants instead
of shift lieutenant. They were responsible for Sector(s) or a certain piece of geography and its
crime pattern and also working closely with the community and Crime Prevention Specialists in
those sectors.
 We are changing back to shift Lieutenants and we will no longer have sector Lieutenants. We will
still have Crime Prevention Specialists responsible for the sectors and they’ll still be handling their
usual responsibilities along with the two problem properties Officers. The shift Lieutenant will be
the hour of the shift and they’ll go from being 8 hour a day 5 days a week with flexible hours to
meet the needs of the sector and the shift to a 10 hour shift and working the hour of the shift. So
the day watch Lieutenant will work from basically 6 A.M. to 4 P.M. or a half hour before that shift
because of what they do for those duties. Middle watch will basically be 3:30 P.M. to 1:30 A.M.
and dog watch Lieutenant will be 8 P.M. to 6 A.M.

Three main reasons that are driving that change are:

 The Lieutenant lead command over the shift
 The watch Commander
 And it’s reduction in Sergeants

We need the leadership of a full time shift Lieutenant on the shift to handle crime patterns, now
over the shift instead of geography. Middle watch overlaps with dog watch so middle watch is
responsible for crime patterns from 4 P.M. to midnight, dog watch will be responsible for crime
patterns from midnight to 6 A.M. and day watch will be responsible for day watch hours. They will
start to look at and identify those crime patterns and deploy resources that are at their disposal
and or work with the Crime Prevention Specialist for preventing them.
The Lieutenant Representatives for 3-PAC may change based on the shift requirements.
The Lieutenant will only be seen during their shift hours and we will work out who the point of
contact will be for the Crime Prevention Specialists. Point of contact for day watch will be a new
Lieutenant is Catherine” CJ” Johnson and the middle watch will be Lieutenant Lee Edwards. The
new Lieutenant is replacing Lieutenant Duncan who was elected Chisago County Sheriff.
*3 sergeants and 1 lieutenant on each shift. Some of the changes are still being worked out.

Other challenges, the Franklin Safety Center is now being charged an unaffordable rent. So the future
of the Franklin Safety Center is up in the air. Plans are still in place for the Midtown Safety Center
next year no jeopardy there.

Officer of the Month

- September: Officer Bryan Castle was involved in two separate incidents where he used outstanding
judgment and brought both incidents to successful conclusions.
1. On 9/15/2010, the 3rd PCT was extremely busy with a very heavy call load. Officer Castle and his
partner Officer Klimpke were dispatched to an UNWANT at 33XX Park. This call should have been an
EDP, not an UNWANT. The officers arrived and spoke with the caller who directed them to the
EDP/UNWANT. Officer Castle and his partner were able to skillfully maneuver the party away from
bystanders and nearly outside when the party attacked Officer Castle. The Officer had to fight hard but
eventually gained control of this violent suspect. This actually turned into a HELP call. The caller
actually praised the officers and said “They were so professional! I was so happy how they handled
this!” The suspect was booked for OBSTRUCT w/FORCE & ASLT 4 (10-282938)
2. On 9/10/10, Officer Castle and Officer Kutz were dispatched to a possible DABUSE at 33XX 5 th
Avenue. Upon their arrival, the officers quickly discovered that this was a KIDNAP/CSCR. Officer
Castle interviewed the victim and learned what had happened. While this was going on, the suspect
appeared and Officers captured him just outside the house where the CSCR was to have occurred.
The knife that the suspect was armed with according to the victim was recovered from the suspect.
Officer Castle took real ownership of this call and wound up being on it for over 12 hours. His detailed
report and compassion for the victim were truly outstanding.
 October: Officers Tammy Friestleben and Blayne Lehner, Midsummer last year these two
officers recognized major narcotics trafficking in and around Peavey Park area. They began doing
numerous details in order to track some of the primary offenders. Once numerous players were
identified, they went to the ATF office to seek assistance in putting these people in federal prison.

Beginning in April of 2010, they initiated a large scale investigation into this group. With the
assistance of the ATF, and the United States Attorney’s Office, they began doing surveillance and
wire taps on several of their vehicles and phones. After months of investigation, numerous
meetings, and long hours of tedious paperwork, they are about to begin a massive round-up of
several of the heavy hitters in this group. These arrests should begin very soon and are expected
to be substantial in number.

Without the hard work and dedication of these two fine officers, none of this would have been
possible. In the end, Phillips neighborhood and especially the Peavey Park area should begin to
see change for the better.

The size and complexity of such an investigation has never been conducted by “street officers”,
but rather only by specialized units such as Gang Unit, VOTF, etc.

These officers should be recognized for an exceptional job well done!

Report from Community Response Team (CRT) for September and October:

Cra
CB / ck Powder Meth Khat-
CCN's SW's Rips Guns (g) MJ (g) (g) (g) Graba(lbs)
Sept 60 19 43 4 61.1 57.2

Oct 46 11 44 1 5.45 189.58 36.2 211.2

Drug Herion Prostitution
Court (g) Pills Cash Veh Fel GM Misd Arrests
Sept 15 202 4,874 4 18 8 23 8

Oct 17 3.4 16 35,651.59 0 18 8 24 8

 K2 is a synthetic form of marijuana but the laws do not apply the same.

A question was asked regarding prostitution that has moved indoors.

The Hierarchy for what is investigated: with the available resources, we are looking at enforcing those
laws where the most negative livability impact for residence of the 3rd Precinct. Once it goes inside
houses we are talking about a whole other level of organized crime which requires a more organized
unit just to focus on that. That is at a level different from what we are using or can use Precinct
resources for.

Report from CCP/SAFE (community crime prevention/safety for all)

 CPS Don Greeley, Sector 1, They are adding Gun Watch to the system similar to Court Watch to
help get tougher penalties for incidence involving a weapon. There is also The Allina Back yard
initiative has started chat groups that meet the Wellness Center. They talked about 25 or 30
different topics. From this came a discussion regarding block leader, gaining more block leaders
 and expanding block clubs and out of that has grow a series of meetings with our block leaders
regarding recruiting, provisions and training. There next meeting is in January.

Southside Rental Property Group met November 16th. 35 landlord and 30 of those had not been to
previous meetings, a website is being developed and will be up soon. One goal is to train tenants
that have had problems being tenants.

- CPS Karen Notsch, Sector 2, Regarding the shooting of the 12 year old girl that took place at
34th and Chicago, she was seriously hurt but will survive her injuries. Last update is there has
been a great response in the community and a great exchange of community information at the
Pillsbury house. The other thing to talk about is burglaries which have been in every conversation
and block club meetings. Still an issue with burglaries is unlocked and open access.
- CPS Karen Notch on behalf of Shun Tillman, sector 4, Seward Community will have a meeting
on Tuesday November 23rd, 7 P.M. at Mathews Park. The topic will be the shooting that took
place on November14 at Franklin and 22nd Avenue.
- CPS Sue Roethele, Sector 3, Has stats that show a clear division of crime with burglaries on the
East side of Sector 3 and larceny (general term: theft from a person or auto) to the West side. Sue
says all sectors have work to do with as far as burglaries. CM Quincy has people focusing on the
problems in the Bossen area. There have been over 800 criminal incidences in Bossen this year.
The highest crime rate out there is aggravated assault including domestic assaults

County Attorney, Tom Arneson, regarding Juvenile burglars, there is a huge effort to try to keep
kids out of detention pending the resolution of their case, so whether they will get placed out of the
home placement or some facility until after their trial.

Also to note is the investigations that have been taking place with DNA from burglaries. If you are
ever burglarized look around for something that might hold DNA that could help the investigation.

Gwen closed the meeting with a reminder about the Holiday dinner.

Next meeting will be January 31st

8 P.M. Adjourn

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!To everyone who made the Police Appreciation Holiday Dinner a huge success!!!!!!!

Marian Streitz Janell Holmberg Jakeenos

Sue Filbin Amy Moore Carbone's

Cecil Smith
Kathe Carlson VOA Holiday Station Stores -
Rick Heimark Franklin Ave.
Matthew Sieh
Minnehaha Liquors Zipp's Liquor
Michelle Johnson
Edith Pihl Welna Hardware
Susan & Graham Ford
Rail Station Bar & Grill Boker's
Marcy Tollefson
Elaine Parsons Super America
New French Bakery
Chatterbox Jerry Harris
Val Lies
Gwen McMahon
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