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CITY OF SALINA
DEPARTMENT OF
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(785)826-7210 (7851826-6515
255 N- TENTH STREET
SALINA, KANSAS 67401
COMMISSION INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2022
ADMINISTRATIVE BRIEF FROM INTERIM CHIEF SEAN S. MORTON
Active Shooter Training Event
From August 29th through September 2nd, the Salina Police Department, Salina Fire Department, Saline
County Sheriff's Office, Salina Regional Health Center (SRHC), and USD305 staff participated in active shooter
training.
Salina Regional Health Center graciously provided a training location and role players. Salina Regional Health
Center staff was also able to train side-by-side with officers, deputies, and EMS personnel. All training occurred
at the Braddick Building on Salina Regional Health Center's campus.
Personnel were put through active shooter scenario -based training, using real weapons modified to shoot
simulated rounds. This training is paramount in the annual training requirements for our officers to be familiar
with the current best practices for these types of events. This training allowed the law enforcement
community to train side-by-side with Salina Fire Department and Salina Regional Health Center personnel on
a response to an active shooter event. USD305 administrators participated to have an idea of what a law
enforcement response might look like and to look for ways to incorporate this same type of training at their
facilities with their staff. It was a great training exercise and community -building endeavor that helped
strengthen partnerships with all involved entities.
A Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agency
The Wrap Demonstration for Citizen Review Board
On September 7th, the City's Law Enforcement Citizen Review Board (LECRB) held its regularly scheduled
meeting. The police department was asked to make a presentation on the Wrap. The Wrap is a restraint device
that reduces the possibility of injury to both officers and the combative individual being restrained. The Wrap
restraint keeps the restrained individual from hurting themselves/others, provides a means of safe transport, and
decreases the need for force.
Lieutenant Feldman, the Internal Affairs officer, Sergeant McCary, patrol dayshift supervisor, and Wrap
Instructors Officers Brazdzionis and Gawith provided a demonstration. They explained the policy, usage, and
training pertaining to the Wrap. Chief Sean Morton and Deputy City Manager Jacob Wood also fielded
questions from the LECRB.
Annually, the police department reviews all use of force incidents from the previous calendar year. The Wrap
restraint system continues to be one of the most effective tools for officers. The system was utilized 29 times in
2020, 47 times in 2021, and 40 times in 2022, year to date.
Chief Morton advised the board that this device has been in use with the Salina Police Department since the
1990s. The Salina Police Department welcomes the opportunity to demonstrate equipment, tactics, and
techniques used by the department in police service to our citizens.
800 MHz Radio Svstem Upgrade
The Salina and Saline County radio upgrade is now completed. The nearly $15,000,000 project was approved
in 2020, allowing Salina and Saline County public safety agencies to upgrade to an 800 MHz radio system. All
radio equipment in the emergency communications centers, radio systems in emergency response vehicles, and
all portable radios were upgraded to state-of-the-art equipment.
Salina and Saline County's new emergency communications equipment is now part of the State of Kansas'
communications network, which allows for radio communication virtually anywhere in the State of Kansas.
Testing of the communication system was completed in the fust two weeks of August 2022. Motorola was
obliged to have a 94% success rate for radio communication throughout the city and county. To include Salina
Regional Health Center, schools, and remote locations within Saline County. Testing exceeded the 94% success
rate.
The overall success of this project is exciting as there are buildings and places throughout the city/county which
did not have reliable public safety radio communications and now have unbelievable communication service.
This project was a huge undertaking, but its success dramatically increased the safety of our citizens and all
public safety personnel throughout the city and county.
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