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to: Rich Murray rmurray@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
Larry Baker lbaker@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
Robert Rasmussen rrasmussen@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
Reid Olson reolson@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
Mayor mayor@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
Jason Howland jhowland@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
Ian Rigg irigg@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
AL Brooks abrooks@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
JD Carlson jcarlson@ci.albertlea.mn.us,
Kurt Freitag kurt.freitag@co.freeborn.mn.us,
ted.herman@co.freeborn.mn.us
date: Aug 31, 2021, 1:01 PM
subject: Chapter 13 Data Request - Body Camera Training Prior To 02-03-21 COVID-19 Superspreader Event At Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez's Office Which Involved Lisa Hanson
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Kurt Freitag, Sheriff 507.377.5105/ 507.391.0993 & Ted Herman, ALPD Detective/School Resource Officer/Freeborn County Commissioner 507.320.9221:
What is the status of my 08-23-21 Chapter 13 Data Request that I submitted to you at 4:14 PM to your email addresses: ted.herman@co.freeborn.mn.us & kurt.freitag@co.freeborn.mn.us? Hey did you know that according to your buddy City of Albert Lea Director of Public Safety JD Carlson's attorney Kelly Martinez that your WatchGuard body cameras are nothing but junk? Did you know that magically and mysteriously not a single body camera activated for the COVID-19 superspreader event that Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez held at her office 02-03-21? Of course, ALPD Detective/School Resource Officer/Freeborn County Commissioner Ted Herman’s body camera video can’t actually be called magically and mysteriously missing when his body camera was conspicuously missing from his ALPD uniform, can we?
Terry Dean, Nemmers 320-283-5713
P.S. Does IP address 136.234.33.250 belong to one of you? Amazing how many times that IP address 136.234.33.250 keeps popping up onto my blog at Lion News, isn’t it?
P.S.S. Is or isn’t Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez allowed to commit perjury in Freeborn County? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don’t they?
P.S.S.S. Are or Aren’t Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez and/or her maskless legal assistant Lisa “Typhoid Mary” Williamson allowed to file false police reports in Freeborn County? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don’t they?
APPEARANCES Kelly Martinez, Albert Lea City Attorney, appeared via the Zoom platform for and on behalf of Plaintiff. David Walker, Freeborn County Attorney, appeared via the Zoom platform with and on behalf of Respondent Sheriff Kurt Freitag. … MR. WALKER: Yes, Your Honor. And I believe that this affidavit is facially invalid, and that's my point. I think in a lot less than 30 minutes I can demonstrate to the Court that the Court should not proceed with an allegation of contempt against Sheriff Freitag in this case. Because when the Court applies the law to the facts, even if you assume every fact in that affidavit is correct, you should find that there is no purpose for a hearing and that the allegations do not warrant a hearing. And that's the Court's first obligation in a contempt case. Page 1, 4 Transcript Of Proceedings April 1, 2021 1:12 p.m. for Order to Show Cause Hearing for Court File No. 24-CR-21-137 and 24-CR-21-188. State Of Minnesota District Court Criminal Division County Of Freeborn Third Judicial District State of Minnesota, Plaintiff, vs. Melissa Lynn Hanson, Defendant. The above-entitled matter came on for hearing before the Honorable Joseph A. Bueltel, District Court Judge, at the Steele County Courthouse, Owatonna, Minnesota.
https://www.albertleatribune.com/2018/09/board-approves-purchase-of-body-cameras-for-deputies/ Board approves purchase of body cameras for deputies By Sarah Stultz Email the author sarah.stultz@albertleatribune.com Published 10:21 pm Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Freitag said last week the cameras — provided by Watchguard, the same company that provides in-car cameras for the Sheriff’s Office — are expected to be smaller than a bank card and would help prove cases or resolve deputy conduct complaints. … Belshan said the cameras are “a must” to protect against lawsuits that may come in the future.
Vern Rasmussen, Jr. Mayor 507-377-1540 & City Council members:
Why oh why does Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez keep sending me these faulty pdf files? Why am I being harassed with even more pdf files with the error message For the best experience, open this PDF portfolio in Acrobat X or Adobe Reader X, or later. Get Adobe Reader Now!”? Did you know that “8-20-21 Email Response to 8-9-21 Request.pdf? has this error message, also? Can’t Martinez figure out how to use her own software? Incompetence would explain a couple or errors, right? But, multiple repeated errors means harassment, doesn’t it?
Oh, speaking of Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez, did you know that I had a little chat with Martinez’s maskless legal assistant Lisa “Typhoid Mary” Williamson? You remember that maskless “Typhoid Mary” Williamson was the one causing all sorts of problems on 02-03-21, don’t you? You know ICR 202100003681 for which there were magically and mysteriously no body camera video or a a single incident report? How can you forget the image of ALPD Detective/School Resource Officer/Freeborn County Commissioner Ted Herman arriving on the scene without his assigned body camera, huh? By the way, are those body cameras still on warranty? Why do I ask? Maybe you want to get them all fixed if they magically and mysteriously don’t activate when you ALPD cops activate their squad lights and sirens, huh?
Terry Dean, Nemmers 320-283-5713
P.S. Doesn’t it defy logical that your 02-03-21 body camera video is magically and mysteriously missing for the false police report filed by someone at Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez’s office when there is allegedly talk of Lisa Hanson being charged for illegal entry? So when is the rest of my readily available, free, electronic, public data hitting my email inbox?
P.S.S. Is or isn’t Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez allowed to commit perjury in Freeborn County? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don’t they?
P.S.S.S. Are or Aren’t Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez and/or her maskless legal assistant Lisa “Typhoid Mary” Williamson allowed to file false police reports in Freeborn County? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don’t they?
MR. WALKER: Your Honor, that argument is irrelevant to what this Court has to decide. It also misstates the law regarding the importance of the affidavit that a person submits before this Court. Prosecutors do not ordinarily in the course of their prosecution submit a signed sworn affidavit alleging certain facts are true before the court. A criminal complaint is an allegation that the prosecutor is authorized to prosecute that case. There is a peace officer who signs to the truth of the content of a criminal complaint. Ms. Martinez personally swore to this Court that every statement in her affidavits were true. Every statement in those affidavits were not true. And it is insufficient for her to now attempt to amend her order a day after the Court granted the relief that she requested. Namely, she requested in that affidavit an order to show cause in which the sheriff was called before this Court to explain why he did not execute the warrant. That affidavit was filed with the Court and Court granted the order to show cause, she then filed with the Court another affidavit. The Court did not grant the motion that she made which was to amend paragraph 11 of the first affidavit. That leaves all of the paragraphs that are still inaccurate statements to this Court still in there. Your Honor, a sworn statement has legal effect when it's filed – Page 14. Transcript Of Proceedings April 1, 2021 1:12 p.m. for Order to Show Cause Hearing for Court File No. 24-CR-21-137 and 24-CR-21-188. State Of Minnesota District Court Criminal Division County Of Freeborn Third Judicial District State of Minnesota, Plaintiff, vs. Melissa Lynn Hanson, Defendant. The above-entitled matter came on for hearing before the Honorable Joseph A. Bueltel, District Court Judge, at the Steele County Courthouse, Owatonna, Minnesota.
https://www.kimt.com/content/news/wherearebodycameras-503887251.html Where Are the Body Cameras? The Freeborn County Sheriff's Department said they would start using the body cameras in early January but have pushed it back a month. Posted: Jan 3, 2019 11:43 PM Posted By: Isabella Basco. "The combination between onboard video and the cars and our watchguard body worn cameras is just going to increase our abilities to get things recorded that otherwise we wouldn't have been able to record them," Freitag said.
Ian Rigg, City of Albert Lea City Manager 507-377-4330 & JD Carlson, City of Albert Lea Director of Public Safety 507-377-5665:
Chapter 13 data request: Please email/file share me the following readily available, free, electronic, public data in its original searchable pdf format from your respective offices pursuant to 13.03 Subd. 3(e) and Gen. Rules Prac. Rule 14:
1. Contract for WatchGuard body cameras, proposal submitted by WatchGuard for the 26 body cameras at a cost of approximately $41,000. Or whatever brand and model of body camera that is used by the City of Albert Lea.
2. Repair and maintenance logs for City of Albert Lea squad cars. For current fleet only.
3. Signed documentation that City of Albert Lea police personnel are trained in and certified to use the city issued body cameras.
Terry Dean, Nemmers 320-283-5713
P.S. Is it or isn’t it the objective of the Albert Lea Police Department to destroy or illegally withhold body camera video that incriminates City of Albert Lea personnel? Isn’t that the real reason why body camera video and incident reports are being illegally withheld from me? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don’t they? Body camera videos which contains the statements of Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez would not only be embarrassing but legally incriminating, right?
P.S.S. Is or isn’t Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez allowed to commit perjury in Freeborn County? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don’t they?
P.S.S.S. Are or Aren’t Albert Lea City Attorney Kelly Martinez and/or her maskless legal assistant Lisa “Typhoid Mary” Williamson allowed to file false police reports in Freeborn County? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don’t they?
III. OBJECTIVES The Albert Lea Police Department has adopted the use of BWCs to accomplish the following objectives: A. To enhance officer safety. B. To document statements and events during the course of an incident. C. To enhance the officer’s ability to document and review statements and actions for both internal reporting requirements and for courtroom preparation/presentation. D. To preserve audio and visual information of use in current and future investigations. E. To enhance the public trust by preserving factual representations of officer/citizen interactions in the form of audio/video recordings. F. To assist with the defense of civil actions against law enforcement officers and the City of Albert Lea. G. To assist with the training and evaluation of officers.. A.L.P.D. POLICY Number Date 7-154 Effective Date October 17, 2018 Date Revised Subject No. Pages Body-Worn Cameras Distribution Approval All Licensed Personnel. 7-154-BODY-WORN-CAMERA-Final-3.25.19.pdf
SHERIFF FREITAG: This is not anything new that law enforcement has never done in the past. In fact, the Director of Public Safety, J.D. Carlson, I believe is attending this hearing, and I talked to him yesterday. His entire police department does this procedure. We respect the order of the Court. There's no question about that. When we receive an order – when I receive an order from the court, we're going to carry that order out. Sometimes we need to use some discretion. When I talked with Lisa Hanson, she told me that she had not received any court notice with a date and time for her hearing, and she told me that she had not been served. Sometimes mistakes are made. And I asked her, "If we don't arrest you, will you either call the court administrator's office and explain what happened, get a new court date, or show up in the jail and post bail," and she would get a new court date that way. And she told me reluctantly that she would do that. She failed to do that. Ms. Martinez has said, even in her affidavit, which I don't know how she can swear to this, but she said to this date -- and I'm just paraphrasing. I don't have it right in front of me -- that the sheriff has failed to take her into custody and/or order his deputies to arrest her. That is patently false. I've had talks with my chief deputy, one of my patrol sergeants who was on duty on the 17th. We were aware of the gathering at Ms. Hanson's residence that was going to be held on the 19th. We're not going to make a spectacle out of this whole thing. And on the – let's see -- the 19th I ordered a deputy to take a look at her house, see what kind of activity is going on. I've had deputies over at her house to attempt arrest. This is all prior to Ms. Martinez's affidavit where she swears that everything in her affidavit is correct and accurate. That's patently false. Page 29, 30. Transcript Of Proceedings April 1, 2021 1:12 p.m. for Order to Show Cause Hearing for Court File No. 24-CR-21-137 and 24-CR-21-188. State Of Minnesota District Court Criminal Division County Of Freeborn Third Judicial District State of Minnesota, Plaintiff, vs. Melissa Lynn Hanson, Defendant. The above-entitled matter came on for hearing before the Honorable Joseph A. Bueltel, District Court Judge, at the Steele County Courthouse, Owatonna, Minnesota.
https://www.cityofalbertlea.org/october-22-2018/ October 22, 2018 Regular Council Meeting City Council Chambers, City Of Albert Lea Monday, October 22, 2018, 7:00 P.M. PRESENT: Mayor Vern Rasmussen, Jr., Councilors Rich Murray, Larry Baker, Reid Olson, Robert Rasmussen and Al Brooks. Also present were City Manager Chad Adams, Public Works Director Steven Jahnke, City Attorney Kelly Martinez and City Clerk Daphney Maras. ABSENT: Councilor Jason Howland. G. Public Hearing Regarding Purchase of Body Worn Cameras (BWC) by Albert Lea Police Department The Albert Lea Police Department is in the process of developing a body worn camera program and is seeking public input. Body worn cameras will be utilized by uniformed patrol officers and detectives. Policy and procedures are being developed based on Minnesota State Statute §626.8473 and Minnesota State Statute §13.825. A draft policy is available upon request. As required by Minnesota State Statute, the city council must allow for public comment at a regularly scheduled council meeting. This input will be used during program and policy development. The project will include the purchase of 26 body cameras at a cost of approximately $41,000. Body worn cameras have the capability to enhance officer safety, document statements and events between police officers and the community, preserve information for current and future investigations and enhance public trust and transparency. This must be done while respecting the privacy and rights of those we serve and those who serve. Mayor Rasmussen opened the public hearing. He called three times. No one spoke. Public hearing closed.
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