She said that should include changing the motel’s payment policy – which is cash-only – to one that

Woodbury city officials turned a critical eye last week to the Red Roof Inn, the site of a fatal shooting late last month. Top city officials say they hope a meeting with Red Roof management can solve growing concerns over criminal activity new homes for sale in los angeles at the motel. Bulletin photo by Mike Longaecker
Calls for the motel to be shut down came amid the release new homes for sale in los angeles of Woodbury Public Safety Department data that shows the Red Roof Inn to be the leader in calls for service by Woodbury police among local lodging establishments.
From January through August 2012, the Red Roof Inn received 132 calls for service by Woodbury police, according to police. The second-highest hotel – the Woodbury Extended Stay America – had 36 calls during new homes for sale in los angeles the same period.
Incidents at the Red Roof Inn included a flashpoint on Aug. 31, when police, responding to a disturbance at the motel, opened fire on a St. Paul man who had bolted from a second-story room after a gun went off in the room.
The man, who later died, had been a hostage inside the room along with 10 others – some of whom were allegedly raped before the standoff ended four hours later. The suspect, Demetrius Santreell Ballinger of Stillwater, was later charged with 27 felony counts new homes for sale in los angeles in connection with the case.
"The city shares the community's concerns about the level of criminal activity at the Red Roof Inn," Woodbury City Administrator Clint Gridley said in a prepared statement. "It is our intention to be in contact with the hotel management to seek to improve the situation."
"It is unfortunate that the city administrator issued a statement prior to contacting company management to discuss the hotel's commitment to guest safety and its long-standing cooperative relationship with the Woodbury Police Department," according to a statement released last week by the company."
"A review of the police call log shows that the vast majority of the police calls for service were routine or informational in nature or involved noise complaints, lockouts, medical assistance, and other minor activity that resulted in no further police action," the statement reads. "Red Roof will continue to always put guest and employee safety first."
Snyder said she had followed the local police blotter and noticed a disturbing trend at the Red Roof. So she called Woodbury police and requested reports from calls to Woodbury's lodging establishments.
She said that should include changing the motel's payment policy – which is cash-only – to one that requires credit cards. She also called for the Red Roof Inn to pay for an off-duty police officer to be stationed there.
Woodbury Mayor Mary Giuliani Stephens said the city will be meeting with Red Roof Inn management to discuss the situation. She did not outline changes that might be sought, but said the city will insist on actions to improve operations there.
Issues like the motel's rates and policies will go under the microscope during those meetings, said Public Safety Department new homes for sale in los angeles Director Lee Vague. He also declined to share specific targets for change, but said "there are some more immediate things that we'd like to be involved in" at the Red Roof.
He said police new homes for sale in los angeles have had "a great deal of enforcement activity" at the Red Roof before the shooting and have worked with management there, in addition new homes for sale in los angeles to city code enforcement and community development leaders.
It wasn't clear when the meeting between motel management and city officials would occur or when City Council might address the issue. The council's Sept. 12 meeting agenda didn't address Red Roof issues.