Minneapolis Police / IMAGE: KARE 11 via YouTube (Scott McClallen, The Center Square) Record violent crime didn’t stop a Minneapolis City Council panel from advancing a plan to give voters the power to replace the city police department .
This year, a new political committee called Yes 4 Minneapolis gathered petition signatures to place a question on the ballot whether to amend the city’s charter.
The proposal asks voters if they want to approve a plan to replace the police department with a new public safety department focused on a “ comprehensive public safety approach ” that would include police officers “if necessary to fulfill the department’s responsibilities.”
The plan would eliminate the charter’s minimum number of police and remove the mayor’s “complete power” over the department.The plan’s advancement follows a June court order for the 435,000-person town to hire more police since its currently violating its charter by understaffing police after […]
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