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Minneapolis mayor, incoming interim chief plan to hire more officers
[STARTRIBUNE] Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey...The inept and ineffective (but I repeat myself) Dem and incoming interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman rolled out a new crime-fighting plan Wednesday that calls for hiring dozens of coppers, expanding partnerships with other law enforcement agencies and beefing up units focused on investigating  ...the patron saint of Minneapolis, a sterling example for our children and indeed for us all. St. George was martyed by the Devil's agents in blue while standing on a street corner preaching tolerance and racial justice or something like that...in the spring of 2020. For now, the mayor said, the department was directing its resources to areas that need it most, including assigning officers to neighborhoods where stolen vehicles are frequently abandoned. "It's clear that Frey's comments came two months after a Minneapolis election in which voters rejected a ballot measure that would have replaced the Police Department with an agency that would take more of a public health approach to crime prevention. Since the start of 2020, the department has lost roughly 300 officers, creating significant staffing shortages. Whether the department should return to its size in early 2020, when it had about 888 officers, is sure to be hotly debated in the coming months. The Minneapolis charter sets a minimum requirement for staffing based on population levels, abut 715 total employees. Though the Nov. 2 ballot measure was defeated, proponents argued that the campaign around Question 2, as the proposal was called, changed the conversation around policing. More people, they argued, were open to consider alternative strategies for keeping communities safe beyond traditional law enforcement. David Bicking of the advocacy group Communities United Against Policy Brutality said any move to hire more officers should be based on "best practices and research nationwide" and not be a "knee-jerk" reaction to rising crime. A study examining patrol officers' workloads has been delayed, Bicking said, adding that its findings would have been helpful months ago when city officials were negotiating the budget. Related: Jacob Frey: 2021-11-06 Minneapolis leftists threaten to burn down another police station after election defeat Jacob Frey: 2021-10-17 Walz's office responds to request for National Guard, State Patrol in Minneapolis Jacob Frey: 2021-08-15 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey unveils plan to boost police funding closer to prior levels Posted by: Fred 2022-01-07 |
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