Minneapolis now has about 300 fewer Police officers leaving 544 to protect 420,000 residents according to a recent headcount. Do the math: 544 police spread over 3 shifts and weekends covering 420,000 citizens. Add to it a city with about a 11+% INCREASE in VIOLENT crime for 2021.As Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey openly stated back in Jan. 2022, it's "a very grave problem."
"Lucky I have my own police security detail, whut?"
The city is also faced with a declining tax revenue base, likely due to an increase in violent crime since 2019.
It seems the City Radical Politicians and their Woke Social Justice agenda caused many officers to leave. Many leaving filed PTSD disability claims, claiming they suffered abuse by both citizens and the politicians playing the citizens for votes. It should be noted a respectable number left for other police departments offering greater career stability, support, and/or higher pay.
So despite the $7,000 hire-on bonus/ incentive (bribe) offer. Minneapolis is not seeing the numbers applying that are needed to fill the 300+ open LEO's slots.