Minneapolis Has a New Proposal to Address Their 'Defund the Police' Goal

[Ptarmigan]

Minneapolis Has a New Proposal to Address Their 'Defund the Police' Goal
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2021/01/30/minneapolis-is-rethinking-their-defund-the-police-stance-n2583970

After the death of George Floyd last year, Minneapolis was quick to say they were in favor of defunding the police. In fact, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) went on national TV to tout her city's "reimagining" of policing, which focused on having mental health professionals respond to 911 calls instead of cops. The city's "reimagination" is finally coming to fruition – but it might not be what people thought.

Three Minneapolis City Council members – Phillipe Cunningham, Steve Fletcher and Jeremy Schroeder – put together a proposal that would disband the Minneapolis Police Department, but officers would still be utilized, the Star Tribune reported. The officers would fall under the newly-created Department of Public Safety which would be accompanied by "additional divisions" to help with the city's "comprehensive approach" outside of just law enforcement. What those divisions are and what they entail, however, is unknown.

"Rather than rely on a one-size-fits-all system that relies on police to simply respond to crime after it happens, this improved approach would more proactively and holistically address the causes of crime before harm is done -- and ensure police response is complementary to the City’s proven prevention and intervention approaches," an FAQ about the proposal states.

Defunding the police should never happen.

[franksolich]

Defunding the police should never happen.

One place it'll never happen is in the mayor's and the city councilmen's neighborhoods.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Instead of disbanding the police, but retaining them to create a new agency with additional divisions, why not just add the additional divisions to the current agency?

[NJCardFan]

Democrats adore criminals.

[Dark Powers]

I usually spend a good week up there. This year and next I may not. Just because of this. It's just not safe. Crime is way up, and I can't afford to get my car stolen.

What they are proposing is a mess. Creates an unneeded burden on the police. Adds a whole lot of bureaucracy. And the idea of multi divisions all separate will solve the issues, they will find none of them work together and the problems will just get worse.