Minneapolis is having a tough time restaffing its police force amid a crime wave
- The Minnesota Supreme Court declared in June that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey had failed to employ enough officers to satisfy a city law requirement, despite city lawyers saying it only mandated a certain funding level
- Frey proposed raising police funding in August toward reaching an over-800 officer staff by 2025
There have been multiple efforts to defund the police since Floyd’s murder
- The Minneapolis City Council voted in December 2020 to reallocate millions in funding from the police department to violence prevention and community initiatives
- Voters rejected a measure in November 2021 to abolish the Minneapolis Police Department and install a Department of Public Safety
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