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The Minneapolis Police Department budget is seeing an increase of millions of dollars, reversing major cuts in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody last year.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the city council have agreed to a $1.6 billion budget, which includes $191 million for the city’s police – an increase of more than $20 million for the year of 2022. This will bring the budget nearly back to what it was before the city made budget cuts, with some city officials arguing for the money to go into alternative programs to combat crime.
The mayor has said the additional funding will go into recruitment programs to fill staffing shortages, and fund additional training and programs. Nearly 300 police officers have left their jobs in Minneapolis, according to the mayor, as the city has become the center of ‘defund the police’ debates.
have the highest crime rate since the floyd tragic dead and defund the police agenda.
Minneapolis is a city with a Democratic mayor and a Democratic city council without a single Republican on it
Crime rate in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map
Read more: www.city-data.com...
originally posted by: marg6043
Soo I guess the crime became so out of control that the police is getting their budget back and better.
I have to laugh at this one, is just pathetic when politics are used to play with the safety of citizens.
originally posted by: xuenchen
Looks like yet another example of the "defund police" movement was just typical political bulls#t propaganda effort and had nothing much to do with real social problems 😀🤫
originally posted by: marg6043
I have to laugh at this one, is just pathetic when politics are used to play with the safety of citizens.
originally posted by: marg6043
is just pathetic when politics are used to play with the safety of citizens.