@WedgeLIVE Subhead mentions the $33 million shortfall, yet the article waits until the third to last paragraph to mention police overtime was $33 million last year. A hundred people will lose their jobs because @Jacob_Frey couldn’t reign in his police department.
bruh, you cannot, must not look away when they trying to sell you $31 million in police overtime (to an already bloated $230 million budget), sell you a "mysterious" $30 mil budget deficit and need for you to pony up more cash. You should be outraged. You should demand better.
more text messages have been shared between angie craig and john hoffman via dogdaysofminnesota on threads
the hoffmans were hurt that craig followed up every check in about how they were doing after the attempted assassination with an ask for his endorsement for her senate run
@NortonMpls@daviss Funny how they never took the same public safety measures when there was two (deadlier) mass shootings a few years apart on Franklin and Chicago. I wonder what the difference could be!
stand on those values then, mayor, and get darley herrera his job at the city of minneapolis back. not his fault donald trump's immigration misspelled his name and caused this mess that lead to him losing his job
his union and the regional labor federation are in solidarity with him
The City of Minneapolis alone maintains primary law enforcement jurisdiction in Minneapolis.
The Police Chief & the Public Safety Commissioner report directly to the Mayor.
The City of Minneapolis allocates over 35% of its annual budget to public safety functions. (1/6)
if the hennepin county sheriff wants to host a community meeting on public safety, it shouldn't be political, and that means the hennepin county attorney should be invited to participate alongside all the other elected officials and city staff
answer one question Jan - then why doesn't this rescue program operate from the fire department. Why would the police need jurisdiction over the drones if they are strictly for rescue purposes?
As Minnesota continues to deal with the long term effects of the ICE occupation our focus shifts toward helping our neighbors stay in their homes and with what comes next. Links in first comment
@Combs0294 Fletcher’s position was created to solidify Frey’s power over the City communications department—so it would not serve council members. He was hand selected by Frey. The mayor is to blame for Fletcher’s victimization of his colleagues. This should be a huge scandal.
@BullyCreative MPD is already using drones to surveil protesters. They were used during the clearing of Camp Nenookaasi to specifically track where protesters were going. Their equipment was already sophisticated—I was in the control room. Can’t imagine how much worse Skydio is.
@Combs0294 The constituency in minority neighborhoods matters less, so there’s relatively little political risk if they fuck up pilot programs in these communities.
@BullyCreative Plenty of room to make cops less “stressed out” by hiring “civilians” for jobs like investigations and recruitment. We could also lower their stress by banning off-duty work, in which MPD officers work extra shifts for private businesses. But the police union blocks it all.
@taylr Apparently those tiles are like the equivalent of a false ceiling—if a car drives on them, it’ll collapse. When I worked over there, I always had a secret hope I would break my leg stepping on a loose one a get a fat federal settlement!