Court Skewers Minneapolis Mayor for Police Shortage
A ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court this week determined that Mayor Jacob Frey has so far failed to meet his “clear legal duty” to hire more officers. The city’s former police chief blamed the staffing shortage largely on a wave of officer retirements and disability filings.
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A ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court this week determined that Mayor Jacob Frey has so far failed to meet his “clear legal duty” to hire more officers. The city’s former police chief blamed the staffing shortage largely on a wave of officer retirements and disability filings, the Associated Press reports. A 2021 Police Executive Research Forum survey saw an officer retirement rate increase of 45 percent across the country. Critics claim the city is staffed at about 120 officers fewer than the charter requires. The case will now return to a Minnesota district court. In a referendum last November, the city’s voters decisively rejected a proposal that would have replaced the Minneapolis police department with a “public-health oriented” Department of Public Safety.
