Remember when antifa and #BlackLivesMatter looted or burned more than 700 buildings in Minneapolis? And how the hard-left City Council’s first instinct was to call for defunding the police?
Well, reality has a way of intruding, and now Minneapolis is going to spend $6.4M recruiting more officers following a sharp rise in crime and some 200 cops quitting after the riots and $8 million in budget cuts.
Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4million to hire dozens of police officers, at a time when some City Council members and activist groups have been advocating to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd.
The City Council voted unanimously Friday to approve the additional funding that police requested.
According to the Minneapolis Police Department, there are only 638 officers available to work, which is roughly 200 fewer than usual.
An unprecedented number of officers quit or went on extended medical leave after Floyd’s death and the unrest that followed, which included the burning of a police precinct.
Funny how that works.
With new recruit classes, the city anticipates it will have 674 officers available at the end of the year, with another 28 in the hiring process, according to the Star Tribune.
Now if only Austin’s foolish City Council would also reverse course on their asinine decision to cut the police budget…
Tags: Crime, Democrats, Minneapolis, police, Social Justice Warriors
Good luck finding any good candidates.
What qualified LE candidate in their right mind would would want to work in law enforcement in Minneapolis at this point?
The City has already demonstrated that the next time a drug addled felon of color resists while in custody and dies, Minneapolis is going crucify LE’s once again regardless of evidence. And allow even more resulting rioting to boot.
Nope, don’t see this recruiting campaign being very successful regardless of how much money they throw at it.
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Minneapolis PD pays relatively well for cops. I have acquaintances and relatives working LE in the area, and they think they’ll get candidates.
But for every qualified candidate accepted, they’ll hire three or four diversity candidates. Not that such candidates can’t be just as good – but it never seems to work out that way.
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They are going to spend 6.4 million to recruit 36 cops? Your government at work.