Minneapolis police suffer from historically low staffing shortages: ‘Not sustainable’

[Kamaji]

Minneapolis police suffer from historically low staffing shortages: ‘Not sustainable’

By Hanna Panreck, Fox News
Published Sep. 19, 2023

The Minneapolis Police Department is suffering from historically low staffing shortages as they deal with the lowest level of uniformed personnel in four decades, according to the Star Tribune.

The city’s department has just 585 sworn officers and out of 22 cities, it has the lowest ratio of officers to population, the Tribune reported.

The Minneapolis police department has also leaned on other law enforcement partners as well as civilian analysts to help out with some of their work.

Over the past few years, Minneapolis has experienced the worst of the police staffing shortages in the US.

“This is absolutely not sustainable,” Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara told the outlet. “Thank God for all these other agencies that are filling this gap.”

The MPD also is too low on officers to restart their “community engagement unit,” which is seen as a way to build trust between the police and the community.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/19/minneapolis-police-suffer-from-historically-low-staffing-shortages-not-sustainable/

[Kamaji]

Karma can be a real bitch, can't it?  This is what y'all voted for; enjoy!

[LMAO]

Progressives and leftists have the “gift” of unable to see consequences. They can just be for or against things. They are the first to be surprised when their policies have unintended consequences

[PeteS in CA]

I've been pointing this out for a couple of decades. What intelligent law enforcement officer - new or experienced - would gladly serve where city councils and mayors put targets on their backs and simply doing their duty in dangerous contexts would be politicized into life-destroying events?