Minneapolis losing police officers faster
than they can hire, chief calls it ‘unsustainable’
Posted By: voxpopuli, 8/10/2023 11:44:33 AM
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS looked at city payroll records and found between 2020 and 2022, the Minneapolis Police Department had 273 officers leave their jobs. During that same three-year time period, the city hired 117 new officers, which equates to a net loss of 156 officers and an average net loss of 52 officers over the last three years. If that trend were to continue, MPD would have fewer than 400 sworn officers. As recent as 2019, MPD had about 900 sworn officers on its payroll.
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end game?? bring in a "National" police force to keep locals in line - all over the country??