[Mpls] Report on Minneapolis Police/Community Conflict Resolution Efforts

[Michael Bischoff]

Hi,

This past semester, I helped teach a Conflict Resolution class at the
University of St. Thomas that included a case study on police/community
conflict in Minneapolis.  Some students in that class wrote a fairly
detailed paper about their research and analysis on the topic.  I thought
that some of you might be interested in seeing what they came up with.
Their paper is on the web: http://www.clarityfacilitation.com/police.

Here are some of the highlights of what they did:
* A two page overview of what they researched and the conclusions they came
to: http://www.clarityfacilitation.com/police/intro.htm

* A pretty detailed time-line of key events related to the issue in the last
30 years: http://www.clarityfacilitation.com/police/background.htm#timeline

* Their analysis of the federal mediation that happened last year, the class
action suit against the police in process now, and community/police
partnerships:
http://www.clarityfacilitation.com/police/prospective.htm#currentapproaches

* Their suggestions for additional steps in addressing the issue:
http://www.clarityfacilitation.com/police/prospective.htm#education

If you have feedback on anything they wrote, let me know and I can forward
it on to the students.  And feel free to pass on the web link to others you
think might be interested.

Michael Bischoff
Willard-Hay

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Michael Bischoff, Independent Consultant
Training, Facilitation, and Research about Social Change
michael at clarityfacilitation.com
http://www.clarityfacilitation.com
Phone: 612-521-1889