[Mpls] Rybak: every new state dollar to the city for public safety

[Terrell Brown]

> Press release from the mayor's office:
>
> Mayor Rybak to Budget
> New City Money for Public Safety, Cops
>
> <snip>  State and federal governments have cut 120 cops from Minneapolis 
> streets since 2000.

[TB]  More accurately:  The Mayor and City Councils budgeting priorities 
have reduced the size of the Minneapolis Police Department by 120 officers 
since 2000.  State and federal governments do not determine the strength of 
municipal police departments.

The city had options available to avoid or reduce this reduction but the 
brain trust at City Hall found it politically expedient to cut the size of 
both the police and fire departments.  In a move reminiscent to Gov. Carlson 
sending in the State Patrol a few years back when Minneapolis was 
experiencing a record high murder rate, this summer we see the Minneapolis 
Police Department being supplemented by Hennepin County Sheriff Deputies and 
Metro Transit Officers.

Minneapolis is running out of cops, the Mayor and Council need to quit 
blaming others and take responsibility for their own decisions.



Terrell Brown
Loring Park