DEC 2020 Blues Vol 36 No. 12 - 36TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

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Minneapolis CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 help offset a wave of officer departures following Floyd’s death and the related rioting. Arradondo cited more than 500 shootings and nearly 80 homicides, saying it would be “reckless and dangerous” to reduce department numbers without awaiting the results of a city-sanctioned study of MPD staffing numbers. “We need to dream about a better future but we cannot sleepwalk on public safety of our residences and our businesses,” Arradondo said. “Crime is occurring, the shootings, the carjackings, the robberies. They are citywide, they are impacting everyone, and not just one constituency base and not just one neighborhood.” In an email to constituents Monday, Fletcher lauded the “Safety for All Budget Proposal” as a data-driven solution to start transforming the current policing structure, while reigning in overtime spending by MPD. “These investments will reduce the burden on our police department, deliver more effective and appropriate responses when people in our communities need help, and prevent and interrupt cycles of violence,” he wrote. Minneapolis residents are still torn over whether the Police Department is best suited to improve safety in the city — and how much to invest in it — months after the police killing of George Floyd and in a year marred by violent crime. LAPD CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 ing the effects on crime in other cities where police are banned from making any kinds of pretextual stops. LAPD Chief Michel Moore, however, balked for now at ending such stops altogether. He said the department would continue “proactive policing” strategies, especially amid a spike in shooting violence this year. “We need those officers out there,” he said. “And I think the vast majority of Angelenos want those officers out there.” P.U.S.H. LA, a coalition of civil rights groups that includes Black Lives Matter LA and the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement after Tuesday’s vote that the new rules didn’t go far enough. Speaking at the commission meeting, Hamid Khan, a frequent LAPD critic who founded the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, said the numbers in the inspector general report showed the department needed to end pretextual stops. “The facts on the ground remain: We have people who were directly impacted because of these stops,” Khan said. “They talked about the level of humiliation, they talked about the level of dehumanization.” Flashlights Pepper spray Ammunition Handguns Cotton Masks Gloves Portable disinfectant Knives 10345 Brockwood Rd DALLAS, TX 75238 4930-D Dacoma Rd HOUSTON, TX 77092 34 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 35