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Promoted Content A district court judge in the State of Minnesota has rebuked the underlying argument of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement and has successfully issued an order for Minneapolis to hire more police officers.
The case Spann, et al. v. Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey, No. 27-cv-20-10558 in the Hennepin County District Court, is best to cite directly to conclusively show that Defund the Police advocates have put the public safety at risk. “The term ‘police force’ in City Charter 7.3(c) is defined as sworn police officers,” the order states.
This is important because Defund the Police advocates have argued that social workers may take on the traditional roles of police officers. Furthermore, it is relevant because police department staff such as bureaucrats do not count towards the calculation.
“[T]he City Council must fund a police force of at least 0.0017 employees per resident, and provide for those employees’ compensation, for which purpose it may tax the taxable property in the City up to 0.3 percent of its value annually.”
As if to make it a point that social workers and office bureaucrats do not count, the judge then cites the dictionary definition of a “police force.”
“The parties are in agreement that ‘police force’ is defined by Merriam-Webster as of April 19, 2021, as a ‘body of trained officers entrused by a government with a maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime.’ Despite this agreement, the parties disagree as it relates to who is an ’employee’ of the ‘police force’.” The order then narrows down the meanings so that the City cannot use the administrative staff and employees towards the calculation.
“Clearly, the legislative intent of the use of the term ‘police force’ as opposed to ‘police department’ was to narrow the meaning to sworn police offiecrs, exclusive of administrative staff and employees,” it states. “The Court’s interpretation of the phrase ‘police force’ to include only sworn officers is further bolstered by the Charter’s history and purpose.” Then, the judge points out that “the parties agree on the following data.” On “January 1, […]
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