Minneapolis one step closer to hiring civilian safety patrols

[sarisataka]

Minneapolis one step closer to hiring civilian safety patrols

The Minneapolis City Council Budget Committee has approved moving $500,000 from the police budget and putting it into the Office of Violence Prevention to help pay for civilian safety patrols.

Jamil Jackson is a paid consultant with the Office of Violence Prevention and he told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he's been asked to put together a proposed plan to implement the civilian patrols.

"It would have to be multiple groups that get the money," Jackson said.  "But, how the money is going to be disbursed hasn't been decided at this point, because those are things that are still being tweaked and worked out."

Jackson said his proposal would have 100 civilians on patrol with two groups of 20 on the north and south side of Minneapolis, and one group of 20 in the downtown area.

https://kstp.com/news/minneapolis-one-step-closer-to-hiring-civilian-safety-patrols-/5800719/?cat=1

I found this comment father down to be interesting-

The group will not be armed, but men with permits to carry will be allowed to do so if they choose.

Sounds like a certain neighborhood watch, just with official sanction.

[Phoenix61]

1. If they allow carry it's not going to turn out well. nt

[Wounded Bear]

2. Yeah, sounds a bit "Zimmerman-ish" to me...nt

[Hoyt]

3. $500K isn't going to pay for much, especially the lawsuits when one of the armed safety patrol

-- police wannabes -- pulls their gun.

[sarisataka]

4. Nearly a month ago the city council

Voted unanimously to eliminate the police department and replace them with a Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention. This is the first indication of what that Department may look like, in part.