Minneapolis weighs dissolving Office of Community Safety
A Minneapolis City Council committee advanced an ordinance to dissolve the Office of Community Safety on a 9-3 vote with one abstention.[1]
Council Member Robin Wonsley and other supporters said the office has failed and should be eliminated.[1] Directors of 911, emergency management and neighborhood safety, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison urged retaining the office.[1] Mayor Jacob Frey criticized the proposal as lacking an operational plan.[1]
The Office of Community Safety was created in 2022 to coordinate police, fire, 911, emergency management, neighborhood safety and mental health response under a commissioner paid nearly $400,000 a year.[1]
It is unclear who would assume the office's coordinating role if it is dissolved, though some testimony suggested that responsibility might shift to the mayor's office.[1]
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- A Minneapolis City Council committee advanced an ordinance to dissolve the Office of Community Safety on a 9–3 vote with one abstention.
- The Office of Community Safety, created in 2022, coordinates police, fire, 911, emergency management, neighborhood safety, and mental health response under a commissioner paid nearly $400,000 annually.
- Directors of 911, emergency management and neighborhood safety, along with Attorney General Keith Ellison, support retaining OCS, while Council Member Robin Wonsley and others say it has failed and should be eliminated.
- It remains unclear who would take over OCS’s coordinating role if it is dissolved, though some testimony suggested the mayor’s office, and Mayor Jacob Frey criticized the proposal as lacking an operational plan.
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