The ‘collapse of social control‘ Governor Walz and his Senior Team presided over in 2020 remains true, particularly in light of historic attrition out of a force threatened in terms of daily safety and future employment by the rhetoric and decisions of City and State Leadership. The fact that this Leadership also denied MPD the resources to protect residents in crisis is a hypocrisy that draws blood.

While Leadership failed to act to restore safety, lives were lost. In the ongoing lawlessness, lives continue to be lost.

In addition, ‘prefer not to prosecute’ policies on the part of the Executive and Judicial Branches in combination with dire lack of juvenile redirection programs will guarantee an ongoing struggle to reverse the Cities spiral.

As a result of Leadership’s demonization of Law Enforcement and the following hemorrhage out of MPD, MPD are budgeting 25,000 hrs of overtime to cover shifts in 2023.

Fatigue and morale of MPD officers will continue to be perilous factors in a perverse inverse equation

Every Minnesota resident is paying a price as a consequence of the weaknesses of our Leadership.

Will Leadership pay any price?