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The resolution will establish a new north star for our community, one that will keep all of us safe,” said Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott. “It says that we, as your elected leaders, are committing ourselves. And that you can hold us accountable for achieving those goals.”
Elliott introduced the resolution last week, less than a month after then-Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter, who is white, fatally shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. The city’s police chief, who has since stepped down, has said he believed Potter meant to use her Taser on Wright during the April 11 stop instead of her handgun. Body camera video shows her shouting “Taser!” multiple times before firing. The shooting ignited days of unrest.
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(KNSI) – The Kandiyohi County Housing and Redevelopment Authority is coming under fire after allegedly allowing the Willmar Police Department to use an occupied apartment complex for K9 officer training purposes without advance notice to tenants.
A photo of a flyer posted in the apartment was obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. On it, the Kandiyohi County HRA told residents of the Lakeview Apartment Complex they were pleased to partner with the Willmar Police Department for K9 training exercises in the building and that the police would be coming in “at any hour during days, evenings and weekends and without the Kandiyohi County HRA providing further notice to tenants and guests.” The flyer said the police would have access to the grounds, all common areas, hallways, stairways, and vacant apartments.
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Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April approved a resolution that puts the city on track to major changes to its policing practices.
The Brooklyn Center City Council voted 4-1 Saturday in favor of a resolution that would create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental health crises. It also limits situations in which officers can make arrests and requires more de-escalation efforts by police before using deadly force. In addition, a new Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention would be formed to oversee efforts on community health and public safety, led by a director with public health expertise.
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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April approved a resolution that puts the city on track to major changes to its policing practices.
The Brooklyn Center City Council voted 4-1 Saturday in favor of a resolution that would create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental health crises. It also limits situations in which officers can make arrests and requires more de-escalation efforts by police before using deadly force. In addition, a new Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention would be formed to oversee efforts on community health and public safety, led by a director with public health expertise.