Created: May 09, 2021 09:10 PM
The city councils in Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis are in the process of considering unarmed traffic safety divisions.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott introduced a nine-point public safety reform resolution Saturday which included a proposed unarmed traffic safety department. On Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council voted to approve a study to determine how an unarmed traffic safety division outside of the Minneapolis Police Department would work.
“One thing that is undeniably clear is that we’ve heard from residents that enough is enough,” Elliott said. “Brooklyn Center can do better, Brooklyn Center must do more and Brooklyn Center is ready for change after the death of Daunte Wright.”