Former Minneapolis police officer Steve Dykstra on violent crime spiking in the city after George Floyd’s death. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey admitted the city has a shortage of police officers Friday, a day after a judge ruled the city needs to hire more cops by June of next year, according to reports. Frey called the high rate of attrition "problematic" and promised the city will focus on recruitment to bulk up the numbers, FOX 9 in Minneapolis reported. Hennepin County District Judge Jamie L. Anderson said the city needs to have at least 730 officers by June 30, 2022, or .2% of the population, in a decision over a lawsuit brought by the conservative Upper Midwest Law Center. The city is currently expected to have about 669 officers by next June.