Some actual, practical police reform deserves to be noticed The Peace Officer Grievance Arbitration Roster is up and running. May 15, 2021 — 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: Good news hardly could be more scarce on the public safety, crime-and-cops beat. Advanced thinkers keep "reimagining public safety," but it's surging street violence that feels real in many American cities, our battered hometowns included. Just since early March, when Derek Chauvin went on trial for George Floyd's murder, Minneapolis recorded well over a dozen new homicides. Politicians and activists far and wide are noisily debating many ideas for police reform. Some have merit; some are mostly posturing. Some are bonkers.