Minneapolis City Council Members Announce Intent To Disband The Police Department, Invest In...

Is there a single western city of any size that has a model anything like they are suggesting that works? I am unaware of one that does. Police, investigators, detectives and the like are essential to running a large metropolitan city. The have no plan in Minneapolis or they would have put it out there. This is pure virtue signaling with no solution.

No one likes what they saw with the George Floyd tragedy but some of these nonsensical city counselors may send Minneapolis into a law enforcement dark age.

LTC Kevin B. - With all due respect, Minneapolis is NOT one of the most dangerous cities in America. It does not register as such as measured by any significant metric. But thank you for your perspective as a non-resident. If you want to find a real dangerous city, I suggest you look at New Orleans, or Chicago, or Detroit.
Until two weeks ago, Minneapolis was a pretty great place to live.
As for specifics for what is being proposed, it is easy enough to read. It is precisely what the more radical elements of BLM have been advocating for during the past several years. "Disband the police department" means exactly that - it goes away.
They would "replace" it with a community-based neighborhood watch of sorts (they themselves don't really define it all that well... probably because they never really thought it would happen) and actual police work would be assumed by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department. The obvious issues with that are irrelevant; the goal is to eliminate the regular patrolling that the MPD does so they can eliminate harassment such as interrupting drug sales and traffic stops and the like.
There are some valid points being made, but right now the liberals in the city council (or clowncil, as we call them here) is tripping over themselves to placate a constituentcy that demands certain things, or else, and through virtue signaling, try to tamp down anger while negotiating a real policy out of the public eye.
This is a smokescreen. But worse, they might just vote on it in a show vote.
They might just try and implement this.
But kissing the ring of radicals is NEVER good governance. And it never works. They will turn on them, then demand more.
Further, the notion that any money saved (never mind the ransom they will have to pay the Sheriff's Dept) will be some kind of windfall for the community is laughable. The wealthy precincts of the city simply won't stand for it.

1SG (Join to see) - Maybe it's just me, but a violent crime rate that is three times the national average doesn't sound like Mayberry to me. Maybe it's in how "Minneapolis" is defined for the crime rate calculation (the city versus the larger metropolitan area). The St. Louis residents make that same argument every year. So does Chicago. Regardless, if someone is arguing the methodology, that's not the best place to be.

LTC Kevin B. - How does one calculate "national average"? Is it rate of violent crime divided by 300 million residents. Well then yes, Minneapolis will be much more than average, because of population density. Mayberry can be effectively policed by Barney and Andy.
But if you compare rates in medium to large cities, I would happily compare and contrast with any similar city. Let's just take NFL cities as a guide. Which are lower than Minneapolis?
Tampa, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Denver, Nashville, Green Bay, KC. That's about it. (I didn't look it up, but I'll bet we are well south of Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Oakland, LA, NO...)

I think we were all stunned that the chaos sprung up here vs somewhere else like Atlanta after Arbury. Similar things have happened, and there were protests, but nothing like this.

SSgt Addison R. - That's your interpretation.

It may not reflect reality. (It may, too. Just saying.)