He has also briefed more than 200 law enforcement departments across the state on a new command structure and plans to prevent crime and disorder.Ĭommissioner John Harrington Three months ago, Harrington said many Minnesota agencies told him their mayors weren’t interested in sending police to help in the Twin Cities because they didn’t have the money or because they didn’t believe they “had a role in this.” Harrington said he talked on Wednesday morning with the FBI and to a federal terrorism task force about possible civil unrest or even domestic terrorism. Harrington told reporters on Wednesday that Minnesota has been preparing its response to Chauvin’s trial for months. Here’s what we know so far about Walz’s plan and how it’s being received: State law enforcement says the state is short on help, and the SAFE account would help Meanwhile, Democrats hope to make state police licensing officials write new policy standards for crowd control and take other measures to tamp down worries that law enforcement will use excessive force on protesters. Law enforcement has also raised concerns they would be greeted as hostile interlopers by city residents and local government. The GOP proposed its own measure Thursday to withhold government aid from Minneapolis to pay for any reimbursements. The plan has already faced opposition from Republicans in the Legislature who argue it would make state taxpayers responsible for backstopping a smaller Minneapolis police budget.
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