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Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz have finalized joint powers agreements (JPA) to provide investigative and law enforcement support in Minneapolis. The ongoing support comes at a critical time before warmer weather and will bolster the City’s overall crime prevention and enforcement strategies.
Through the JPAs, the Minnesota State Patrol will provide targeted enforcement support in city limits and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) will boost investigative capacity, supplementing the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) diminished staffing levels.
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A
Look
it's
it's
easier
to
commit
crime,
it's
easier
to
do
something
wrong
if
it's
dark
and
so
we're
expanding
on
those
resources
of
what
as
well
and
then.
Finally,
our
office
of
community
safety
that
we
are
in
the
process
of
setting
up
to
integrate
our
strategies
around
community
safety.
That
work
is
ongoing,
so
brick,
bride
by
brick,
brick
by
brick.
We
are
laying
the
foundation
for
safety
going
into
the
summer.
B
Good
morning,
everyone,
as
the
mayor
said,
I
am
council
member
latricia
vita.
I
represent
the
fourth
ward
and
also
I'm
the
chair
of
the
public
safety
committee.
I
am
really
excited
that
we
are
announcing
this
partnership
today,
because
one
of
the
things
we've
heard
in
north
minneapolis
a
lot
is
where
is
support
coming
from
throughout
the
state
of
minnesota,
for
the
needs
that
we
have
around
public
safety
in
north
minneapolis
in
particular.
So
as
we
head
into
the
summer,
this
is
great
news
for
our
city
and
especially
the
residents
of
north
and
south
focus
zones.
B
B
You
know
we
have
quite
a
few
hot
spots,
and
so
it
is
going
to
be
great
to
have
additional
support
in
those
areas.
We're
really
focused
on
making
sure
folks
feel
safe
in
our
communities
and
that
they
feel
free
to
go
about
their
regular
daily
activities,
and
this
help
is
going
to
make
sure
that
we
start
the
steps
we
start
taking
the
steps
to
make
sure
that
that
is
happening.
B
A
Thank
you
so
much
councilmember,
and-
and
I
also
want
to
note
that
we're
joined
by
a
number
of
community
members
from
both
north
and
south
side,
donna,
neste,
earlsworth,
litang,
winter
simpson
and
tawan
nun
are
with
us
here
today
and
a
couple
of
them.
You
will
hear
from
shortly,
but
first
I
want
to
hand
it
over
to
our
deputy
chief
kathy
waite,
who
has
been
helping
to
move
this
process
along
and
we're
very
appreciative
of
her
work.
C
Good
morning,
I
want
to
take
this
time
to
let
you
all
know
that
interim
chief
huffman
is
sending
her
regards.
Regretfully,
she
could
not
be
here
today.
She
is
out
in
washington
d.c
in
a
meeting
with
atf.
So
so
you
have
me,
she
asked
that
I
share
a
few
words
of
appreciation
for
the
joint
efforts
that
we're
all
taking
to
address
public
safety
issues
as
we
begin
to
roll
into
the
warm
summer
months
that
are
quickly
approaching
as
command
staff.
C
C
We
ask
the
investigators
to
spend
hours
weeks
and
even
months,
conducting
deep
investigations
and
case
work
so
that
they
can
hold
accountable
those
people
who
choose
to
steal
a
sense
of
safety
and
security
from
our
community.
Already
this
year,
our
officers
have
taken
more
than
280
guns
off
the
streets
of
minneapolis.
C
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
also
point
out
the
great
work
of
our
civilian
staff
members.
They
do
outstanding
work
in
a
wide
range
of
services,
including
responding
to
crime
scenes
309
so
far,
this
year,
processing
processing
evidence
conducting
crime
analysis,
along
with
just
a
wide
variety
of
other
things,
to
support
the
minneapolis
police
department,
as
well
as
the
community.
I'm
grateful
for
their
work.
C
It
is
also
a
deep
appreciation
that
we
say
thank
you
to
our
state
partners
all
the
work
and
help
that
they
will
be
doing
supporting
the
minneapolis
police
department
as
well
as
the
community
members.
Is
that
really
coming
at
a
critical
time
for
all
of
us,
they
will
be
providing
high
quality
law
enforcement
service
to
the
community.
C
Our
partnerships,
with
all
sorts
of
different
law
enforcement
agencies
have
always
been
incred
incredibly
valuable
for
us
we're
fortunate
to
have
both
the
state
patrol
and
the
bca
working
closely
with
us
this
summer.
The
collaboration
allows
for
support
from
these
two
agencies
and
away
in
the
way
of
high
visibility,
patrols
and
investigative
support
for
relevant
crime
case
work.
C
I
also
want
to
take
a
moment
and
say
these
partnerships
really,
along
with
the
help
and
fine
work
of
all
of
our
community
members,
is
going
to
be
incredibly
valuable
for
the
minneapolis
police
department.
We
are
grateful
for
the
people
that
continue
to
come
forward
and
provide
us
with
great
support
and
support
to
their
neighbors
and
businesses.
C
So
thank
you
to
all
of
our
partners,
including
our
community
members
that
are
here
today
for
all
that
you
have
done
and
all
that
you
will
continue
to
do
throughout
the
summer
months,
as
an
interim
chief
always
likes
to
say
the
entire
community
benefits
when
we
join
together
to
serve.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you,
deputy
chief
wait.
As
you
pointed
out,
these
partnerships
are
really
crucial
right
now
and
the
work
that
our
police
officers
do
on
a
daily
basis
is
critical
and
it
is
so
deeply
appreciated.
It's
their
bravery.
Going
into
some
of
these
really
difficult
situations,
doing
a
really
difficult
job.
A
A
E
Hi,
I'm
winsor
simpson
block
club
for
39th
and
brian
white,
as
he
said
winter
w-y-n-t-r
last
name
is
simpson,
s-I-m-p-s-o
and
just
basically
just
here
to
speak
about
a
couple
of
things
for
the
safety
of
the
community
of
39th
and
ryan,
all
around
north
minneapolis.
Basically
around
the
minnesota
period,
we
we've
gone
we're
going
through
a
lot
as
we
can
see,
there's
a
need
for
change,
but
one
person
can't
all
have
the
answers.
E
I
believe
it's
taking
the
opportunity
for
everyone
all
to
come
together
to
find
solutions
to
set
up
a
plan
for
community
actions
for
our
youth
to
set
up
and
rebuild
community
centers,
as
well
as
civilians
for
the
community
and
just
just
to
make
it
one
again
to
make
it
a
north
minneapolis
again
to
be
one
as
people
come
together,
create
something
and
just
be
be,
who
we
are,
who
we've
been
so
yeah,
and
I
think
that
that's
mainly
what
I
feel
that
we
can
do
to
make
it
a
safe
and
better
place.
Thank
you.
A
F
A
A
There
would
be
four
officers
up
to
four
officers
working
in
those
shifts.
There's
two
shifts
by
the
way,
and
so
it
would
be
some
assistance
predominantly
in
the
corridor
of
west
broadway,
from
around
lindale
to
penn,
as
well
as
on
the
corridor
and
surrounding
neighborhoods
over
at
lake.
So
those
are
the
two
critical
pieces.
A
Obviously,
we've
seen
quite
a
bit
of
attrition
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
and
so
does
this
additional
assistance
make
up
for
the
numbers
that
we've
lost.
Of
course
not,
but
this
additional
assistance
helps
quite
a
bit
and
importantly,
the
help
is
not
limited
to
those
state
patrol
officers
providing
high
visibility
shifts
on
those
corridors,
we're
also
getting
help
from
the
bca
in
the
form
of
investigative
work.
As
you
all
know,
when
we
saw
significant
attrition
from
mpd,
there
were
investigative
staff
that
had
to
be
reallocated
simply
to
answering
911
calls.
A
There
were
units
that
had
to
be
pushed
to
just
responding
to
calls
for
help,
and
so
what
this
does
and
it's
critical
is
it
backfills
some
of
that
work,
they're
experts
at
the
bca
and
they
are
able
to
provide
that
ongoing
and
embedded
assistance
so
that
we're
able
to
investigate
crime
and
then
we're
able
to
make
sure
we're
enforcing
the
law.
In
that.
F
A
G
C
D
A
So
the
time
frame
for
the
contract
itself
runs
through
late
2023.
However,
the
dollar
figure
on
there's
two
respective
contracts.
It's
400
000,
is
the
total
dollar
figure
that
we
have
with
the
department
of
of
public
safety,
the
state
patrol
specifically,
and
then
it's
300
thousand
dollars
with
the
bureau
of
criminal
apprehension.
A
Now
you
know,
of
course
you
know
the
city
and
I
specifically,
as
mayor,
stand
ready
to
re-up
that
amount
if
it
is
exhausted,
we're
looking
for
additional
assistance
and,
like
I
said
I
want
to
reiterate
this-
we're
really
thankful
we're
really
appreciative
of
having
this
partnership
chief
huffman
and
I
made
calls
for
mutual
aid
to
a
number
of
different
surrounding
jurisdictions,
and
the
fact
that
the
dps
and
the
governor
stepped
up
on
this
is
is
a
really
big
deal
yeah.
Thank
you.
G
Mayor
proud,
chapman
wcco,
you
talk
about
expanding
of
the
work
of
the
office
of
violence,
prevention
and
interrupters
will
immediately
armed
with
job
opportunities,
educational
opportunities
for
our
young
people.
I
know
you've
always
said
we
can't
police
ourselves
out
of
this
problem.
But
what
are
we
doing
to
engage
the
young
people
who
seem
to
be
most
active
in
the
violence.
A
On
top
of
that
people
need
jobs.
You
know
it's
not
my
quote,
but
I'll
use
it.
One
of
the
best
ways
to
stop
a
bullet
is
a
job,
and
so
we
are
providing
both
through
arpa,
as
well
as
through
our
general
budget
opportunities
for
young
people
specifically
to
get
trained
and
then
get
a
job
at
the
end.
So
it's
not
just
about
getting
the
training,
and
then
you
call
it
a
day
like
that
training
needs
to
lead
into
an
opportunity,
an
opportunity
that
they
find
fulfilling,
and
so
yes,
we
have
funding.
That's
going
to
that.
A
We
have
funding
as
well.
That's
going
to
our
office
of
violence
prevention
in
the
form
of
violence.
Interrupters
we've
got
community
support
so
that
we
have
community
members
that
are
intrinsically
involved
in
their
neighborhoods
working
in
a
consistent
basis
to
interrupt
this
cycle
of
violence.
It
needs
to
be
multifaceted.
A
You
know,
law
enforcement
and
police
officers
is
a
part
of
that
strategy,
but
it's
not
the
only
part.
There's
the
announcement
that
you
heard
from
the
u.s
attorney
andy
luger,
just
the
other
day,
it's
having
an
integrated
approach
which
we're
pushing
for
through
our
office
of
community
safety,
which
we
hope
to
have
approved
as
soon
as
possible.
It's
making
sure
that
we've
got
the
right
resources
that
are
on
the
ground,
responding
to
people
that
need
help.
A
It's
mental
health
response,
it's
all
the
above
and
so
we're
working
to
make
sure
that
that's
managed
that
it's
integrated
properly
and
that
we're
doing
everything
possible
ahead
of
these
difficult
summer
months
to
make
sure
the
people
in
our
city
are
safe,
and
so
this
is.
This
can
be
a
nose-up
moment
here.
You
know
it's
a
nose-up
moment,
because
you
have
jurisdictions
that
are
working
together
around
this.
Very
tough
issue.
F
A
H
F
H
Much
going
on
not
only
on
broadway,
but
we
have
all
the
property
crimes
right
of
catalytic
converters,
break-ins
and
things
like
that
and
when
you
call
the
police
they
prior
to
it,
prioritize
your
call
right.
You
can
wait
two
hours
three
hours,
so
I
mean
as
a
resident.
This
is
great,
but
it's
not
enough.
Did
you
ask
for
more,
or
I
mean
you
are
just
happy
to
take,
what
the
state
patrol
can
give
you
or.
A
Yeah,
it's
a
fair
question
coming
from
especially
coming
from
a
resident
of
north
minneapolis,
and
thank
you
for
it
nobody's
arguing
here
that
the
additional
assistance
that
we're
getting
that
we're
very
appreciative
of
is
enough
to
fully
tackle
the
issue.
I
mean,
as
you
know,
our
police
department
is
down
significantly
in
terms
of
numbers
and
will
this
alone
solve
the
problem?
A
Of
course,
resources
are
stretched
thin,
but
I
believe
that
you've
got
a
number
of
different
jurisdictions
that
are
committed
to
the
underlying
cause
and
so
yeah
we
worked.
You
know,
for
a
period
of
time
to
make
sure
that
we
were
able
to
have
the
right
resources
we
need,
and,
of
course
you
know,
the
the
state
patrol
has
analyses
that
they
need
to
conduct
themselves.
And,
ultimately
you
know
we
arrived
at
this
figure
and
we're
really
appreciative
of
the
help.
E
B
A
So
I
don't
have
all
the
details
yet
as
far
as
the
attendees,
nor
do
I
we
have
the
schedule
set.
As
far
as
I
know,
we
received
a
letter,
as
you
know,
from
the
state
and
the
mdhr
last
night
or
yesterday
afternoon,
and
we're
still
working
through
some
of
the
due
diligence
with
our
attorneys
just
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
all
of
our
eyes
dotted
and
t's
crossed.
I've
said
it
before
I'll
say
it
again.
You
know
a
consent.
Decree
is
not
only
something
I'm
open
to,
but
something
I'm
supportive
of.
A
That
being
said,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there
is
clarity
of
the
goals
that
we
are
working
for,
that
there's
consistency
in
the
measures
that
could
ultimately
be
adopted
and
that
we
don't
have
dueling
consent.
Decrees
that
are
providing
multiple
monitors,
multiple
administrators
and
lacking
a
clear
criteria
as
to
what
we
need
to
hit.
So
again,
let's
make
sure
that
we
have
accountability
in
this
document.