Police officers in Minneapolis no longer will conduct “pretextual” traffic stops for low-level offenses, Mayor Jacob Frey announced Friday.
Frey and Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo “have finalized another series of reforms in ongoing efforts to create a more just and accountable system of community safety,” according to a news release.
“Effective today, Minneapolis Police Officers will no longer be conducting pretextual stops for offenses like expired tabs, an item dangling from a mirror, or an expired license,” the release said.
The announcement came after Arradondo previously told officers in an internal memo that the policy change was being made to recognize “the continued importance” of how the department can “better utilize time, resources and operational effectiveness,” according to the Star Tribune.
Arradondo’s memo said the city attorney’s office would no longer issue tickets for driving after suspension if the driver was unable to pay a fine or fees or if there was no accident or erratic driving that “would impact public safety,” according to the report.
In June, Portland, Ore., similarly announced it would no longer conduct minor traffic stops “in the name of racial justice.”
The mayor’s announcement came as part of his 2022 budget proposal, which includes funding to hire more staff in the city attorney’s office for reviewing police disciplinary investigations and a full-time analyst for body-camera footage.
The budget allots money for five recruit classes for MPD with a focus on “community-oriented officers,” as well as $7.8 million for the Office of Violence Prevention. It also includes investments in youth recreation and programming — including $500,000 for youth-specific violence prevention— and another $500,000 “for a state-of-the-art early intervention system to ensure supervisors and department leadership have access to real-time data to help inform when an officer may need additional support or are no longer fit to serve.”
The news comes after a judge ordered the city to hire more police officers last month after the council had previously unanimously voted to “defund” the department, though it ultimately only reduced the operating budget.
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Maybe Cuhomo can move from Nyark to Minneapolistan and become a theRAPIST/cop?
What a stupid announcement to tell the public about. If that plan makes sense to the police dept., keep it a secret. Now sloppy drivers will get even more careless and the accident will increase.
IDIOTS! IDIOTS!
So, it begins! From orderly, to confusion, to unruliness, to turmoil, to anarchy, to madness because liberal socialists coined another “politically correct” word: “pretextual”! Once again, the criminal left strikes a blow against liberty, justice, and sanity! Police will no longer stop you for expired plates, tattered and unsafe vehicles, expired inspection decals, or any other infraction all in the name of reform efforts to create a more just and accountable system of community safety!
What part of a vehicle flying down the freeway with parts falling off is not a safety hazard? When did driving while breaking the law become safer for the community than having drivers obey the law? If a person drives a vehicle with expired plates, what is to stop that person from driving without insurance? How is that safer for the community? Laws state all persons driving must have a valid driver’s license, the vehicle they operate must have active insurance coverage, and the vehicle must have passed a safety inspection. How can anyone consider it safer for the community if administrators order law enforcement officers to ignore these laws?
As a citizen, licensed to drive, I have an expectation of driving among citizens who, like me, obey the law and provide adequate insurance coverage for themselves, those they collide with, and any vehicle damaged by their driving actions. How can city officials justify their claim of making the community safer by ordering police to overlook these violations? How is it safer when a driver hits my vehicle, totaling it and putting a passenger or me in the hospital, where I accumulate huge medical bills, and then the driver has no license, no valid tag, and no insurance? Who pays for my vehicle? Who pays my medical bills? Can I expect the city to replace my vehicle and cover my medical expenses? Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo are insane and citizens in Minneapolis must remove them from office!
Oh now wait a minute there krymson. You can’t remove anyone from office just because they are stupid. You know they have rights. But you know that now the insurance companies are going to increase rates just like they do in St. Cloud. My rates went up because I live here!! And we know that because no body will be at fault in an accident there will be more shootings. Think about it. Mpls is going to hell in a hand basket.
Wait until you’re in an accident with an illegal. As I was . not my fault I was hit from behind but I still had to pay the $500 deductible
Ah yes. Insanity is king since the Biden Admin took office in January. These idiot demon-rats are at the top of their game…..what ever it is. Mpls is full of them.
So now pulling a car over for a expired registration is racist . The insanity never stops