Law enforcement 

Minneapolis approves plan to create ‘community’ alternative to police department

In a unanimous vote Friday, the city council of Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a plan to ultimately move police department responsibilities to a yet undefined ‘community’ alternative.

The plan calls for a commission of most major city departments to lay out the plan over the course of the next year.

The Minneapolis City Council shared a copy of its resolution titled “Declaring the intent to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety in our city” on Friday.


The resolution calls for “Recommendations that advance the work of the 911 working group and other strategies for
transitioning work of the Minneapolis Police Department to alternative, more appropriate responses to community requests for help and identifying the resources needed to perform this work in City departments, other agencies, and/or community partners while the work of creating a new public safety system is in progress.”


During the year long study period, the city will reportedly be “prototyping new responses to mental health calls, and reporting; and further explore 911 call options beyond the Minneapolis Police Department.”

The idea to replace 911 call features comes just days after a veto-proof majority on the city council voted to disband the police, Axios reported.