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Minneapolis mayor proposes keeping vacant 100 police jobs

by Associated Press/Report for America
| August 14, 2020 9:03 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday announced plans to hold open 100 police officer positions next year as part of a hiring freeze to help manage a 2021 budget and as activists are clamoring to shift money away from traditional policing.

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