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(The Center Square) – The Minneapolis police department has seen a 36% drop in sworn officers while funding remains nearly the same more than three years after the death of George Floyd and the start of the movement to shift resources away from police.
The city of Minneapolis was ground zero for the movement to defund the police after the murder of Floyd by Minneapolis Police in May 2020. The movement focused on taking resources from the police department and shifting them to social services.
At the time of Floyd’s death in 2020, the city employed 888 sworn police officers and spent $178.6 million on the police department. The number of sworn police officers dropped to 571 as of Sept. 11, according to a city report. The city allows for the funding of up to 731 sworn officers. The city still spent $175.6 million on the police department in 2022.
