If you’re out and about in Minneapolis this year, there’s a good chance you’ll see one or more police officers walking around on foot patrols. That’s because Minneapolis police chief Janee Harteau said the city plans to have more cops walking the beat this year to bring a more suburban feel to the city. The […]
Crime Dropped In St. Paul In 2016
Statistics from the most recent year show that crime dropped two percent overall in St. Paul in 2016, but it didn’t drop across the board. According to the statistics that were released Sunday, total crime dropped two percent overall last year, led most notably by an eight percent decrease in aggravated assaults and a 12 […]
Minnesota Reverses Progress On Sex Offender Reform
For the better part of the past two years, lawmakers in Minnesota have been working to reform the state’s sex offender program as it pertains to some of the system’s worst offenders. However, all that progress has seemingly gone out the window now that a federal appeals court has issued a ruling that they state […]
University of Minnesota Axes Criminal Questions From Future Applications
The University of Minnesota recently announced that questions about a person’s past felony convictions or pending criminal charges would be removed from the standard application beginning in the fall of 2017. Not all questions about a person’s background will be removed, as applicants will still be asked about sexual offenses or past transgressions of academic […]
Gun Violence Costs Minnesota $764 Million Annually
Gun violence and the associated expenses costs Minnesota more than three-quarters of a billion dollars each year, according to findings from the Minnesota Coalition for Common Sense. Statistics show that gun violence costs Minnesota roughly $764 million a year, and most of that bill is footed by the taxpayers. On average there were 922 shootings […]
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