Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and local law enforcement leaders announced last week that they will shift how they police certain traffic stops for minor infractions. St. Paul’s police chief instructed officers not to pull people over for equipment violations unless they were contributing to a public safety concerns, and Choi announced that he won’t […]
Ramsey County Changing 911 Policy to Protect Those With Mental Health Issues
Ramsey County is launching a pilot program aimed at helping those with mental health issues get the support they need when a call to 911 is made. Under the old policy, if a person called 911 with a non-emergency to tell the dispatcher that a friend or family member was acting weirdly or had stopped […]
