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 […]
Report Shows What It’s Like To “Drive While Black” In Minnesota
New data collected by the Pioneer Press found that black drivers were nearly four times more likely to be pulled over in St. Paul compared to white drivers. Using data from 2006 to 2020, the Pioneer Press found that Asian, Latino and Native American drivers were stopped at roughly the same rate as white drivers, […]
Murders Rise But Violent Crime In St. Paul Drops To 25-Year Low In 2019
Homicides in St. Paul rose to numbers that we haven’t seen in more than two decades, but other types of violent crimes continued their recent decline in 2019. Homicides in the city reached a 25-year high, but 2019 represented the lowest overall violent crime numbers since at least 1995. He’s a look at how violent […]
Crime Up 10 Percent In St. Paul in 2017
Statistics released yesterday by local law enforcement show that criminal activity rose 10 percent in St. Paul last year compared to 2016. The increase was driven by a notable rise in theft crimes. “Anytime we have an increase in any crime category, it’s certainly not good news and we take it very seriously,” said Police […]
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 […]
