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alp227

(31,961 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:05 PM Jun 2020

Minneapolis Public Schools terminates contract with Police Department over George Floyd's death

Source: Star Tribune

Minneapolis Public Schools has severed its decadeslong relationship with the city's police department in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody.

The school board voted unanimously Tuesday to terminate the MPD's contract to provide school resource officers. The district will cease further negotiations with the department and Superintendent Ed Graff must come up with a new plan for school safety by the board's Aug. 18 meeting.

"I value people and education and life," school board chairwoman Kim Ellison said in an interview. "Now I'm convinced, based on the actions of the Minneapolis Police Department, that we don't have the same values."

[...]

The Minneapolis and St. Paul school districts have long faced criticism over the use of school resource officers, with both seeking to transform the role to be more of a mentor than an enforcer. In 2018-2019, a Minneapolis Public Schools survey gave mostly positive marks to the officers, but the data also showed that school cops had more interactions with black students than their peers.

Read more: https://www.startribune.com/mpls-school-board-ends-contract-with-police-for-school-resource-officers/570967942/



Kim Ellison was previously married to Keith Ellison, the current Minnesota Attorney General and former member of Congress for the Minneapolis House district.
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Minneapolis Public Schools terminates contract with Police Department over George Floyd's death (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2020 OP
I also noticed the University of Minnesota told them to take a flying leap 47of74 Jun 2020 #1
Another feather plucked from Kroll's fedora of failure... Blue Owl Jun 2020 #2
I have never thought police in our schools was a good idea. We have plenty of psychologists, riversedge Jun 2020 #3
They'll probably bring in a security contractor madville Jun 2020 #4
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
1. I also noticed the University of Minnesota told them to take a flying leap
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:20 PM
Jun 2020

Maybe if they're treated like pariahs it'll get through to them that they need to get their shit together.

Doubt it though.

riversedge

(69,721 posts)
3. I have never thought police in our schools was a good idea. We have plenty of psychologists,
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:49 AM
Jun 2020

and mental health professionals to work with students and their problems. And they do have problems.

madville

(7,397 posts)
4. They'll probably bring in a security contractor
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 09:27 AM
Jun 2020

Still have to have some kind of security in middle and high schools. Of course the police in that jurisdiction will still have to be called in cases where a serious crime has been committed, like battery, burglary, sexual assault, etc. they might be able to go to the county sheriffs department instead of the PD though, depends on the jurisdictional laws and agreements in place.

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