Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

Why voters rejected plans to replace the Minneapolis Police Department – and what's next for policing reform

Precincts around where George Floyd was killed voted in favor of disbanding the Minneapolis Police Department.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesVoters in Minneapolis rejected a measure that would have transformed the city’s policing 18 months after the killing of George Floyd thrust the city into the forefront of the police reform debate.By a 56% to 44% margin, voters said “no” to a charter amendment that would have replaced the Minneapolis Police Depart…

Voters Reject Replacing Minneapolis Police Department

Sweeping police reforms have been at the center of a debate in the United States since the May 2020 death of African American George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A year-and-a-half later, amid spiking violent crime rates nationwide, voters in the city rejected scrapping its police department and replacing it with a proposed Department of Public Safety.  In the first municipal election since Floyd’s death, voters rejected the…

Minneapolis Voters Reject Overhaul of Police Department

Voters in Minneapolis resoundingly rejected a ballot question that would have overhauled the city’s troubled police department, with the measure goi... More »

Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department with a minimum number of officers.

Minneapolis voters reject measure to replace city’s police department

Competing lawn signs are placed outside of a polling place on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Minneapolis. Voters there are deciding whether to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year after George Floyd's death launched a movement to defund or abolish police across the country.(AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa) (Christian Monterrosa/)Voters in Minneapolis have resoundingly rejected …

Minneapolis voters decide to keep police department

MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis voters have rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety.The initiative would have changed the city charter to remove a requirement that the city have a police department with a minimum number of officers.Supporters of the proposal said a complete overhaul of policing was necessary to stop police violence.Opponents said the proposal had no concrete plan for how to mo…