Minneapolis ‘violence interrupter’ program vulnerable to fraud: Audit
The Minneapolis office responsible for reviewing agency performance has identified issues with the city’s community peacekeeping program, which was initiated as an activist choice to traditional policing following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.A recent report from the Minneapolis City Auditor’s Office highlights that the program, operated by the Neighborhood Safety Department, is at a higher risk of fraud, waste, and abuse due to inadequate oversight of millions of dollars paid to nonprofit groups tasked with patrolling high-crime areas in lieu of police.
The Minneapolis office in charge of agency performance reviews has found that the city’s community peacekeeping program, an activist alternative to traditional policing that was born out of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, is at “increased risk of fraud, waste, and abuse.”
According to a recent 60-page report from the Minneapolis City Auditor’s Office, government investigators concluded that the city’s Neighborhood Safety Department fails to properly oversee the millions of dollars it pays nonprofit groups to patrol certain high-crime areas in place of police.
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