{"id":1570184,"date":"2022-07-25T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570184"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:21:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:21:50","slug":"minneapolis-residents-resort-to-crowdfunding-cops-to-protect-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-residents-resort-to-crowdfunding-cops-to-protect-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Residents Resort To Crowdfunding Cops To Protect Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-residents-resort-to-crowdfunding-cops-to-protect-themselves%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Residents in Minneapolis are crowdfunding to get off-duty police officers to patrol the streets as the city continues to experience staffing shortages and an uptick in violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Minneapolis Safety Initiative (MSI), a nonprofit seeking to increase law and order, is raising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mplssafety.org\/about-us\">money<\/a> to \u201cbuyback officer patrols.\u201d Funds that are raised through the volunteer-led initiative will be sent to the Minneapolis Police Department to get officers deployed for shifts that the officers would otherwise not be working, MSI says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers working a buyback shift patrol in MPD vehicles, respond to 911 calls, and deter criminals\u2014just as they do in a normal shift,\u201d according to MSI. \u201cAll people working on this initiative are volunteers. There are fees for payment processing but otherwise, all contributions will go directly to paying for MPD buyback officer patrols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A $210,000 contract for MSI was approved by the Minneapolis City Council in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/mndaily.com\/270749\/news\/minneapolis-city-council-approves-contract-for-organizations-to-pay-for-extra-police\/\">the<\/a> Minnesota Daily reported. The program lets MSI crowdfund to acquire additional patrols for areas, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/court-orders-minneapolis-to-employ-a-minimum-of-731-police-officers\">ruled<\/a> in June that Minneapolis has to maintain at least 731 officers in the MPD after residents sued the city council and mayor for not having enough. Since the murder of George Floyd in 2020, over 300 officers have fled the MPD, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/supreme-court-sides-minneapolis-residents-suing-depleted-police-force-731-officers\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Minneapolis recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/minnesota\/articles\/2021-12-31\/minneapolis-nears-record-homicide-count-for-2021\">more<\/a> homicides than in the last two decades, according to the Associated Press. Minneapolis has grappled with the Defund the Police movement \u2014 voting out several council members in 2021 who supported a charter that would have abolished the MPD. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/29\/defund-police-activist-minneapolis-city-council-joins-obama-foundation\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018Defund Police\u2019 Activist Joins Obama Foundation After Getting Voted Off Minneapolis City Council)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Miller, the Minnesota Senate\u2019s majority leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/29\/defund-police-activist-minneapolis-city-council-joins-obama-foundation\/\">previously<\/a> told the Daily Caller News Foundation that \u201claw enforcement professionals\u201d need \u201cmore support.\u201d MSI is suggesting people contribute a minimum of $220 per month for at least six months. One hour of buyback costs add up to roughly $110, the group says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7484206\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7484206\" class=\"wp-image-7484206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1232258306-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1232258306-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1232258306-180x120.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1232258306-620x413-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1232258306-768x512-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1232258306-1536x1024-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1232258306-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7484206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 Police officers take cover as they clash with protesters after an officer shot and killed a black man in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 11,2021. \u2013 Protests broke out April 11, 2021 night after US police fatally shot a young Black man in a suburb of Minneapolis \u2014 where a former police officer is currently on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Hundreds of people gathered outside the police station in Brooklyn Center, northwest of Minneapolis. Police fired teargas and flash bangs at the demonstrators, according to an AFP video journalist at the scene. (Photo by Kerem Yucel \/ AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MSI is not the only grassroots initiative dedicated to seeking to support off-duty officers. The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedmna.org\/\">another<\/a> group, is fundraising to be able to pay an off-duty officer to patrol a downtown area for certain times each week, MinnPost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/metro\/2022\/07\/why-are-wealthier-minneapolis-neighborhoods-receiving-extra-police-patrols\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MSI did not respond to a request for comment, nor did the MPD or Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The initiative comes amid police staffing shortages in Minneapolis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}