{"id":1999924,"date":"2023-08-14T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entire-minnesota-city-police-force-resigns-as-defund-police-calls-still-echo-following-george-floyd-fallout\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T12:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:08:34","slug":"entire-minnesota-city-police-force-resigns-as-defund-police-calls-still-echo-following-george-floyd-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entire-minnesota-city-police-force-resigns-as-defund-police-calls-still-echo-following-george-floyd-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota City Police Force Resigns Amid Ongoing &#8216;Defund Police&#8217; Demands After George Floyd Incident."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fentire-minnesota-city-police-force-resigns-as-defund-police-calls-still-echo-following-george-floyd-fallout%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=1999924&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--><h2>Entire Minnesota City Police Force Resigns as &#8216;Defund Police&#8217; Calls Still Echo Following George Floyd Fallout<\/h2>\n<p>In the state where the \u201cDefund the Police\u201d movement was born after the 2020 death of George \u2064Floyd, one community may actually see its police department vanish after all department members resigned.<\/p>\n<p>The members of the Goodhue City Police Department in Minnesota cited \u201clack of pay\u201d and recruitment\u200b issues,\u2062 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawofficer.com\/entire-minnesota-police-agency-quits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawofficer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofgoodhue.com\/departments\/police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city\u2019s website<\/a> shows \u2064the department has a chief and two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-cops-accused-in-george-floyds-death-begin-their-federal-trial\/\" title=\"Three Cops Accused In George Floyd\u2019s Death Begin Their Federal Trial\">full-time officers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Josh Smith resigned Wednesday,\u200b with the other members\u2062 resigning Friday the report\u200c said. The city called\u200d a special counsel meeting for \u2064Monday to address the resignations, with \u2064a meeting notice citing \u201cChief \u200cSmith, Officer Brecht and part-time officers resignations,\u201d \u201cpay\u2062 increase\u201d and \u201ccurrent status \u2063of \u200dthe current\u200d police department\u201d as discussion items.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimt.com\/news\/all-goodhue-police-department-officers-suddenly-resign\/article_c69ba264-38c3-11ee-9855-57745392285f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KIMT-TV<\/a>, citing Robert J.V. Vose,\u2062 Goodhue County City Attorney, Chief Josh Smith discussed pay with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oakland-naacp-condemns-defund-police-blistering-statement-urges-white-asian-latino-communities-sound-crime-alarm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city council<\/a> last week and resigned after\u2062 the \u2063council said\u2064 it could keep \u200dtalking about the issue this week.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 city does not believe this is a negotiation tactic, Vose said. The city \u2063may contract with \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">county sheriff<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe option the city has that\u2019s obviously available to \u200dit\u200c I\u2064 think is that the city contract with the Goodhue County Sheriff\u2019s office \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entire-minnesota-city-police-force-resigns-as-defund-police-calls-still-echo-following-george-floyd-fallout\/\" title=\"Minnesota City Police Force Resigns Amid Ongoing 'Defund Police' Demands After George Floyd Incident.\">provide local police services<\/a>,\u201d Vose said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postbulletin.com\/news\/local\/goodhue-police-chief-other-officers-resign-over-pay-recruitment\">Post Bulletin<\/a> reported that Goodhue Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said Chief Smith \u201chas accepted a\u200c position with the Lake City \u200dPolice Department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been in contact with the Goodhue County Sheriff\u2019s Department and will be bringing information before the\u200c council\u2064 on \u200dMonday evening. I want to reassure the residents of Goodhue we will have \u2062law enforcement\u2064 coverage in the\u2064 interim,\u201d\u2062 she said.<\/p>\n<p>Police are\u200c battling against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-politician-called-defunding-police-reverses-course-begs-officers-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple factors<\/a>, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard of Michigan said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.candgnews.com\/news\/police-departments-struggle-with-lower-recruitment-numbers-3127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CandGNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perception of police on the national stage also has been \u200chorrible. Any officer\u2062 who has acted inappropriately should, obviously, be \u200cheld \u2062accountable, but this is a small number of officers, but that impression has washed over all officers. People are asking why they would want to go into a field\u2062 where they would have to deal with this perception,\u201d Bouchard said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see it \u200bsimilar to\u2062 the Vietnam vets, who came home after serving and were demonized. I\u200b have seen businesses and restaurants that\u200d refuse to serve cops. \u2026 \u2063I want people to know that \u2064the person who\u2062 hates a bad cop the most is a good cop,\u201d\u200d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Nelson, chair of the\u00a0Minnesota State University\u00a0law \u2063enforcement program, said interest in \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dr-phil-gives-defund-police-activist-air-wake-call-reality-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entering the field<\/a> is lagging,\u200b according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/rural-law-enforcement\/articles\/i-dont-see-this-trend-getting-any-better-officer-shortages-devastating-small-town-pds-ksBbig1r7XSpysS6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like there\u2019s \u200dsuch a negative view of people who are in criminal justice by the \u2063general population,\u201d Nelson said.\u200c \u201cEven friends \u2063and family are \u200cpressuring\u200b them to not do that because of the negative view of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That kind of negativity was blamed for the defeat of \u200ca proposal to address \u2063the deficit in the Gladwin County\u2062 Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2063 in Michigan, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/rural-law-enforcement\/articles\/i-dont-see-this-trend-getting-any-better-officer-shortages-devastating-small-town-pds-ksBbig1r7XSpysS6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WJRT-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community has spoken, and you know, effectively it\u2019s a defund-the-police \u200blocally, that\u2019s the way I am taking it,\u201d Gladwin County Sheriff Mike Shea\u2064 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s put it quite \u200cfrank that there will be gaps in the schedule, and you will get no one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entire-minnesota-city-police-force-resigns-defund-police-calls-still-echo-following-george-floyd-fallout\/\">Entire Minnesota City \u200dPolice Force Resigns\u200b as &#8216;Defund Police&#8217; Calls Still Echo Following George\u200c Floyd Fallout<\/a> appeared \u2063first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Minnesota, the birthplace of the &#8220;Defund the Police&#8221; movement, the Goodhue City Police Department may dissolve as all members resigned due to low pay and recruitment problems. 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