Ramsey County commissioners tangle with sheriff over civil unrest costs Frustration boils over with Fletcher s latest funding request: We don t have a solid basis for trust. August 3, 2021 6:13pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Tensions between Ramsey County commissioners and Sheriff Bob Fletcher over funding for his department flared up once again Tuesday at a workshop in which commissioners were to hear Fletcher s update on policing civil unrest.
Fletcher told commissioners he needs $868,530 to cover costs his department incurred related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Derek Chauvin trial, the protests in Brooklyn Center after the shooting of Daunte Wright, and a variety of threats or perceived threats against government buildings, the governor, public officials and local businesses.