The $15.3 million initiative would give $15,000 a piece to new Minneapolis officers over three years to entice recruits and $18,000 to existing officers over two and a half years to retain them.
Although Minneapolis is a mostly DFL town, city politics in recent years have been divided between liberal Democrats and a more progressive alliance of Democrats and democratic socialists.
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The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to authorize staff to purchase a building located at 2633 Minnehaha Ave. S, just a few blocks away from the former precinct building which was damaged in 2020.