safety. it reads in part, shall the minneapolis city charter be amended to remove police department and replace wit the department of public safety? it s really setting the table, if you will, for policymakers in the future to come forward and say what should be in the public safety department. it s not abolishing the police department, getting rid of police officers. there are certain functions in our city that can only be done by licensed police officers. that doesn t change whether this amendment number 2 question passes or not. reporter: in the aftermath of george floyd s murder, there were calls to defund and even dismantle the minneapolis police department. ending the minneapolis police department! reporter: a year and a half and over 20,000 petition signatures later, those controversial ideas aren t quite on the ballot, but organizers say needed reform is. we know that slogans are not policies. it does not abolish the police department, does not even really
minneapolis city charter be amended to remove the police department and replace it with a department of public safety? it is really setting the table, if you will, for policymakers in the future to come forward and say what should be in the public safety department? reporter: it is not abolishing the police department, not getting rid of police officers? there are certain functions in our city that can only be done by licensed police officers. that doesn t change whether this amendment number 2 question passes or not. reporter: in the aftermath of george floyd s murder, there were calls to defund and even dismantle the minneapolis police department. ending the minneapolis police department. reporter: a year and a half and over 20,000 petition signatures later, those controversial ideas aren t quite on the ballot. but organizers say needed reform is. slogans get really popular. we also know that slogans are not policies. it does not abolish the police department, it does n