Created: July 13, 2021 05:30 PM
Police academies and colleges are finding new ways to recruit future officers as some police departments in the metro face staffing shortages.
In recent months, the Minneapolis Police Department has reported its staffing being down by about a third.
A group of north Minneapolis residents sued the city for operating below the required minimum of 730 police officers, a number set by a per capita formula in the city charter. A Hennepin County judge agreed and ordered Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council to hire an additional 61 officers by June 2022. A spokesperson for the attorney s office declined to comment on the judge s order.
BU must do more to address racism on campus and locally Doris Turkel is an undeclared freshman.
As a predominantly white institution, BU has a responsibility to enforce strong consequences for racism on campus
April 15, 2021
During the second week of my sociology class this semester, our professor Joshua Price brought to the class’s attention a racial incident that had occurred in a discussion section. A student had said a string of slurs while referring to a teaching assistant (TA), who is a woman of color. My initial reaction was how horribly ironic it was that in a class devoted to the unpacking of patterns of oppression, a student would say such a disgusting and racially charged statement. I also wondered what consequences the student would face. Unfortunately, it is unknown whether the student has faced any consequences besides dropping the course.