Public Health & Safety Committee

Remote

• The Public Health & Safety Committee approved three consent agenda items including setting a public hearing for Aug 24, 2022, on the approved use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the Minneapolis Police Department.
• The committee also received a community safety presentation with a focus on gun violence in 2022.
• Overall, violent crime is plateauing compared to 2021 with carjackings representing one of the largest percentage increases year to year.
• Focused Enforcement Details have been utilized in cooperation with the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office to “deploy resources in a specific surgical way” according to MPD Commander Jason Case.
• One of these strategies is to break up criminal activity by “deploying an overwhelming show of force in terms of personnel.”

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