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2020-10-14 Home Front: Politix
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Minneapolis loses more police officers to disability claims
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[KSTP] Attorney Ron Meuser told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the number of Minneapolis coppers who have filed for disability claims since this spring's civil unrest and rioting has now reached 175, with 100 other officers considering similar moves.
"The 100 additional officers are doing their best to hang in there and not leave because they want to serve their community," Meuser said. "But if there is more rioting in the near future, I would not be surprised to see the number of officers filing for disability to reach between 250 and 300 officers."
Meuser says the disability filings are for both physical and mental health reasons. So far, 2020 has seen twice as many claims as usual.
"It is a particularly high number and it speaks to everything these officers have gone through in the past year," Meuser said. "It has been extremely tough physically and mentally for them and their families."
This comes at a time when the Minneapolis Police Department is facing $12 million in proposed cuts. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told the Minneapolis City Council he is juggling his staff to make sure he has 531 officers responding to 911 calls, which is down from 604 in 2020.
"The department is getting smaller, but we are streamlining things to focus on a one-dimensional approach of response and investigations," Arradondo said. "So, that means we are taking some people from things like Community Response Teams and placing them on patrol to keep up with emergency calls."
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