What has -- and hasn't -- changed in public safety since George Floyd's murder | MinnPost

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Despite the calls to slash police budgets, MPD's budget has gone up in the three years since the start of the "defund" movement, as have the budgets of many other departments nationwide.
44% : Counties have been providing social workers local police departments to embed as a way to provide direct social services to people experiencing homelessness or mental health issues.
40% : Courts can no longer issue the search warrants to law enforcement unless the agency applying for it can prove the warrant can't be executed when no one is home and the occupants pose a threat to the officers.

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