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In response to "Minneapolis PD going bye-bye if City Council has its way -- (link)" by TWuG

I understand the concept of reducing police funding to fund other social approaches to things. But no PD? I don't get that. -- nm

Posted by ty97 Jun 7 '20, 15:02

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county Sheriffs don't change -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 15:11
This thread (kinda disjointed) has some explanations. (Abolish is a poor word choice.) -- (link) - Tim Jun 7, 15:10
It means disbanding the PD and standing up a new police force with a different name. -- nm - spamlet Jun 7, 15:05 3
- It's like after the ValuJet crash, they renamed themselves AirTran. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 7, 15:11 1
  - Technically, ValuJet bought the smaller Airtrain airline and then adopted the name, but yeah. -- nm - ty97 Jun 7, 15:14
- Avengers Assemble. -- nm - mud Jun 7, 15:06
For a time, it might operate like towns here in BC - no local PD, so RCMP provides services. Except for Minnesota that might be the BCA. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:04 1
- RCMP stands for Royal Canadian Mounted...? -- nm - zunkskunk Jun 7, 15:30

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