Murders have doubled in Minneapolis since 2020, and yet city Democrats are worried about finding more bureaucrats to babysit their police department.

The Minneapolis Police Department welcomed its largest group of new hires in five years on Tuesday. "I chose Minneapolis because I believe that Minneapolis is a community that needs officers that help regain that community trust, so, here I am," one recruit said.

Minneapolis is poised to become the U.S. Justice Department’s 16th under federal consent decree for police reform.

With only two weeks left in the Biden administration, officials hurried to finalize a plan in the city where George Floyd was murdered.

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to a series of police reforms after a probe from the Justice Department in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. A court-enforceable agreement known as a consent decree requires Minneapolis to focus on preventing excessive force and to seek immediate medical care for anyone injured during

The federal consent decree, which contains many of the same proposed mandates as the city’s agreement with the state, requires the city of Minneapolis to consider policing alternatives meant to reduce racial disparities.