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A push to make cops carry liability insurance in Minneapolis

Carla Murphy

June 27, 2016 |

Chicago Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Holding the police accountable for their actions is needed to build trust in the communities they police. The city of Minneapolis has created the Committee for Professional Policing, which advocates for a city charter amendment that requires the police to purchase liability insurance. In this piloted approach, the insurance provides a “financial oversight of the police” but it is still unclear if it has made the police department more accountable.

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