Voters To Decide Fate Of Minneapolis Police

The ballot question is to decide whether to replace the local police department with a new Department of Public Safety.

In the first national Election Day since George Floyd was killed, police reform is on the ballot across the country.  

In Minneapolis, there's a ballot question to decide whether to replace the local police department with a new Department of Public Safety.  

This vote does three things — splits power over the police department between the mayor and the City Council, removes the requirement the city maintain a certain number of police and gives city leaders 30 days to pick an interim Department of Public Safety commissioner.