Citing unexpected costs, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo asked the Minneapolis City Council for an additional $5 million.
The MPD has 632 sworn officers, down from 845 one year ago — a 25% drop — to protect the 425,000-person city that’s fighting spiking violent crime.
Many of those roughly 220 officers are still employed by MPD and are paid by sick, vacation or workers’ compensation for physical or mental injuries.
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