The city of Minneapolis must hire more police officers after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Monday (pdf) that the mayor had not met his legal duty to do so or demonstrated why he hasn’t.
In the ruling, Chief Justice Lorie Gildea said Mayor Jacob Frey has a “clear legal duty” under the Minneapolis City Charter to employ at least 731 sworn police officers or at least 0.0017 of the 2020 census population, whichever is higher.”
