Minneapolis Agrees to Overhaul Police Training and Force Policies After George Floyd's Murder

TIME

The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

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00:00This legally binding agreement will give the city additional tools and the clarity as we continue doing the hard work

00:08about building trust and

00:10accountability in our communities

00:13This is an incredibly important agreement. It's a good agreement. Success will require buy-in

00:20buy-in from the Minneapolis Police Department and the officers that are charged with protecting and serving every

00:26resident and every visitor to our city

00:29Success will require strong community partnerships and collaboration across many neighborhoods

00:35success will require consistency clarity and

00:39accountability across

00:41elected leadership and that includes me the consent decree that we are announcing today is robust and

00:47Comprehensive in scope the decree focuses on four core goals promoting

00:53constitutional policing

00:55strengthening trust and public confidence in law enforcement

01:00promoting public safety and ensuring freedom from

01:04discrimination and bias

01:06The decree sets forth remedies to address the problems identified in our findings these remedies include

01:14limiting use of force

01:16closely regulating or

01:18Eliminating some types of force altogether and adopting a system to thoroughly and fairly investigate uses of force

01:26ensuring officers

01:28Intervene to prevent unlawful uses of force and that they seek prompt medical care as needed. I want to make it clear

01:35This is not the beginning of our efforts to reform

01:39much of the hard work to improve this department has already been underway as

01:44part of our settlement agreement with the state of Minnesota

01:48This agreement builds upon those efforts and sets a framework to guide continuing transformation

01:55In accordance with our state settlement agreement, we have been revising our policies to provide clear consistent guidance to our officers

02:03And we have been investing in additional training so that our officers can have the tools

02:08Skills and knowledge that they need to succeed

02:12This includes seeking community feedback in our policy and training development so that the community can have a voice in this process

02:20Dozens of new policies and trainings are in the process of being implemented and will soon be implemented this year

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