The 2021 budget passed last December provided funding for about 770 sworn officers on payroll. The court acknowledged that the anticipated drop in numbers happened amid a pandemic that challenged the city’s available revenue, resulting in budget cuts including the cancellation of the August 2020 police academy. The judge said that both sides of the case agreed that the MPD would be on pace to only have 649 sworn officers next January 1st, only 637 by April 1 of next year, 669 officers on June 1, 2022, and 721 on January 1, 2023. With the estimated city population in 2019 at around 429,606, that means there have to be at least 730.33 officers, according to the ruling from Minnesota District Court Judge Jamie L. Under the law, the city council must fund a police force of at least 0.0017 employees per resident.
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