Minneapolis Mayor Frey: 'Chief Arradondo's decision to withdraw from the union contract negotiations is the right one. It shows courage, it shows integrity and he has my full support.'
Cities from Los Angeles to New York have announced changes to police funding as calls for reform intensify across the country.MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday as he announced the first steps in what he said would be transformational reforms to the agency in the wake of George Floyd's death.
“This work must be transformational, but I must do it right,” Arradondo said of changes to the department. Arradondo sidestepped a question about whether he thought union head Bob Kroll, often seen as an obstacle to reform, should step down. He also didn’t directly answer a question about whether citizens should worry about a slowdown in police response time as a pushback against attempts to transform the department. Some City Council members have said in the past that their wards saw such slowdowns when they complained about police action.
Former police Chief Janee Harteau said she received pushback from the union when she was trying to make changes.
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