# Proposal to Wipe Out Minneapolis’ Police Force Approved for November Ballot

By Human Events · Published 2021-07-26 · News & Analysis › Politics · https://humanevents.com/news/proposal-to-wipe-out-minneapolis-police-force-approved-for-november-ballot

> The Minneapolis City Council voted 12 to 1 on Friday to place a petition on the November ballot to wipe out Minneapolis’ police force, replacing it with a department of public safety. As previously reported by Human Events News, a new political committee called Yes 4 Minneapolis gathered signatures to put a question on the \[…\]

The Minneapolis City Council voted 12 to 1 on Friday to place a petition on the November ballot to wipe out Minneapolis’ police force, replacing it with a department of public safety.

[As previously reported by](https://humanevents.com/2021/07/23/minneapolis-city-council-advances-plan-to-wipe-out-police/) *Human Events News*, a new political committee called Yes 4 Minneapolis gathered signatures to put a question on the November ballot whether to give voters the authority to replace police.

The proposal asked voters if they wanted to approve a plan to replace the police department with a new public safety department focused on a “comprehensive public safety approach” that would include officers “if necessary to fulfill the department’s responsibilities.”

The plan’s advancement follows a June court order for the 435,000-person town to hire more police since it’s currently violating its charter by understaffing police, according to [*Just the News.*](https://justthenews.com/nation/states/replacement-minneapolis-police-dept-nov-ballot?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter)

Indeed, violent crime in Minneapolis has skyrocketed over the last year. In 2020, more than 550 people were injured in shootings, a more than 100 percent increase over 2019. According to city gunshot detection data, people shot more than 24,000 rounds of ammunition in 2020.

According to [city data](https://humanevents.com/), there were 82 homicides in 2020, making it the third worst year the city has ever seen.