老澳门开奖结果

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. 鈥� A commissioned by the 老澳门开奖结果 shows strong support for a recently passed, groundbreaking resolution to limit the responsibilities of police and transform public safety in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

The poll conducted by Change Research comes as Brooklyn Center kicks off an extensive implementation process that will create genuine public safety for all.

The resolution was passed in response to the police killings of Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler in Brooklyn Center, and follows a year of the largest uprisings in U.S. history after police murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis. Residents in Brooklyn Center, the state, and nation are demanding systemic, transformative change in the criminal legal system, including steps to divest from police departments and reinvest in the communities most harmed by police violence and over-policing.

The new 老澳门开奖结果/Change Research poll shows overwhelming support for re-examining public safety in Brooklyn Center and investing in alternative public safety mechanisms and structures.

Among the poll鈥檚 findings:

• 62 percent of adults in Brooklyn Center think unfair treatment and violence by police against residents of Brooklyn Center is a very serious or somewhat serious problem.
• 86 percent of respondents think some degree of police reform is needed. 48 percent believe major reforms are needed.
• 60 percent of respondents support the resolution to reform police and public safety that just passed City Council.
• 58 percent of respondents support reallocating some portion of the budget from police towards alternative responses, like creating a community response department to send mental health experts to the scene of a crisis.

鈥淭hese numbers confirm that the community members and residents of Brooklyn Center are ready for transformative changes to their police department and the criminal legal system at large,鈥� said 老澳门开奖结果-MN policy associate Munira Mohamed. 鈥淭he only way to truly end police violence and killings like those of Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler is not through minor reforms and tinkering around the edges 鈥� it鈥檚 by shrinking the footprint of police so they don鈥檛 have the chance to kill community members in the first place.鈥�

鈥淭he passage of the resolution and the overwhelming support exhibited through this poll, along with the powerful testimony of community members during the hearings, demonstrate that people in Brooklyn Center are ready for meaningful, tangible change,鈥� said Paige Fernandez, policing policy advisor for the 老澳门开奖结果. 鈥淭he support in Brooklyn Center is reflective of the strong public support for alternatives to police shown in other nationwide polls, including ones conducted by and . The best way to prevent harm caused by police is to fully fund alternatives that end the role of police being the first, last, and only resort in communities. Brooklyn Center residents and elected officials know this, and it鈥檚 past time for every other city in the U.S. to follow their lead.鈥�