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University of Minnesota details $10 million safety investments, will extend Dinkytown patrol pilot
Summary
University of Minnesota police described upgrades funded with state appropriations — ongoing maintenance dollars and one-time projects — and said a Dinkytown off‑campus patrol pilot will continue for another year after reported drops in theft and auto theft in the patrol area.
The University of Minnesota told the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee that state appropriations have funded campus security upgrades and an off‑campus patrol pilot that the university will extend through March 2026.
Interim Chief Eric Swanson of the University of Minnesota Police Department told the committee the university uses a $1,000,000 ongoing appropriation for systemwide staffing and to maintain security infrastructure, and used $4,000,000 in one‑time FY2024 and another $4,000,000 in FY2025 for urgent upgrades and projects. “Some of this is being kept as an end‑of‑life fund,” Swanson said of the ongoing appropriation, noting analog cameras were replaced with digital units that support analytics, and that the university hired a security infrastructure manager to track equipment lifecycles.
Swanson described one‑time purchases and projects funded by the nonrecurring appropriations: replacement of…
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