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CRB presses MNPD on recruitment, staffing shortfall and academy demographics
Summary
Board members questioned MNPD representatives about recruitment and academy composition, asked for staffing ratio data and were told the department is budgeted for about 1,720 sworn officers and is focusing on reaching 30% women in training classes by 2030; current academy participation by women was reported at about 13%.
Members of the Community Review Board pressed MMPD representatives for data on recruitment, training-class demographics and overall staffing at the October meeting.
A board member asked whether the department is meeting a national staffing benchmark (roughly 2.5 officers per 1,000 population). Captain Cottrell said he did not have the exact ratio available at the meeting but that the department is budgeted for about 1,720 sworn…
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