Minneapolis City Council member Alondra Cano told CNN on Monday that "the Minneapolis police department cannot be reformed" and that the council aims to create a "new security system with our community".
"We have budgetary power, so every time we have seven or more votes, we can approve a major budget measure to change the city's moral directive. We have nine people on board, which is a test-majority veto, "Cano CNN's New Day said Monday. "Everyone agrees that the Minneapolis police department cannot be reformed, that everyone agrees that we are on the right track to end this existing police system, and that we will create a new security system with our community. "
When asked what this "new security system" might look like, Cano said the police are still in place and the new direction for the council is to travel in partnership with the community when "they are ready "," coming up with the answers together. "
"We still have a $ 193 million police budget that Minneapolis residents can rely on for help. Now tomorrow, which means maybe in six months, nine months, in a year, we will have a structure present in our community that we co-created together on the future of security in the police of our city " said Cano.
Cano also said that she had "deep relationships" with the police and that this system also did not work for them.
"They don't want to be in a position where a week after graduating from our police cadet class, they are now in court charged with murder. No officer wants to be in this position," said Cano. "We are going to keep security, we are going to keep aid, but launch broken and obsolete systems that do not allow us to respond to our community in a way that protects people's lives."
A certain context: Nine Minneapolis city council members have pledged to start the process of funding and "dismantling" the police force, Minneapolis city council chair Lisa Bender told CNN on Sunday.
Bender said she and other members of council heard from their constituents that "at the moment our police force is not making our community feel safe."
When asked for details on what the dismantling might look like, Bender told Josh Campbell of CNN that they were going to shift police funding for other needs and start a discussion on how to replace the current police service.
"The idea of not having a police force is certainly not in the short term," said Bender.
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