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Public Safety
Convention cops: SPPD official asks for more police volunteers, offers to forgo JPAs
Here’s a follow-up to my story yesterday about the St. Paul Police Department’s troubles in rounding up cops to patrol the streets during the Republican National Convention in September. As I wrote, one of the main sticking points has been the joint powers agreement (JPA) that St. Paul is asking other police agencies to sign. MORE »
Convention cops: SPPD releases list of departments sending officers to RNC
This afternoon the St. Paul Police Department released names and numbers regarding the Minnesota police agencies that will send cops to St. Paul to patrol during the Republican National Convention. (The timing of the release was prompted in part by yesterday’s Minnesota Independent story; details inside Paul Demko’s story.) MORE »
Convention cops: St. Paul struggling to recruit enough officers for RNC security
According to official estimates, the Republican National Convention security force that will patrol the streets from September 1-4 requires the services of 3,000-4,000 Minnesota cops, but budgetary and legal issues are keeping a significant number of police organizations from signing on. MORE »
Policing the RNC
The latest brouhaha over convention policing isn’t about how, but about how many. The St. Paul Police Department (SPPD) says it will have enough boots on the ground by September 1—at least 3,500 cops—while Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher expresses doubts.
The SPPD says they have signed Joint Powers Agreements (JPA) with a number of other jurisdictions, and expect the convention cops to come from 80 jurisdictions. As of July 18, they have either 1,819 or 2,937 cops signed on. According to the Minnesota Independent: MORE »
