While the left’s “Defund Movement” — defunding police forces by “systematic reallocation of funds from police departments to better-qualified social service and public health agencies” — failed spectacularly across the country as crime rates continued to rise, the shortage of police officers remains acute throughout Minnesota nearly four years after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
In August 2023, the entire police force resigned in Goodhue, Minnesota. In total, 35 municipal police departments throughout the state have been shut down since 2016, according to records kept by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Welp, after a City Council Vote on Wednesday, Moose Lake, Minnesota became the latest municipality in the state to bite the bullet (no pun intended) and disband its police force, choosing instead to contract with Carlton County for law…
