This city disbanded its police department 7 years ago. Here's what happened next

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(CNN)Last week, Minneapolis officials confirmed they were considering a fairly rare course of action: disbanding the city police department.

It's not the first locale to break up a department, but no cities as populous have ever attempted it. Minneapolis city council members haven't specified what or who will replace it if the department disbands.

Camden, New Jersey, may be the closest thing to a case study they can get.

The city, home to a population about 17% of Minneapolis' size, dissolved its police department in 2012 and replaced it with an entirely new one after corruption rendered the existing agency unfixable.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/us/disband-police-camden-new-jersey-trnd/index.html

[AllaN01Bear]

1. please look up connie rice .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_L._Rice

[underpants]

2. Was just about to post this. Amazing. I'm just getting up to speed on this.

Violent crimes have dropped 42% in seven years, according to city crime data provided by the department. The crime rate has dropped from 79 per 1,000 to 44 per 1,000, the data shows.

Cappelli credits the improvement to new "community-oriented policing," which prizes partnership and problem-solving over violence and punishment.

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3. K&R, They hated black lives matter too