Public Safety

Center reaches out to at-risk minors

By Hilary Brueck, Minnesota Daily
The Juvenile Supervision Center is part of an initiative to help stop juvenile crime before it starts.

Hennepin County youth caught skipping school, breaking curfew, shoplifting or vandalizing now

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Powderhorn crime watch

By Dennis Giesinger, Southside Pride
Violent crime drops 13 percent

By now, most Minneapolis residents have heard the good news.

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MAD DADS outreach pulls community into Urban Ventures programs

By Raymond Jackson, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
It is amazing to be in the presence of this group of men called MAD DADS (Men Against Destruction Defending Against Drugs & Social Disorder), as they do their part in assisting people with turning theMORE »

City, neighbors judge—when are convenience stores inconvenient?

By Dennis Geisinger, Southside Pride

The City has ordered Market Express, on the corner of 32nd & Chicago, to shut its doors on March 31. (Photo by Dennis Geisinger)

The Minneapolis Licensing and Consumer Services Department has intervened in the business of two area convenience stores.MORE »

They know if you’ve been bad or good

By Anne Holzman, Park Bugle
How many of our daily steps around the neighborhood get recorded by cameras?

No one quite knows, but the number is steadily growing.

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Program aims to help our kids

By Dennis Geisinger, Southside Pride
Social programs put together by neighborhood associations in South Minneapolis to remedy juvenile crime are being overtaken by the City because their funding has been drastically cut or no longer exisMORE »

For our families, communities and public safety, give ex-offenders a second chance

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
There are currently 155,000 Minnesota adults under some form of correctional supervision — 142,000 on probation, 4,200 on some level of supervised release, and 9,100 in prison.MORE »

Unbelievable: More shit hits the fan at MPD

By Steve Perry, The Daily Mole
Here are the short strokes on this week's stories, from WCCO’s Caroline Lowe and the Strib’s David Chanen, about the latest mess to bubble up from the depths of the Minneapolis Police Department:

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MPD: On the north side, 'anything goes' policing may be getting more common

By Steve Perry, Daily Mole
Before the memory of the episode grows too dim, we should maybe MORE »

City buys 'Big Stop' building on 26th Ave.

By Gail Olson, North News
The Big Stop convenience store at 26th and Knox avenues N. became city property the first of the year, and there’s a plan in place for its future.MORE »
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