Minneapolis leaders stand by Office of Community Safety as debate to end it grows

Minneapolis city leaders are standing up for a department currently under consideration to be cut. 

The Office of Community Safety (OCS) oversees some of the most important services in Minneapolis — police, fire, 911, Emergency Management and Neighborhood Safety. 

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This week, there is a public hearing on whether to end the OCS — among other structural changes — following a proposal from the council president. But two of the directors within the OCS feel there’s too much at stake to remove it...