Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis city committee OK’s Dr. Cedric Alexander to head up public safety
Minneapolis Metropolis Council committee approves Dr. Cedric Alexander to move up public security
A Minneapolis Metropolis Council committee gave its help to Mayor Frey’s decide of Dr. Cedric Alexander to turn out to be the town’s first commissioner of group security.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A Minneapolis Metropolis Council committee gave its approval for Dr. Cedric Alexander to turn out to be the town’s first commissioner of public security.
The council’s Committee of the Complete voted 9-0 with one council member abstaining to maneuver Dr. Alexander’s nomination to a full metropolis council vote on Thursday.
If authorised on Thursday’s vote, Dr. Alexander will lead the town’s police, hearth and emergency response departments, making the very best paycheck of any metropolis worker, together with Mayor Frey, with a wage between $292,000 and $350,000.
Dr. Alexander was questioned by metropolis council members on his experiences and outcomes main legislation enforcement businesses in Georgia and New York. Group activists and members of the general public additionally weighed in on the hiring previous to the vote. “A Mom’s Love” founder and former Minneapolis police sergeant Lisa Clemons gave Dr. Alexander a present of help.
“I do not care when you give him $100 or $300 — rent him,” mentioned A Mom’s Love founder and former Minneapolis police officer Lisa Clemons. “Rent extra cops. I don’t care what anybody on this room says, as a result of they are not on the market whereas we’re dodging bullets.”
“I simply took my children to for his or her swim classes, stopped at McDonald’s,” Clemons added. “Y’all keep in mind Aniya [Allen] proper? Received off on Broadway. I by no means get off on Broadway. however i bought off on Broadway and rode proper right into a shootout.”
“My children have been traumatized at the moment consuming McDonald’s in my automobile. It is BS. I do not care what you gotta pay him. Rent him!”
If authorised, Dr. Alexander says he realizes it’s going to take a wide-reaching effort to get violent crime underneath management within the metropolis.
“Sooner or later, I may have to sit down with the chief decide of this county and ask them, ‘can they assist us?’ As a result of a few of these violent offenders are simply being let unfastened too steadily and it’s not serving to the scenario none,” mentioned Dr. Alexander.
Town council will make its closing vote on Dr. Alexander’s nomination on Thursday at its common council assembly.