Our public prosecutors wield a great deal of influence over our criminal justice system. It’s one of the reasons why many, including me, have tried to sound the alarm about…
A troubled young man showed up to the United Healthcare campus in Minnetonka on Monday with a loaded .38 and a bag full of extra rounds. According to the local…
A recent Star Tribune article described the struggles of the downtown Minneapolis Dayton’s Project, a $375 million dollar redevelopment effort to transform the iconic department store into a bustling office…
The impetus for change Advocating for public safety policy change is a “win some, lose some” venture. Even the wins are often difficult to recognize, coming after months or even…
The claims In March 2025, the University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB) published a study claiming 1 in 15 U.S. adults had been on the scene of a mass shooting, and…
The message sent For years, several progressive-led cities, counties, and campuses in Minnesota have had “sanctuary” policies that have prohibited sharing information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Recent ICE activity…
Judging by their actions, ‘tolerant’ is false advertising. The Minnesota House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee scheduled a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to kick off the 2025 legislative…
Husayn Braveheart is just twenty-one. But he’s making quite a name for himself by repeatedly escaping consequences for his violent and destructive behavior — his most recent escape coming at…
The ‘stop-arm’ law Last September, as kids across Minnesota prepared to start or return to school, Kare 11 ran an article titled “Back-to-school reminder: Minnesota’s stop-arm law means stopping for…
Shaping policy The common argument from progressive criminal justice system academics and policy makers is that incarceration is a costly and ineffective tool to control crime. In Minnesota, progressive academics…
A Promising Trend Crime in Minneapolis appears to be trending down so far in 2025. For the first time in years, a review of the Minneapolis Crime Data Dashboard shows…
On Wednesday, March 12, Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer testified in the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee in support of HF 16. You can see a write-up of the hearing…
The homeless camps in Rochester may be fewer and farther in between than before the city passed a ban on such activity in public spaces. But the time and money…
On Wednesday, March 5, Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer testified before the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee in support of House File 765. The bill, authored by Representative Walter…
This week Minnesota House Republicans brought forward HF 435, which seeks to prevent the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) from housing biological males identifying as transgender females in the state’s…
It was big news at the time. Liban Osman, the brother of then-Minneapolis city council candidate Jamal Osman, posted a video to social media in the summer of 2020 that…
In light of newly available documents, I revisit a 2021 shooting case involving Liban Osman, the brother of Jamal Osman, Minneapolis city council member (DFL-Ward 6). The incident occurred around…
The 2023 Minnesota Legislature passed a public safety measure entitled the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act (MRRA). A key component of the MRRA was the “Earned Incentive Release Credit” (EIRC).…
The Center for Immigration Studies recently updated what’s widely viewed as an authoritative list of sanctuary jurisdictions under the following criteria. These cities, counties, and states have laws, ordinances, regulations,…
President Trump’s nominee to head the FBI, Kash Patel, was confirmed by the Senate in a 51-49 vote late last week. He was sworn into the office on Friday, for…
Local law enforcement officials continue to wrestle with the quandary of how to handle illegal immigrants in custody and the legal questions raised by cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs…
News broke recently about a shooting in Minneapolis from this past fall being solved, and the suspects arrested. The good news is that Minneapolis police investigators were able to piece…
A series of violent incidents played out in Minneapolis in recent days that represent just how poorly our public safety and justice systems are serving to deter crime. As a…
It was a far cry from the sweeping raids targeting illegal immigrants in some cities, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were spotted in action Wednesday in Rochester, Minnesota’s…