City Hall Revolt: Minneapolis Blows Up Its Safety Office, Protects Car Camps, and Goes to War with Federal Agents: Minneapolis and St. Paul’s Week In Review

Minneapolis leaders just rewrote the rules on city safety. In a decisive 9 to 4 vote, the council shut down the centralized Office of Community Safety, returned first-responder oversight straight to the mayor, and cleared designated overnight parking sites for unhoused neighbors. At the same time, county officials are pushing back against secretive federal police surges on local streets.