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Common Sense Safety MPLS

We are a coalition of Minneapolis small business owners and employees.

 

We are calling for a change in public safety in Minneapolis.

 

We are calling on the City Council and Mayor to make common sense safety part of the 2022 budget.

 

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What does common sense safety mean to small businesses?

Common sense safety solutions are:

  • Supported by research.
  • Supported by local small business owners and workers.
  • Based on the simple idea that the government should provide the basic services people need.

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What do small businesses need?

  • SAFER RESPONSE
    • Trained, unarmed professional response teams dispatched through 911 to help people experiencing addiction and homelessness connect to local resources. 
    • Decoupling medical response from police response. 
  • SAFER STAFF
    • Free, in-person training on bystander intervention, first aid, and narcan available for all small business staff.
  • SAFER PLACES 
    • Investment in public community spaces with bathrooms, water fountains, free wifi, and space to sit down, including public parks and libraries.
    • Grants to small businesses for safety improvements like improved lighting.

We believe these approaches must be rooted within a longer term strategy of treating violence as a public health crisis.

 

 

Minneapolis needs long term investment in a comprehensive approach to addressing the causes of violence and crime, not underfunded short-term pilot projects.

 

 

Those approaches also need a departmental home within the city, which a Department of Public Safety would provide. Establishing a Department of Public Safety is a common sense idea already in place in cities across Minnesota and endorsed by Mayor Frey.

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