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Policing in Minneapolis is under the microscope again after an officer shot and killed Amir Locke during a no-knock search warrant last week.

Efforts to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety 

. Newly elected Minneapolis City Council member Elliott Payne plans to reintroduce a proposed change to the city's charter on Thursday that he says would reimagine how police operate in Minneapolis.

Payne joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about it.

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Elliott Payne represents Minneapolis’ Ward 1 and told MPR News the proposed change would reimagine how police operate in Minneapolis.

Policing in Minneapolis is under the microscope again after an officer shot and killed Amir Locke man during a no-knock search warrant last week.

Efforts to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety failed last fall. Newly elected Minneapolis City Council member Elliott Payne plans to reintroduce a proposed change to the city's charter on Thursday that he says would reimagine how police operate in Minneapolis.

Payne joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about it.

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Minneapolis council member Payne to introduce new charter amendment on policing

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Minneapolis council member Payne to introduce new charter amendment on policing

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