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 MPR's Nancy Lebens on the struggle cities are having to pay for police.

 Dave Peters putting those police cuts in context.

Dave really set the tone for what will drive this one hour discussion: What must a city do when it comes to hard budget decisions and public safety? Who is innovative in responding to public safety costs? Let's talk about it. Just go down and set a reminder for this discussion and then come back at 

Now what do you have to say? MPR's website for discussion of issues, 

, will host a Friday lunchtime discussion on city finances and the drain on police services. It's as easy to attend this forum as scrolling down a bit. It's all online and can happen while you snack on a sandwich in front of your computer screen.

*John Pechman, Chisago City administrator who oversaw a police merger with a neighboring city.

*Joel Dhein, Mora city administrator, who saw the elimination of a police department.

*Rachel Walker, who oversees policy analysis at the League of Minnesota Cities and will give the bigger picture on cities and public safety spending.

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City administrators who have merged or cut their police staff will headline a panel about how cities deal with public safety during tight budget times. We host an online forum on the topic – today at noon

An online conversation on city finances and police cutbacks (today at noon)

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