The Police Chief has said that he is going to increase training for officers
around the issues of mental health. The Mayor has also mentioned this need
in her literature.
Carol Becker
Longfellow
----- Original Message -----
From: Rosalind Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] grand jury
> It's too bad that the only question city officials and police management
> will ask about Barbara Schneider's death is whether it meets the criteria
> for a criminal indictment. We should not have to live with the
possibility
> of such a thing happening again. People who need help in dealing with a
> mentally ill friend or relation should be able to call 911 without fearing
> for the person's life.
>
> >From the Strib article: "Her brother Jim Schneider has said that she
> clearly needed help, and that to shoot her was not only unjustified, it
was
> 'outrageous.'"
>
> Rosalind Nelson
> Bancroft
>
> At 05:24 PM 2/21/01 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >Thank you for your e-mail.
> >
> >On Tuesday afternoon, a Hennepin County grand jury returned a "no bill"
(no
> >indictment) in the case of the shooting death of Barbara Schneider.
> >
> >On its Web site, Hennepin County District Court has a handbook for grand
> >jurors. (A grand jury is "summoned and convened" by the court.) This
> >handbook is a helpful primer on the grand jury process. You can read it
at
> >
> >http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/courts/Jury/jogjbook.htm
> >
> >To quote from this handbook:
> >
> > The grand jury's function is to determine whether a crime has been
> > committed in Hennepin County and whether a person shall be tried for
that
> > crime. ...
> >
> > After it has received evidence against a person, the grand jury must
> > decide whether the evidence presented justifies an indictment, which is
> > the formal criminal charge returned by the grand jury. ...
> >
> > If the evidence does not persuade the grand jury that there is probable
> > cause to believe the suspect is guilty of a crime, it must vote a 'no
> > bill.' ...
> >
> >
> >When a grand jury returns an indictment to the court, it does not report
> >specific reasons why it found probable cause. Similarly, when a grand
jury
> >returns a no bill to the court, it does not report specific reasons why
it
> >did not find probable cause.
> >
> >I hope this information is helpful to you.
> >
> >Ross Corson
> >Hennepin County Attorney's Office
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >timothy connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/21/2001 02:42:16 PM
> >
> >To: Ross Corson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >Subject: grand jury
> >
> >
> >Hello Ross:
> >
> >Can you confirm for me that the grand jury has decided
> >to return no indictment of the officers involved in
> >the shooting death of Barbara Schneider?
> >
> >Is there a statement the grand jury makes pursuant to
> >that decision that addresses any institutional failure
> >on the part of the Minneapolis Police force in dealing
> >with the mentally ill or is that not within the range
> >of the grand jury's deliberations? If it is not within
> >the purview of the grand jury to issue such a ruling,
> >why not?
> >
> >I have sent a copy of my query to the members of Mpls.
> >Issues e-democracy forum as matters of police conduct
> >have been the subject of ongoing consideration.
> >
> >Thank you in advance for your timely response.
> >
> >Respectfully,
> >
> >Tim Connolly
> >Ward 7
> >
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