[Mpls] city attorney's office

[WizardMarks]

Today, city attorneys sent a letter to RT Rybak and all 13 council 
members pointing out that they had prosecuted 43,981 cases in 2002 which 
amounted to 1,332 cases per attorney. They also mentioned that their 
strategy of aggressive enforcement of livability crimes, effective 
coalition with neighborhoods, and systemic reform of the criminal 
justice system was working. More miscreants are being prosecuted and 
given sentences.
They requested that both mayor and council members be aware that having 
police is not enough because the police capture suspects while the city 
attorneys prosecute them and that the two go hand in glove to make 
Minneapolis livable.
City Council meets tomorrow morning to consider how to cut the city 
attorney's budget.
It is true that adequate sanctions for livability crimes works to make 
Minneapolis more livable. It is also true that if the city attorneys cut 
back on prosecutions there will be a rise in crime.
You might want to e-mail council members and RT about your thoughts on 
the issue.

WizardMarks, Central

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