Excuse me if others have raised this and I've missed it, but shouldn't an important aspect of hiring the new chief be the process for removing him/her if there are future performance problems? A major roadblock to removing the current chief was the amount of money that it would have taken to buy off the rest of his contract. Well, how about insisting on an employment contract with the new chief that doesn't require such a buyout should the city council deem that he/she is not performing to expectations? If the city council determines that a future chief is not serving Minneapolis citizens adequately (say, for example, not respecting our constitutional rights to free speech or free assembly) they should be able to can that person without rewarding them for their incompetence with a paid vacation.
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