by Jon Brown
Daily Wire
Police officers are leaving the Minneapolis Police Department in droves because they feel “helpless” amid the city’s skyrocketing crime, according to one who left the force last year.
“This goes back before George Floyd,” former Minneapolis police officer Steve Dykstra told Fox News on Tuesday. “Since around 2015, I know the city of Minneapolis has been backpedaling, taking tools away from police to enforce the law and keep the streets safe.”
Dykstra explained that the dwindling resources for cops in the streets was going on even before George Floyd’s death.
“They feel pretty helpless out there,” Dykstra said of the police who remain.
Crime has surged in Minneapolis during the year since Floyd’s death, for which reason the city has been seeking state and federal aid. There has been a 250% increase in gunshot victims in 2021 alone, according to recent data.