"Will replacing police with community programs and services make me and my family less safe?
Many of us have a distorted idea of how police spend their time. The truth is, policing is not like what is depicted on Law & Order. Officers fail to solve the majority of serious crimes. Arrest data bears this out. Nationally, only 5% of all arrests are for violent crimes — the other 95% are for petty behaviors like drug possession, loitering and driving without a license. In Minneapolis, like many places, police have a poor track record at solving even the violent crime that does occur, clearing only 22% of rapes and 56% of homicides in 2019." - ACLU