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Jacob Frey: “We are now having to pay a ton of overtime, millions of…”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 17:51

We are doing everything possible to keep our cities safe through this unprecedented time. And at the same time, we have police officers that We are now having to pay a ton of overtime, millions of dollars of emergency overtime for law enforcement. Emergency operations have been activated across our city and state agencies pulling focus on daily core services that we, by the way, are tasked with providing. (17:51–18:02)

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