Murders have doubled in Minneapolis since 2020, and yet city Democrats are worried about finding more bureaucrats to babysit their police department.

Minneapolis is poised to become the U.S. Justice Department’s 16th under federal consent decree for police reform.

The newly unveiled federal consent decree for the Minneapolis Police Department calls for a lot of the same changes as an earlier state reform plan — but the oversight document does include some new requirements.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Minneapolis released the details of an agreement mandating reforms of the Minneapolis Police Department on Monday afternoon. The agreement — called a consent decree — is the culmination of the federal government’s investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department following the police killing of George Floyd that

After the murder of George Floyd, a federal investigation found a pattern of abuse by Minneapolis police. Monday, a promise to take steps to end discrimination against Black and Native Americans in the city.

The federal consent decree, which contains many of the same proposed mandates as the city’s agreement with the state, requires the city of Minneapolis to consider policing alternatives meant to reduce racial disparities.