George Floyd's murder resulted in theMinneapolis police department being reduced to a third of its size.
They are not able to hire more police officers.
The number of people who applied as recruits decreased in the last two years.
Two years after the killing of George Floyd, the Minneapolis police department is struggling to rebuild.
Post-traumatic stress from the 2020 incident has led to the reduction of the department's size. Homicide and assault rates have gone up in the last few years.
The city held a panel for only six people at the Minneapolis Police Academy to encourage them to join the force.
During the panel, Sgt. Anderson told potential recruits that there were still people who valued them. The community still cares about us. I believe that.
The number of people applying for officer recruitment has gone down over the years. Only six of the 40 people who joined the police academy's class of recruits were part of last month's graduating class.
If fewer people are applying, then it's not going to change the outcome at all. Recruitment has become an issue across the country Fewer people are applying for jobs.
In the summer of 2015, after Floyd's murder, protests erupted across the country to change systemic issues within police departments, or to rethink their budget. The city of Minneapolis recently awarded more than $700,000 to resolve cases of excessive force and unreasonable conduct against police officers, according to the Star Tribune.
Black residents were particularly distrusted by the police after Floyd's murder. Cyrus Collins is a mixed race man who attended the Minneapolis Police Academy panel.
Collins told The AP that he wanted to send a message by joining.
Collins does not want people of color to be against the police. Is it possible to send that message without being a Minneapolis police officer?
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