Operation Safety Now

Pro-police group formed in response to community calls for defunding the Minneapolis Police Department following the murder of George Floyd by officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas K. Lane, and Tou Thao on May 25th, 2020. “Though the connection is never stated in public, Operation Safety Now is a project of another group, MPLS Voices. Operation Safety Now is not an incorporated non-profit. It has no organizational structure and holds no member meetings, according to Karen Forbes, a member who spoke to the Reformer. Meanwhile, MPLS Voices is incorporated, and several politicos and business owners are identified in emails as leaders of the group. “ -Minnesota Reformer