SF 3396

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/23/2025 10:14 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring a report; appropriating money for Northwest
Metro Regional Real Time Crime Center.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; NORTHWEST METRO REGIONAL REAL TIME
CRIME CENTER.
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new text begin (a) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for a grant to the city of Brooklyn
Park to fund the joint Northwest Metro Regional Real Time Crime Center on behalf of
participating jurisdictions. The base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2028 and
thereafter.
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new text begin (b) The Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) is established in the northwest metropolitan
area to enhance public safety, improve coordination between law enforcement agencies,
provide regional community intervention staff to address crime trends that cross jurisdictional
lines, and enable rapid response to criminal activity through real-time data analysis and
leveraged technology in the cities of Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden
Valley, New Hope, and Robbinsdale. The RTCC must operate as a centralized facility
equipped with technology and staffed by law enforcement personnel and analysts to monitor,
collect, analyze, and disseminate real-time data to assist in the prevention and investigation
of criminal activity.
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new text begin (c) An advisory board must provide oversight and guidance to the RTCC. The board
must consist of the following 12 members:
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new text begin (1) one representative from the police department in each of the cities of Brooklyn
Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, New Hope, and Robbinsdale; and
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new text begin (2) the mayor of each of the cities of Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden
Valley, New Hope, and Robbinsdale.
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new text begin (d) The board must meet at least quarterly and submit a biennial report to the governor
and chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
over public safety by September 1 of each odd-numbered year beginning in 2027. The report
must describe the progress and accomplishments made by RTCC in the prevention and
investigation of criminal activity during the preceding two years.
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