MN SF4555

Appropriates $168+ million from general fund for public safety initiatives across courts, legal services, law enforcement, corrections, and community programs for fiscal years 2022-2023.

Establishes Public Safety Innovation Board to monitor crime trends, review research, and award grants for evidence-based public safety programs administered by Office of Justice Programs.

Creates $55 million local community innovation grant program, $15 million emergency community safety grant program, and $10 million co-responder grants for counties, cities, and nonprofits to fund violence prevention and intervention services.

Requires peace officer portable recording system policies with mandatory activation, 7-day viewing access for force incidents, 90-day release of recordings, and indefinite retention of deadly force recordings.

Establishes new public safety aid program providing $100 million annually ($70 million to cities, $30 million to counties and Tribal governments) distributed per capita for local government public safety costs.