ST. PAUL, MN –  Senate Public Safety and Judiciary Committee Chairman Warren Limmer released the following statement on the Uniform Crime Report from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension:

“Today’s report makes it clear: Under the Governor’s watch, crime is uncontrolled. Senate Republicans stopped all efforts to ‘Defund the Police’ and prioritized more resources for law enforcement, increased sentences for repeat violent offenders, and access to a new data base to follow the increasing “soft on crime” decisions of judges and prosecutors,” Limmer said.

“The Democrats opposed all of this and walked away from negotiations at the end of session, all while Walz’s appointees capped probation and considered reducing probation time for chronic offenders. The crime report shows us just how badly Walz’s public safety policies have failed and left Minnesotans less safe each year.”