Photo: #This chart shows the rate of violent crime in the city of Minneapolis over the past 10 years. It measures the number of crimes per 100,000 residents.
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This chart shows the rate of violent crime in the city of Minneapolis over the past 10 years. It measures the number of crimes per 100,000 residents. (MPR graphic/Betsy Cole)

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Making Minneapolis safer

Broadcast: Midday, 07/27/2006, 11:06 a.m.

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In an op-ed column in Sunday's Star Tribune, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak wrote: "It has become the unacceptable fact that juvenile violence is skyrocketing in our community." What can be done to make the city safer?

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  • Dan Cain: President of RS Eden services. His agency supplies housing, counseling, treatment, drug testing and electronic bracelet monitoring for about 1,200 people, mostly ex-convincts.
  • Monica Nilsson: Community development director at The Bridge, a 35-year-old homeless shelter and counseling service in Minneapolis, focusing on teens and their parents.
  • Medaria Arrandondo: Minneapolis police officer currently assigned to the city's north side.

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