A Neighborhood Safety Contract Management Audit Report revealed that Minnesota’s fraud problems intensified after the death of George Floyd.
The city of Minneapolis reportedly handed out over 100 contracts to community groups claiming to offer alternatives to modern policing, after Floyd died during an interaction with law enforcement. Apparently, relaxed oversight made many of these contracts “susceptible to fraud and favoritism,” according to Fox News.
Indeed, the audit reportedly found that Minneapolis is “not providing sufficient contract oversight or managing contracts effectively,” which would be necessary to efficiently manage the over $36 million spent since 2023 on five programs aimed at violence prevention.
“The report warns that Minneapolis’ weak contract controls created a heightened risk of fraud and improper payments. Auditors found contractors often submitted invoices with limited supporting documentation, while the city sometimes continued making payments despite missing records or unresolved concerns. The department is also said to have lacked a standardized process for conducting and documenting site visits to verify that contracted services were actually being performed,” Fox reported on Tuesday. “Additionally, auditors found the city still needs to improve invoice reviews, preserve contract records, document contractor communications and establish clearer procedures for escalating concerns.”
Center of the American Experiment policy fellow Bill Glahn told Fox News Digital that he believes “any diligent audit of any city-administered grant programs would produce similar results.”
Glahn indicated that the act of giving away money appears to be more important than conducting any sort of oversight, which is disrespectful to the taxpayers who work hard and fund the government’s spending habits.
“The city seems primarily interested in shoveling money out the door to ‘address’ urgent problems. Little if any care is given to ensuring that the grant recipients are capable of or have a track record of doing the work, are actually doing the work contracted for, or whether that work is resulting in net benefit for city residents and taxpayers,” he said.
Retired Navy intelligence officer Phillip C. Parrish expressed his disgust with the rampant fraud in Minneapolis.
Look:
KSTP: Minneapolis violence interrupter program “lacks oversight” as Frey proposes cutting millions.
Call it what it is.
This isn’t a tracking glitch. It’s the same business model that looted child-nutrition money, Medicaid housing, autism therapy, and daycare: stand up a moral… https://t.co/UqUZBoQBwR
— Phillip C Parrish (@phillipcparrish) September 28, 2026
“Call it what it is. This isn’t a tracking glitch. It’s the same business model that looted child-nutrition money, Medicaid housing, autism therapy, and daycare: stand up a moral emergency, pour cash through politically connected nonprofits, skip site visits and receipts, then scream ‘livelihoods’ when anyone asks where the money went,” he wrote in an X post. “City spent $36M+ since 2023 on ‘alternatives to police.’ Audit: no real site-visit process, weak invoice controls, fraud/waste/abuse risk, contractors lobbying Council around the contract managers. We Push for Peace took city money while AG Ellison later alleged $6.5M walked to luxury cars, Vegas, a liquor store, and a car dealership.”
“Two interrupters got charged in a north Minneapolis shootout. And Council still says cutting it will make crime go up ‘as a fact.’ Incompetence doesn’t look this consistent. A slush fund does. Minnesota doesn’t need another nonprofit payroll. It needs cops who show up, prosecutors who file, and neighbors who aren’t paying tribute to a protection racket dressed up as public safety. Paper. Lists. Receipts. Or the money stops,” he added.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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