Dear Gov1 Subscriber, Minneapolis would keep police officers but remove the requirement to have a minimum number of them, under a proposal unveiled Thursday by a trio of City Council members. The plan, which would require approval from voters, calls for the city to replace its Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety that would include police officers and "additional divisions ... to provide for a comprehensive approach to public safety beyond law enforcement." And in our top featured story this week, public health systems are still struggling to get the current pandemic under control, which doesn't bode well for the next one, write Michael Ollove and Christine Vestal. — The Gov1 Team