Racial Equity Impact Analysis (REIA)

The Racial Equity Impact Analysis helps the City consider racial equity outcomes when shaping policies, practices, programs and budgets.

4th Judicial Drug Court grant award for liaison, research, and monitoring support to the court - REIA

Section 1: Background

Does this impact one of the City's Goal Areas

Policy Goals

Operational Goals

Public Safety	Yes
Housing	No
Economic Development	No
Public Services	No
Environmental Justice	No
Built Environment & Transportation	No
Public Health	No
Arts & Culture	No

Workforce	No
Spending	Yes
Data	No
Community Engagement	No

Describe the impact on selected goal areas.

This grant serves Hennepin County Drug Court and convicted drug crime offenders referred by the court. The Police department provides liaison between the court, responding to information requests and monitoring Minneapolis Drug Court offenders for compliance with court conditions.

Who participated in completing this analysis?

MPD Crime Analyst; Hennepin County Drug Court; Heidi Dauer

Section 2: Data

LIST THE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED AND THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF CONSTITUENTS IN THOSE AREAS:

Citywide.

What does available data tell you about how constituents from BIPOC communities currently relate to the desired outcome as compared to white constituents?

Our data for all 2024 drug court participants shows that 26.1% identified as white, 42.8% Black, 9.5% Hispanic, 8.3% Indian Alaskan Native, 1.7% Asian, 7.9% unknown, and 3.7% Multiracial.

What data is unavailable or missing? How can you obtain additional data?

Geographic data for the location of Minneapolis drug-related arrests and the residence of Drug Court offenders is not currently available.

Section 3: Community Engagement

Using the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Public Participation Spectrum, which participation strategy(s) was used when engaging those who would be most impacted?

Inform	Yes
Consult	No
Involve	No
Collaborate	No
Empower	No

Describe the Engagement and what have you learned?

Drug-related arrests occur through many police enforcement activities. Arrests can be singularly for drug activity or in conjunction with other police actions, identified by citizen complaint or police observation.

Section 4: Analysis

How does the outcome for this ordinance, amendment, or policy help the city achieve Racial Equity?

BIPOC community members are disproportionately represented in Minneapolis drug-related arrests and Hennepin County Drug Court participation.

Section 5: Evaluation

How will impacts be measured? What are the success indicators and process benchmarks?

Impacts will continue to be measured through Minneapolis crime and arrest data and Drug Court participation.

How will those who are impacted be informed of progress over time?

Information should be shared with city departments for a coordinated approach to crime and drug use prevention.

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