Four years after George Floyd,

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When George Floyd was killed at the hands of Minneapolis police, it sparked outrage, protests and spurred scathing investigations into the department.

But four years after Floyd’s murder, patience with the slow pace of police reform in Minneapolis is thin.

"It’s absurd that we have to wait," Marquita Stephens, President and CEO of the Urban League Twin Cities told FOX 9.

Despite policy changes and mandated oversight from the state and federal governments, Stephens said she hasn’t seen any indicators that would suggest overall trust in the police department has improved.

This week, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey attempted to address those concerns when he announced a new early intervention system – a type of technology aimed at better tracking police officers.

"We are in a better place," Frey said at the time. "We leaned into change, we’re shifting not just a culture within the police department but we’re transforming the way that our city does business with the general public."

The multi-million-dollar technology will use data to internally track Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers, pulling information from records systems, including use of force incidents, traffic stops, hours worked, and complaints.

Frey said the intervention system identifies "certain problematic behavior before it gets really bad."

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