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News•by Staff Writer•October 27, 2021

St. Paul Chief Stepping Down Next Summer

St. Paul, MN, Police Chief Todd Axtell has announced he is leaving the department next summer.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 27, 2021

Minneapolis Chief Was Not Asked for Input About Disband the Police Ballot Question

Standing in full uniform against a backdrop featuring the department's logo, Chief Medaria Arradondo told reporters that he had never been approached for his input by the architects of so-called Question 2 and that he hadn't seen any concrete plan from the amendment's proponents.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 27, 2021

Suburban Chicago Chiefs Support Bill to Override Prosecutors' Lax Charging Decisions

"The frustration they have is profound," State House Republican Leader Rep. Jim Durkin said. "The crime in Chicago is moving out to the suburbs. We’re having carjackings at a record pace in suburban Chicago, kidnappings, murders."

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News•by Staff Writer•October 22, 2021

MN Police Leaders Tell State Senate That Lack of Prosecution Frustrates Officers

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi’s September announcement that he would not prosecute most felony cases that result from non-public-safety traffic stops was a topic of discussion.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 20, 2021

Suburban Chicago-Area Sheriffs Say They Will Not Send Deputies to Support City

"It's like a preplanned police shortage," DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said. "The lack of logic is the thing that astounds me."

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News•by Staff Writer•October 20, 2021

Minneapolis Chief Asks City Council for Refunding of Department

Overtime hours due to staffing shortages has doubled since last year, finance director Robin McPherson told the council. The department also eliminated several units, like some community response teams and those focused on gangs and weapons.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 15, 2021

Acevedo Officially Fired by City of Miami

“It’s a litany of things,” interim chief Manny Morales said when asked by the city’s attorney to explain why Acevedo had lost the trust of officers. “But it perhaps boils down to the systematical or systematic demoralization of the police department that has been a result of his leadership style.”

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Articles•by David Griffith•October 13, 2021

Editorial: Who Monitors the Consent Decree Monitors

Being appointed to oversee a federal consent decree against a law enforcement agency should not lead to lifetime employment.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 13, 2021

Consent Decree Monitor Says Chicago Officer Shortage Endangering Public and Police

Between January and June of 2021, Chicago police saw 363 officers leave the department. The losses include Chicago's Deputy Chief at the Bureau of Crime Control, at a time when police struggle to get crime under control with carjackings, shootings and murders all up.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 13, 2021

Miami Names Interim Chief to Replace Acevedo

A veteran Miami officer—Assistant Chief Manny Morales—has been named interim chief as city leaders take steps to terminate Chief Art Acevedo who was hired away from Houston in March.

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