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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 6, 2021

Minneapolis Chief Announces Retirement, Stepping Down in January

"After 32 years of service I believe that now is the right time to allow for new leadership, new perspective, new focus and new hope to lead the department forward in collaboration with our communities and I am confident that the MPD has the leadership in place to advance this critically important work that lies ahead of us," Chief Medaria Arradondo

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2021

Minneapolis Looking to Hire Up to 200 Officers

The department is actively seeking full-time recruits and lateral hires from departments across the state, paying anywhere from $31.45 to $40.74 an hour.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 3, 2021

Minneapolis Voters Say "No" to Disbanding Police

Details of the new department, including police staffing levels, if any, would have been determined by the mayor and largely anti-police City Council members.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 1, 2021

Early Voting at Record Levels in Minneapolis Disband Police Election

One man said he wanted to see police reform but still wanted to keep the Minneapolis Police Department intact. “You put the people in power that went to school for this stuff and you let them do their job,” he said.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 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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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 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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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 25, 2021

Minneapolis Police Warn Rideshare Drivers About Carjackings, Robberies

Police say since mid-August, more than 40 Uber and Lyft drives have been robbed or carjacked with 12 in just the last seven days.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 22, 2021

Minneapolis Officer Charged Over Fatal Pursuit Crash

Officer Brian Cummings was pursuing the driver of a stolen vehicle in north Minneapolis when his marked squad car slammed into the driver's side of Leneal Frazier's Jeep, at nearly 80 miles per hour.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 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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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2021

Former Minneapolis Officer Resentenced to 57 Months for Killing 911 Caller

Judge Kathryn Quaintance, who also presided at Noor's trial, granted prosecutors' request to impose the maximum sentence called for by state sentencing guidelines on Noor's manslaughter conviction, 57 months.

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