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Command

Minnesota Agency Now Has One Officer, the Interim Chief

Moose Lake, 40 minutes southwest of Duluth, is the latest in a string of small Minnesota towns struggling to keep up with public safety demands amid increasing costs and a shortage of officers throughout the state.

February 13, 2024

Patrol

Minnesota Deputy Crawls Out on Frozen Lake to Save Fishermen

"These guys are hypothermia," Deputy Chris Fjeld said, after agreeing that he didn’t like what he was about to do and climbing out onto the ice.

December 13, 2023

Command

Minneapolis Council Rejects Mayor’s Police Bonus Plan

Tuesday, meeting as a budget committee, the Minneapolis City Council voted 7-5 to not even discuss the plan — and rebuked Mayor Jacob Frey for how he's gone about introducing it.

November 14, 2023

Special Units

5 Minnesota Officers Shot Serving Search Warrant

Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said two officers were shot in their vests and three were shot in other locations on their bodies.

October 12, 2023

News

Minneapolis Experiencing Critical Shortage of Police

Over the past three years, MPD experienced the most significant exodus of uniformed personnel in its history and, last month, dipped to the lowest level in at least four decades.

September 19, 2023

Special Units

MN Chiefs Say Restraint and UOF Law is Vague and Dangerous to SROs

The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association issued a statement saying the law is ambiguous and unclear, and does not allow SROs to intercede if a student is damaging school property or being disorderly.

August 30, 2023

Command

MN Agencies Pull SROs Over Law Covering Force and Restraint

The new law states force can only be used when there is a threat of bodily harm or death.

August 30, 2023

Command

MN Town’s Entire Police Force Resigns

"I think we're all a little bit blindsided by it, but we're resilient, and we're going to move forward," Goodhue Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said.

August 15, 2023

Patrol

Minneapolis Officer Wounded by Automatic Fire During Pursuit

At 9:16 p.m. the officer pursuing the suspect vehicle was hit by a volley of automatic gunfire as he drove past. At least 14 rounds were fired — six struck the squad and one hit the officer in the shoulder.

August 14, 2023

Point of Law

Former Minneapolis Officer Sentenced to 57 Months Over George Floyd Death

Tou Thao was sentenced Monday morning to 57 months in prison for his role in the killing of George Floyd, becoming the fourth and final ex-officer to be sentenced in the state’s Floyd cases.

August 7, 2023

Command

Researchers Dispute DOJ Findings of Racial Bias by Minneapolis PD

“We read the report with keen interest, knowing how challenging it is to demonstrate discrimination, especially with non-experimental data. The report contains glaring oversights that overturn its conclusions,” the two professors wrote.

July 12, 2023

Featured

Former MN Officer Convicted of Killing Daunte Wright to be Released from Prison

Potter was sentenced to two years behind bars after being convicted of second-degree manslaughter in Wright's death.

April 21, 2023