Jan 6, 2025 · We in the Minneapolis Police Department gain our authority from the community. We recognize that public safety is not just the absence of crime but the presence of justice.

The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. Formed in 1867, it is the second-oldest police department in Minnesota, after the Saint Paul Police Department that formed in 1854. A short-lived Board of Police ...

Jul 16, 2024 · The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) administration strives to . Maintain employees' professional integrity; Create an organization with superior performance; The department has a decentralized command structure: Chief; Assistant Chief; Deputy Chiefs; Chief of Staff; Precinct Inspectors; Commanders

Jun 16, 2023 · After a multiyear investigation that began after George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died in police custody, the Justice Department released on Friday an account documenting systemic issues...

Jun 16, 2023 · U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday accused the Minneapolis Police Department of a pattern of bias and excessive force, the product of a wide-ranging federal investigation into the...

Jul 24, 2021 · The Minneapolis Police Department is short-staffed, even as violent crime has surged. The city and its residents are improvising as they argue over what the future of policing should look...

Sep 17, 2023 · That decline means Minneapolis holds among the lowest ratio of police officers to population served out of 22 sampled American cities, according to a Star Tribune analysis.

City leaders say the years-long effort to rebuild the Minneapolis Police Department, while not over, is starting to be seen and felt—nearly two dozen more officers, including new firsts, are on...

Jan 22, 2025 · An organization that represents police across Minnesota is suing the state for releasing private information about undercover officers. In August, the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training ...

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has more than 2,200 employees across the state serving all communities to build a safer Minnesota.