Tag: Minneapolis Police Department
The Minneapolis City Council ‘Took The First Step’ Towards Potentially Disbanding...
The Minneapolis City Council took the first official step towards making large changes the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) during an emergency meeting, Friday.
Members of...
City Council President Says Minneapolis Police Will Be Abolished
"We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department," says Lisa Bender, the president of the Minneapolis City Council.
A man named George Floyd died...
City Parks Join Growing List Of Entities Distancing From MPD
Minneapolis Police are now blocked from responding to nonviolent calls and from serving as staff at events in Minneapolis parks.
This decision came by way...
New Tracking System Gives Window into Minneapolis Crime
MINNEAPOLIS- The Minneapolis Police Department recently introduced a new system for crime statistics that looks to give the public more transparency into the crime...
![By Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon, United States (Minneapolis Police Squad Car) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, Minneapolis, Police,](https://alphanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Minneapolis_Police_Squad_Car_15188036214-324x160.jpg "Rookie Cop Breaks the Law Night Before Swearing-In Ceremony")
Rookie Cop Breaks the Law Night Before Swearing-In Ceremony
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minneapolis man has been charged with Threats of Violence (Intent to Terrorize), the night before being sworn in as a Minneapolis...
Candidate Advocating Disarming of Police Struggles with Fundraising
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota State Rep. Raymond Dehn (D-Minneapolis) is falling behind in contributions to his campaign for mayor of Minneapolis.
Dehn, had a strong...
MPD Looks to Set the Record Straight in Damond Case
EDINA, Minn. — The investigation into the fatal shooting that left a bride-to-be dead in the alley behind her home continues to evolve. Over...