With six patrolmen, the new Police Department of Minneapolis served a population of about 5,000 people. When the two cities merged and incorporated as Minneapolis in 1867, Mayor Dorilus Morrison immediately appointed H. Criminals sentenced would be sent to the Ramsey County Jail or the Stillwater Penitentiary until the Hennepin County Courthouse and Jail was built in 1857. Vested with the power of arrest, they rarely used it. Anthony and Town of Minneapolis were first served by an appointed city marshal based out of St. A similar measure which appeared on the November 2021 ballot was defeated. However, the Minneapolis City Charter Commission later cancelled plans to put the proposed city charter amendment on the November 2020 ballot, after an increase in crimes throughout the city. Ī proposed city charter amendment was passed by the Minneapolis City Council, which, if approved by voters, would replace the MPD with a Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention, with a provision that would allow but not require a division of "licensed peace officers". The charter also prevents the MPD from being defunded. It was soon acknowledged that the city charter prevented the City Council from enacting such plans, which would have to be approved either with joint support from the mayor or by amending the city charter in a public vote.
However, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was opposed to such action. Plans to disband the department were announced days later, with support from a veto-proof majority on the City Council. In June 2020, President Lisa Bender of the Minneapolis City Council stated that the city should dismantle the MPD and replace it with a "transformative new model of public safety". Bob Kroll, head of the MPD union, characterized Floyd as a "violent criminal" and called the protests a "terrorist movement". The MPD has explicitly refused offers for intervention training which could have prevented civilian loss of life. The murder sparked worldwide protests against racism and police brutality, bringing considerable attention to the MPD. The Metropolitan Airports Commission Police serves the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in unincorporated Hennepin County.Īfter an incident in May 2020, MPD officer Derek Chauvin was charged with the murder of George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for approximately nine and a half minutes. Also operating in the city are the University of Minnesota Police Department, Minneapolis Park Police Department, Metro Transit Police, and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. In comparison, Hennepin Emergency Medical Services answers 60,000 calls a year. MPD answers about four hundred thousand calls a year and does fifty thousand proactive stops a year. At the city's population peak, the MPD served over 521,000 people, and today serves over 430,000 people as of the last census estimate. As of May 29, 2020, the department's 3rd precinct station was destroyed.
The city is divided into five precincts with 800 sworn officers and 300 civilian employees. The department is organized into four bureaus all reporting to the Assistant Chief of Police, who in turn reports to the Chief. A short-lived Board of Police Commissioners existed from 1887 to 1890. Formed in 1867, it is the second-oldest police department in Minnesota, after the Saint Paul Police Department that formed in 1854. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Police Department ( MPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Stations, Substations, and Safety CentersĪvailable from the Minnesota State Patrol
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