Commendations, reprimands for officer in Wright death
Discipline included a verbal reprimand in 2007 for Kim Potter’s work as part of a team focusing on violent robberies in part of the city
The service file of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of
Daunte Wright includes a commendation for safely resolving an incident involving a suicidal man, as well as a handful of reprimands for driving mishaps.
The city of Brooklyn Center late Wednesday released more materials from the service file of
Kim Potter, the white officer who shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop April 11. The city’s police chief said he believed Potter, a 26-year veteran, mixed up her Taser and her handgun. The chief and Potter resigned two days after the shooting.