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Critics say it undermines the purpose of a police oversight board.

Minneapolis and St. Paul are simultaneously looking for new chiefs of police during a nationwide trend of police chief resignations.

Some want internal reform. Others say gun violence should be the top priority. They all agree that picking the next police chief is among the most important decisions Minneapolis will make in 2022.

His office expects the search to be completed by summer 2022.

During the first six months of 2020, priority one emergency calls to the Minneapolis dispatch center took an average of 11 minutes from the time the call came in until an officer arrived on the scene. That number has jumped this year.

Copy shortlink: Long before former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyds neck, the Third Precinct in south Minneapolis had a reputation for being home to police officers who played by their own rules. One officer kicked a handcuffed suspect in the face, leaving his jaw in pieces. Officers beat and pistol-whipped a suspect in a parking lot on suspicion of low-level drug charges. Others harassed residents of a south Minneapolis housing project as they headed to work...

Amid attention and controversy, Minneapolis police union head has no regrets Nearing the end of his term, Lt. Bob Kroll is still full of fight.  November 3, 2019 — 5:35am Text size Copy shortlink: With President Donald Trump looking on, Lt. Bob Kroll, the frequently outspoken president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, stepped behind the lectern at the Target Center last month — and back into controversy’s spotl...