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Reply June 28, 2021 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey lauded Council Member Linea Palmisano for leading a joint effort by the City s Audit Committee and Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) to study the department s Field Training Officer (FTO) program. Today Commander Darcy Horn, who oversees the MPD s Training Division, presented the findings of a report along with joint recommendations from the Audit Committee. The report identified several areas to reform and improve the FTO program and processes, including offering incentives to officers who serve as FTOs, controls for ensuring consistency across trainings, higher standards for selection to serve as an FTO, and quality assurance measures for supervisors. ....
With all the talk about how police officers conduct themselves, Sharon Carlson of Andover had a question for Curious Minnesota: What kind of training do law enforcement officers receive across Minnesota? Is there one standard? Carlson said she recognizes there needs to be a change in police culture, but says she s not anti-police. I know police are needed, she said. All law enforcement officers in Minnesota must be licensed. Those licenses are issued by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, known as the POST Board. You need a two- or four-year post secondary degree from a regionally accredited college or university and must have successfully completed a board-approved peace officer education program. There are 30 such programs at colleges across Minnesota. To be admitted to a program, applicants must pass a psychological evaluation,a criminal history screening anda medical screening and physical fitness test. ....
Minneapolis official wants to get ahead of police use of facial recognition Citing concerns about privacy and civil liberties, he plans to push for tight regulations on any future use of the technology by police. July 20, 2019 6:40pm Text size Copy shortlink: A Minneapolis council member, citing concerns about privacy and civil liberties, plans to push for tight regulations on any future use of facial recognition technology by the city’s police. Department officials insist they are years away from adopting a technology that’s being used more often in criminal investigations around the country, but Council Member Steve Fletcher said in this case it’s better to be a year too soon than a year too late. ....
Copy shortlink: Minneapolis police Chief Medaria Arradondo has named a new assistant chief to replace his retiring No. 2, as part of a larger shake-up of the department s command staff. Deputy chief Henry Halvorson will step into the assistant chief role of the departing Mike Kjos, who plans to retire in January. In his new post, Halvorson will effectively take over the department s day-to-day operations, overseeing its three specialized divisions: investigations, patrol and professional standards. After joining the MPD in 1992, Halvorson worked his way up the promotional ladder as a sex-crimes detective, field supervisor and lieutenant in charge of Internal Affairs, where he also spent time as an investigator. He s spent the past three years as the deputy chief in charge of the professional standards unit. He is the department s second-highest ranked American Indian in the department s 150-plus year history after former chief Janeé Harte ....