Liz Sawyer

Three adult suspects are believed to have committed multiple burglaries, a carjacking and armed robbery over a two-hour span Tuesday morning.

Applications are way up and pipeline of diverse new officers signals positive trajectory for police force following years of attrition.

City Council members voted unanimously to approve the 170-page document after a closed session with attorneys Monday. Among the new rules: No foot pursuits without cause, no cuffing kids under 14; no off-duty work during suspensions.

The Minneapolis City Council went into closed session today to go through the details of a consent decree, a legally binding agreement to reform policing.

Council members reallocated $150K away from the last remaining horseback unit in the state. Chief Brian O’Hara says his agency will seek alternative funding to try to save them.

The document still requires sign off by the full City Council. If approved, it is expected to be filed in court early next week.

A 2023 settlement barred Kroll from serving in local law enforcement in Hennepin, Ramsey and Anoka counties, but his attorney says that doesn’t prohibit him from joining a federal agency.

County Commissioner Angela Conley condemned the practice of isolating kids as ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ and questioned why county operators were not finding ‘tangible solutions.’

The decision comes after a watchdog group waged a three-year legal battle to expose how the police force used the secretive coaching process.

A state inspector found that the Hennepin County facility locked teens in their rooms for long stretches without cause, denied access to programming and conducted lax wellness checks.