As of this morning, some 40 law enforcement agencies around the state have suspended their School Resource Officer programs (SROs) because of poorly worded legislation this past session that...
The debate about school resource officers (SROs) in Minnesota’s schools — or not, as the case may be — has, so far, been conducted with little recourse to the data.…
In yet another attempt to avoid a special session of the Legislature, Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison met Wednesday with a group of DFL legislators and representatives of several…
The civil unrest following the death of George Floyd ushered in a variety of demands for criminal justice reforms across the state and nation – some sound, others not. The…
The brutal crime of carjacking hit the suburb of Minnetonka recently, motivating 100 residents to show up at a city council meeting last night demanding accountability. The remedy for this…
Later this year Minnesota cities will receive their share of a supposedly one-time $210 million allotment authorized by state lawmakers to bolster public safety in their communities. But it’s an…
The city’s annual stolen car record is set to fall by the end of this weekend as many cars are resurfacing overseas. According to the city’s Crime Dashboard (updated yesterday,…
Misrepresentations of the facts surrounding the school resource officer (SRO) debate continue to occur in Minnesota nearly two weeks after most students have returned to class, and after dozens of…
Last year saw the City of Lakes suffer through a record 6,138 auto thefts, according to city statistics. The official Minneapolis Crime Dashboard indicates that the city is only about…
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced today that he was nominating Todderick Barnette, current Chief Judge of the 4th Judicial District (Hennepin County) to become the city’s second Commissioner of Community…
Typically, the chief executive assumes a de facto leadership role for their political party, providing direction and making tough calls that help maintain credibility with a broader electorate than extreme…
Violent crime was slightly down in 2022, from the sky-high levels of 2021. The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) issued its annual Uniform Crime Report today. The good news…
Mankato became ground zero in the fight to get SROs back in schools last week as the police were called in to Mankato East High School to break up a…
Earlier this week, in broad daylight, Shivanthi Sathanandan was violently attacked and carjacked by a group of armed young men in the driveway of her Minneapolis home. The attack left…
Gov. Tim Walz is in a bind over calls for a special session to fix a new law that is forcing police chiefs and sheriffs to pull School Resource Officers…
In the past week, at least twelve (12) law enforcement agencies across Minnesota have reportedly decided to pull their school resource officers (SROs) from area schools. These agencies include sheriff’s…
MN Reformer calls attention to this new Gallup poll (scroll down) about American opinions on crime in various cities. The Reformer‘s headline reads, Americans think Minneapolis is less safe than…
During the long hot summer of 2023, we’ve been logging the incidents of large hordes of feral youth roaming the countryside of Minnesota. Apparently, the golden state of California is…
Contrary to reports suggesting Minneapolis is turning the corner on crime, the violence this past weekend demonstrates the city has a long way to go. Friday evening, a Minneapolis police…
As Minnesota moves into the “legalization of adult-use marijuana” business, it never hurts to keep an eye out for what’s next on the progressive agenda. Look no further than Oregon,…
One would think Mary Moriarty might give pause to the belief that her role as lead prosecutor is to argue on behalf of violent, murderous defendants. Consistency is often a…
Just last month a New York Times opinion article about Golden Valley, MN got a lot of attention. The title of the piece was “Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.” Golden…
Consulting the current Minneapolis crime dashboard, auto thefts in the city stand at 5,177 year-to-date (as of August 7). That works out to almost exactly one care stolen every hour.…
New reporting in North Dakota media documents the past encounters between Mohamad Barakat and local law enforcement. On Friday, July 14, Syrian refugee Barakat ambushed Fargo policemen, killing one, injuring…