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DOJ announces Minneapolis as National Public Safety Partnership site

by MSR News Online November 4, 2023November 10, 2023

Minneapolis has been selected as a 2023 National Public Safety Partnership site, receiving intensive assistance to reduce crime.

News

Ward 8 candidate Soren Stevenson lays out his vision

by Cole Miska October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

‘The biggest difference is that we all agree that we need police who are accountable to us, but we’re not seeing that at city hall.’

News

Ward 8 incumbent Andrea Jenkins makes her case

by Cole Miska October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

Andrea Jenkins is the incumbent candidate running in Minneapolis’s City Council Ward 8 race to keep her seat.

Local & State, News

Mayor Frey taps Chief Judge Todd Barnette as community safety commissioner nominee

by MSR News Online September 11, 2023September 11, 2023

Mayor Frey selects Chief Judge Todd Barnette as nominee for community safety commissioner.

Local & State, News

New campaign asks speeding drivers: Who is relying on your safe return?

by Sheletta Brundidge August 26, 2023August 26, 2023

‘It’s become socially acceptable to speed. But the faster you go, the harder you crash.’

Local & State, News

Metro Transit looks to improve safety and conditions on light rail system

by H. Jiahong Pan June 7, 2023June 8, 2023

‘Transit should be an asset that is comfortable and safe for everyone to ride. But if people are smoking, using drugs, or being belligerent on the train, it’s not a safe or comfortable ride.’

National, News

Gov. Walz signs public safety bill with new gun control measures

by MSR News Online May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

‘Today is about taking meaningful action to create a safer future for our kids, and I am proud to sign this commonsense, life-saving legislation into law.’

Local & State, News

Evidence touted as MN moves to adopt gun-safety laws

by Mike Moen May 15, 2023May 15, 2023

‘There is evidence from these laws being in place in other states that they have efficacy in reducing gun violence.’

Opinion

It’s always the guns

by Marian Wright Edelman April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

On April 15 there were seven mass shootings, the most in a single day so far this year.

Local & State, News

Local officials call for Hyundai and Kia recalls

by Cole Miska March 15, 2023March 16, 2023

‘The drastic increase in Kia and Hyundai vehicle thefts is continuing to threaten public safety and do serious harm to our communities.’

Local & State, News

Public transit plagued with crime and drug use

by H. Jiahong Pan March 15, 2023March 17, 2023

Crimes on transit—not just light rail—involving assault, fraud, gambling, theft, and sex and weapons offenses more than doubled from about 100 in September 2020 to about 200 in December 2022.

Local & State, News

Minneapolis safety commissioner asks for community trust

by Charles Hallman March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

‘I’m coming into a community that still has hurt and pain and anger and sadness.’

Featured, Local & State, News

Metro Transit continues hiring despite driver assault concerns

by H. Jiahong Pan February 15, 2023February 19, 2023

The agency continues to struggle with difficult working conditions that have attracted federal scrutiny and threaten to drive away their drivers new and old.

Local & State, News

Newark deputy mayor nominated for Mpls police chief

by H. Jiahong Pan October 5, 2022October 6, 2022

Mayor Jacob Frey’s nominee for the next Minneapolis police chief pledged in a September 29 press conference to remake the city’s beleaguered police department into the ‘golden standard for policing’ across the nation.