by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A measure that would require police officers to carry professional liability insurance could be on Minneapolis ballots in November’s general election. Members of the Committee for Professional Policing, a local police accountability group, plan to deliver about 12,000...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Minneapolis police officers filing into the daily roll call at Fourth Precinct headquarters recently got more than the standard debriefing before taking to the streets on the North Side. With shootings rising and arrests plummeting, the precinct’s commander, Inspector...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman will eliminate the long-standing and secret use of a grand jury in police-involved shootings, including the death of Jamar Clark. For the first time in at least 40 years, Freeman and several of his top prosecutors will investigate...