The highest-paid Minneapolis police employee earned about a half-million dollars last year, with nearly half of that total from overtime pay. The city’s Police Department posted a record amount of overtime in 2024: $28 million,

Tekle Sundberg's parents, Cindy and Mark, say he was having a mental health crisis when police were called on him the night officers shot and killed him.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara is warning anyone thinking of causing mayhem in the city over the July 4 holiday: "You will be arrested and we will seek charges against you."

MINNEAPOLIS — Police in Minneapolis are investigating after a man was shot and killed Tuesday. Police Chief Brian O'Hara said they were called to 11th Avenue South just before 6:30 p.m. O'Hara said preliminary investigation shows there had been a fight on the sidewalk between a group of people and that someone pulled out a gun and fired.

Two Somali-American police officers were honored at the Somali-American Festival, receiving community appreciation accolades.

NPR took a walk through Minneapolis with its former police chief Medaria Arradondo. He says "the worst thing we can do" is dismiss the 2020 protests and outrage over police brutality as an anomaly.

Summer started off on a somber note in the city of Minneapolis after a young boy was shot dead in a public park. The incident occurred on June 23, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, who announced that the victim was an 11-year-old boy at a press conference and in a news release that same day.

Minneapolis police arrested a youth for north side robberies, seizing two firearms, aided by community-engaged policing.

The Minneapolis Internal Affairs Division and state crime bureau are investigating a Minneapolis police employee for possible wage theft related to overtime. An Minneapolis Police Department spokesman said its Internal Affairs Division uncovered “potential criminal conduct related to overtime” and at Chief Brian O’Hara’s request,