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Audit committee authorizes letter after MPD repeatedly misses updates and resists cooperation
Summary
On Oct. 20, 2025 the Minneapolis City Audit Committee voted to authorize a formal letter to the Minneapolis Police Department, the mayor and City Council after auditors described repeated failures by MPD to attend scheduled briefings and delays in providing documents and interviews.
The Minneapolis City Audit Committee voted Oct. 20 to authorize Chair Elliot Payne and Vice President Chuck Tay to work with the City Auditor to draft a formal communication to the Minneapolis Police Department, the mayor and the City Council after auditors said MPD repeatedly failed to provide requested updates and documents.
City Auditor Timmerman told the committee auditors had attempted to secure MPD participation “more than a dozen times” through emails, meetings and instant messages and that MPD did not attend the committee’s Aug. 18 or Oct. 20 update sessions. Timmerman read an MPD explanation sent shortly before the Oct. 20 meeting: “They are…
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