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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 unable to attend due to a conflict with a weekly Crime Stap Meeting. The Crime Stap Meeting is a critical component of our department’s ongoing efforts to address violent crime and enhance our response strategies.”
The auditor said the Office of City Auditor has faced delays obtaining interviews, systems access and records needed for after-action reviews and other work, and described instances in which MPD personnel appeared to receive advice from the Police Federation about how to respond to audit interview requests. Timmerman told the committee his office had responded through the City Attorney’s Office to reiterate charter authority and the auditor’s request protocols.
Committee members voiced alarm at the described pattern. “I am alarmed. I am alarmed by what I hear and what I see right now,” Vice President Chuck Tay said during the discussion, urging formal follow-up. Members proposed an escalating response: begin with a letter to MPD and copy the mayor and council and offer a meeting time that accommodates MPD’s schedule; raise the matter to cabinet-level officials if noncooperation continues.
A motion by Vice President Chuck Tay to authorize Chair Payne and the vice chair to work with the auditor to draft the formal communication was moved and seconded; the committee voted to approve the motion. One committee member chose to abstain; no named no votes were recorded in the public roll call.
The committee directed the auditor’s office to draft the letter and report back with proposed wording and a list of specific outstanding audit requests and missed deadlines. Committee members said the letter should both ask for a meeting date that accommodates MPD and make clear the committee’s expectation of charter compliance.
Next steps include drafting and circulating a letter to MPD, the mayor and council, and offering a special meeting date if needed to accommodate MPD’s schedule. The committee’s clerk was instructed to file the auditor’s presentation for the record.
