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MPD chief outlines complexity of Operation Metro Surge, cites evidence and training gaps
Summary
Chief Chip O’Hara told the Community Commission on Police Oversight that Operation Metro Surge was an unprecedented, multi-week federal operation that challenged MPD’s ability to act, cited evidence constraints for arrests at scenes involving federal agents, and described policy, staffing and training steps taken since.
Chief of Police Chip O’Hara told the Community Commission on Police Oversight on March 9 that Operation Metro Surge presented unprecedented legal and operational challenges that limited how Minneapolis officers could intervene when federal agents were present.
O’Hara described the surge as roughly 12 weeks in duration and said MPD revised policy 9-401 to add reporting requirements and to clarify officers’ roles when federal law-enforcement agencies operate in the city. He said the department had to balance public-safety risks, evidence preservation and the limits of Minnesota law when federal agents were acting under…
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