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There have been 49 [[police chief]]s of the [[Minneapolis Police Department]] in the history of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].<ref name="MPDWebAbout">{{cite web | url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/about/ | title= Inside the Minneapolis Police Department | publisher= City of Minneapolis | accessdate=2007-12-25}}</ref><ref name="1893History">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0cZg4L4sbBwC|title=History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota|author=By Isaac Atwater|date=Published 1893|publisher=Munsell}}</ref>


There have been 59 [[police chief]]s of the [[Minneapolis Police Department]] in the history of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. The first was appointed in 1867, when the population of Minneapolis was about 5,000.<ref name="MPDWebAbout">{{cite web |title=Inside the Minneapolis Police Department |publisher=City of Minneapolis |url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/about/ |access-date=2007-12-25}}</ref><ref name="1893History">{{cite book |author=Isaac Atwater |year=1893 |title=History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota |publisher=Munsell |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofm00atwa |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
==List of police chiefs==

{| class="wikitable"
== List of police chiefs ==
|+ Sources: 1800s<ref name="1893History" />, 1900s<ref name="MPDreports">{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/annual-reports.asp|title=Minneapolis Police Dept Annual Reports|accessdate=2009-12-03}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+ Sources: 1800s,<ref name="1893History" /> 1900s<ref name="MPDreports">{{cite web |title=Minneapolis Police Dept Annual Reports |url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/annual-reports.asp |access-date=2009-12-03}}</ref>
! Term !! Approx. Years Served !! Chief of Police !! Departure !! Notable/Related Events
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! Term !! Approx. Years !! Chief of Police !! Departure !! Notable/Related Events
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| 1867 || 1 || H. H. Brackett || ||
| 1867 || 1 || H. H. Brackett || ||
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| 1870 || 1 || Dan A. Day || ||
| 1870 || 1 || Dan A. Day || ||
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| 1871 || 1 || C. L. Peck || || Shot by an opium user<ref>{{cite news |title=Minneapolis ''Daily Tribune'', 1871-12-13 |url=http://newspapers2.mnhs.org/}}</ref>
| 1871 || 1 || C. L. Peck || ||
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| 1872 || 1 || George C. Kent || ||
| 1872 || 1 || George C. Kent || ||
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| 1883 || 1 || A. C. Berry || ||
| 1883 || 1 || A. C. Berry || ||
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| 1884 ||1 || John West || ||
| 1884–1885 ||2 || John West || ||
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| 1886 ||1 || Colonel Charles R. Hill || ||
| 1886 ||1 || Colonel Charles R. Hill || ||
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| 1890 || 1 || Major R. R. Henderson || ||
| 1890 || 1 || Major R. R. Henderson || ||
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| 1894–1898 || 5 || Vernon M. Smith ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924; Minneapolis City Directories ||
| 1904 ||1 || Ed. J. Conroy || ||
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| 1899–1900 ||1 || James G. Doyle ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
| 1910 ||1 || Colonel Frank T. Corriston<ref name="Corriston">{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990CE0D61F31E333A25756C2A9649D946196D6CF|title=CHIEF RESIGNS UNDER FIRE.; Head of Minneapolis Police Was Criticised for Laxity by Grand Jury.|date=December 25, 1910, Sunday|publisher=New York Times}}</ref> || Resigned, "laxity" ||
|-
| 1911-1912 || 2 ||Michael Mealey aka Michael O'Malia <ref name="Corriston"/> || ||
|-
| 1912–1922 || ? || ||
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| 1923-1924 || 2 || Chief Jensen || ||
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| 1925–1927 || 3 || Frank W. Brunskill<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/near.html|title=Near v. Minnesota No. 91 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 283 U.S. 697|date=January 30, 1931|publisher=Thomas L. Tedford and Dale A. Herbeck Freedom of Speech in the United States, 5th ed. State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2005|accessdate=2008-07-29}}</ref> || || [[Tong wars]]
|-
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| 1901–1902 ||1 || Fred W. Ames ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
| 1928–1930 || ? || ||
|-
|-
| 1902 ||1 || E. F. Waite, to fill vacancy per Ames' resignation ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
| 1931-33 || 3 || William Meehan || || Racial integration<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/85|date=1931-07-16|title=Race row in Minneapolis|accessdate=2009-09-03|publisher=Star Tribune Archives|author= Ben Welter |date=2006-04-15}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1903–1904 ||1 || Ed. J. Conroy ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
| 1934-35 || 2 || Mike Johannes || || [[Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slphistory.org/history/dunnebrothers.asp|title=THE DUNNE BROTHERS, the Teamsters Strike of 1934|publisher=Harpers Magazine, excerpted by St. Louis Park Historical Society|date=1942-05|author=Dale Kramer}}</ref>
|-
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| 1905–1906 ||1 || James G. Doyle ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
| 1936-40 || 5|| Frank Forestal<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0mxTt5x14IYC&lpg=PA215&dq=minneapolis%20%22frank%20forestal%22%20police&pg=PA215#v=onepage&q=minneapolis%20%22frank%20forestal%22%20police&f=false|title=Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett|author=Marda Woodbury|year=1998 | isbn=9780816629299 | publisher=U of Minnesota Press}}</ref> || ||
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| 1907–1910 ||1 || Colonel Frank T. Corriston<ref name="Corriston">{{cite news |title=CHIEF RESIGNS UNDER FIRE.; Head of Minneapolis Police Was Criticised for Laxity by Grand Jury |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990CE0D61F31E333A25756C2A9649D946196D6CF |date=December 25, 1910}}</ref>
| 1941 || 1 ||Edward B. Hansen (resigned)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m-0ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0SIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2505%2C1422939|title=Disappearing Chief, Mob Moves "Fiction" to Mayor|publisher=Milwaukee Journal|date=1941-07-20}}</ref> || Resigned, mobs ||
|| Resigned, "laxity" ||
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| 1911–1912 || 2 ||Michael Mealey ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
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| 1913–1916 || 4 ||Oscar Martinson ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
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| 1917–1918 || 2 || Lewis Harthill ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
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| 1919–1921 || 3 || J.F. Walker ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
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| 1921–1923 || 2 || A.C. Jensen ||Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924 ||
|-
| 1925–1927 || 3 || Frank W. Brunskill<ref>{{cite web |title=Near v. Minnesota No. 91 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 283 U.S. 697 |publisher=Thomas L. Tedford and Dale A. Herbeck Freedom of Speech in the United States, 5th ed. State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2005 |url=http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/near.html |date=January 30, 1931 |access-date=2008-07-29}}</ref>
|| || [[Tong wars]]
|-
| 1928–1930 || 2 ||Harry C. Lindholm{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} ||
|-
| 1931–33 || 3 || William Meehan || || Racial integration<ref>{{cite news |author=Ben Welter |title=Race row in Minneapolis |orig-year=1931-07-16 |newspaper=Star Tribune Archives |url=http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/85 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821232729/http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/85 |access-date=2009-09-03 |date=2006-04-15 |archive-date=2009-08-21}}</ref>
|-
| 1934–35 || 2 || Mike Johannes || || [[Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934]]<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Dale Kramer |title=THE DUNNE BROTHERS, the Teamsters Strike of 1934 |magazine=Harpers Magazine, excerpted by St. Louis Park Historical Society |url=http://www.slphistory.org/history/dunnebrothers.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110141150/http://slphistory.org/history/dunnebrothers.asp |date=May 1942 |archive-date=2011-01-10}}</ref>
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| 1936–40 || 5|| Frank Forestal<ref>{{cite book |author=Marda Woodbury |year=1998 |title=Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett |publisher=U of Minnesota Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0mxTt5x14IYC&q=minneapolis+%22frank+forestal%22+police&pg=PA215 |isbn=978-0-8166-2929-9}}</ref>
|| ||
|-
| 1941 || 1 ||Edward B. Hansen (resigned)<ref>{{cite news |title=Disappearing Chief, Mob Moves "Fiction" to Mayor |journal=Milwaukee Journal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m-0ZAAAAIBAJ&pg=2505%2C1422939 |date=1941-07-20}}</ref>
|| Resigned, mobs ||
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| 1942 || 1 ||Joe M. Jonas || ||
| 1942 || 1 ||Joe M. Jonas || ||
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| 1943-44 || 2 || Elmer F. Hillner || ||
| 1943–44 || 2 || Elmer F. Hillner || ||
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| 1945 || 1 || Ed Ryan || ||
| 1945 || 1 || Ed Ryan || ||
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| 1946-48 || 3 || G.W. MacLean || ||
| 1946–48 || 3 || G.W. MacLean || ||
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| 1949-55 || 7 || Thomas R. Jones || ||
| 1949–55 || 7 || Thomas R. Jones || ||
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| 1956 || 1 || E.I. Walling || ||
| 1956 || 1 || E.I. Walling || ||
|-
|-
| 1957-59 || Milton E. Winslow || ||
| 1957–59 || 3 || Milton E. Winslow || ||
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| 1960 || 1 || Kenneth Moore || ||
| 1960 || 1 || Kenneth Moore || ||
|-
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| 1961-63|| 3 || E.I. Walling || ||
| 1961–63|| 3 || E.I. Walling || ||
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|-
| 1964-68 || 4 || Calvin F. Hawkinson || Resigned to [[Plymouth Police Department (MN)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/80965412.html|title=Calvin Hawkinson, former police chief of Minneapolis|author=Tim Harlow|publisher=Star Tribune|date=2010-01-07}}</ref> || Established Community Relations Unit
| 1964–68 || 4 || Calvin F. Hawkinson || Resigned to [[Plymouth Police Department (MN)|Plymouth P.D.]] (1968-1978)<ref>{{cite news |author=Tim Harlow |title=Calvin Hawkinson, former police chief of Minneapolis |newspaper=Star Tribune |url=http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/80965412.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606144608/http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/80965412.html |date=2010-01-07 |archive-date=2011-06-06}}</ref>
|| Established Community Relations Unit
|-
|-
| 1968|| 1 || Donald Dwyer || || [[American Indian Movement]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876550,00.html|title=
| 1968|| 1 || Donald Dwyer || || [[American Indian Movement]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Nation: The Angry American indian: Starting Down the Protest Trail |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876550,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626123534/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876550,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |date=1970-02-09}}</ref>
Nation: The Angry American indian: Starting Down the Protest Trail|date=1970-02-09|publisher=TIME Magazine}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1969-70|| 2 || B.J. Lutz || ||
| 1969–70|| 2 || B.J. Lutz || ||
|-
|-
| 1971-73 || 3 || Gordon Johnson || || Overweight police<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19711103&id=nAsrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XZoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6326,1088891|title=Minneapolis Likes Trim Policemen|date=1971-11-03|publisher=Reading Eagle}}</ref>
| 1971–73 || 3 || Gordon Johnson || || Overweight police<ref>{{cite news |title=Minneapolis Likes Trim Policemen |publisher=Reading Eagle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19711103&id=nAsrAAAAIBAJ&pg=6326,1088891 |date=1971-11-03}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1974 || 1 || John "Jack" McCarthy || ||
| 1974 || 1 || Jack McCarthy || ||
|-
|-
| 1974-75 || 2 || John R. Jensen || ||
| 1974–75 || 2 || John R. Jensen || ||
|-
|-
| 1976-77 ||2 || Carl E. Johnson || ||
| 1976–77 ||2 || Carl E. Johnson || ||
|-
|-
| 1978-79 || 2 || Elmer C. Nordlund || Resigned, scandal<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9qtDBbb3354C&lpg=PA92&ots=9AxpZ9LIsc&dq=%22Elmer%20nordlund%22%20Minneapolis&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q=%22Elmer%20nordlund%22%20Minneapolis&f=false|title=Sourced in book "Minority group threat, crime, and policing: social context and social control"|publisher=Star Tribune|date=1979-08-10 | isbn=9780275929831}}</ref> || Teenage prostitution<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19780305&id=Io4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AfsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5866,938305|publisher=Lakeland Ledger|title= Efforts to Curb Teen-Age Prostitution Having Little Effect in Minneapolis|date=1978-05-05}}</ref>
| 1978–79 || 2 || Elmer C. Nordlund || Resigned, scandal<ref>{{cite book |title=Sourced in book "Minority group threat, crime, and policing: social context and social control" |newspaper=Star Tribune |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qtDBbb3354C&q=%22Elmer+nordlund%22+Minneapolis&pg=PA92 |date=1979-08-10 |isbn=978-0-275-92983-1|last1=Jackson |first1=Pamela Irving }}</ref>
|| Teenage prostitution<ref>{{cite news |title=Efforts to Curb Teen-Age Prostitution Having Little Effect in Minneapolis |publisher=Lakeland Ledger |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19780305&id=Io4sAAAAIBAJ&pg=5866,938305 |date=1978-05-05}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1979 || 1 || Donald Dwyer || Temporary ||
| 1979 || 1 || Donald Dwyer || Temporary ||
|-
|-
| 1980–1988 || 8 || [[Tony Bouza|Anthony V. Bouza]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-democracy.org/1994/other/Strib_profiles/BOUZA_profile.html|title=Tony Bouza: DFL candidate for governor|date=August 19, 1994|author=By Jim Parsons|publisher=Star Tribune by way of E Democracy}}</ref> || Retired ||
| 1980–1988 || 8 || [[Tony Bouza|Anthony V. Bouza]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Jim Parsons |title=Tony Bouza: DFL candidate for governor |newspaper=Star Tribune by way of E Democracy |url=http://www.e-democracy.org/1994/other/Strib_profiles/BOUZA_profile.html |date=August 19, 1994}}</ref>
|| Retired ||
|-
|-
| 1989–1994 || 5 || John Laux<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/police/history/pochiefs/pochiefs.htm|title=Bloomington Police Chiefs: More than fifty years of leadership|year=2008|publisher=City of Bloomington}}</ref> || Resigned to [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington Police Department]] || Murder of Jerry Haaf<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200209/25_hughesa_haaf/|title="Officer Down:" Remembering Jerry Haaf|author=Art Hughes|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio|2002-09-25}}</ref>, [[KARE 11]] media complaint<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news-council.org/1993/06/17/determination-98-minneapolis-police-chief-john-laux-v-kare-tv|title=Determination 98: Minneapolis Police Chief John Laux v. KARE-TV|date=1993-06-17|publisher=Minnesota News Council}}</ref>
| 1989–1994 || 5 || [[John Laux]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloomington Police Chiefs: More than fifty years of leadership |publisher=City of Bloomington |year=2008 |url=http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/police/history/pochiefs/pochiefs.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512081104/http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/police/history/pochiefs/pochiefs.htm |archive-date=2008-05-12}}</ref>
|| Resigned to [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]] Police Department || Murder of Jerry Haaf,<ref>{{cite news |author=Art Hughes |title="Officer Down: " Remembering Jerry Haaf |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200209/25_hughesa_haaf/ |date=2002-09-25}}</ref>
[[KARE 11]] media complaint<ref>{{cite news |title=Determination 98: Minneapolis Police Chief John Laux v. KARE-TV |publisher=Minnesota News Council |url=http://news-council.org/1993/06/17/determination-98-minneapolis-police-chief-john-laux-v-kare-tv |date=1993-06-17}}</ref>
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|-
| 1994–2002 || 9 || Robert Olson<ref>{{cite audio|=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/midmorning/2004/01/midmorning_20040113a/|title=Departing Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson|date=2004-01-13|program=Mid-Morning|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio}}</ref> || Dismissed, contract not renewed || Federal mediation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2003/12/04_hughesa_mplsmediate/|title= Minneapolis police, community reach accord on reducing tension|author= Art Hughes|publisher= Minnesota Public Radio|date=2003-12-04}}</ref>
| 1994–2002 || 9 || [[Robert Olson (police officer)|Robert Olson]]<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Departing Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson |newspaper=Mid-Morning |url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/midmorning/2004/01/midmorning_20040113a/ |date=2004-01-13}}</ref>
|| Dismissed, contract not renewed || Federal [[mediation]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Art Hughes |title=Minneapolis police, community reach accord on reducing tension |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2003/12/04_hughesa_mplsmediate/ |date=2003-12-04}}</ref>
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| 2002–2006 || 5 || William McManus || Resigned to [[San Antonio Police Department]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/03/16/mcmanusleaves/?refid=0|title= McManus leaves as Minneapolis police chief|author= Brandt Williams|publisher= Minnesota Public Radio|date=2006-03-16}}</ref> ||
| 2002–2006 || 5 || [[William McManus (officer)|William McManus]] || Resigned to [[San Antonio Police Department]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Brandt Williams |title=McManus leaves as Minneapolis police chief |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/03/16/mcmanusleaves/?refid=0 |date=2006-03-16}}</ref>
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| 2006-2007 (sworn)-present || 7 || Tim Dolan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/01/09/dolan/|title=Homicide problem awaits Minneapolis' new police chief|author=Brandt Williams|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio|date=January 9, 2007}}</ref> || || I-35W Mississippi River Bridge
| 2006–2007 (sworn)- 2012 || 7 || [[Tim Dolan (officer)|Tim Dolan]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Brandt Williams |title=Homicide problem awaits Minneapolis' new police chief |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/01/09/dolan/ |date=January 9, 2007}}</ref>
|| || I-35W Mississippi River Bridge
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| 2012–2017 || 5 || [[Janeé Harteau]] ||submitted resignation in the aftermath of the [[killing of Justine Damond]]<ref name="kppafa" /> || First female, openly gay, and Native American chief in city history<ref name="kppafa">{{cite news |title=The Latest: Mayor nominates Arradondo as Minneapolis chief |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]] |url=http://m.startribune.com/the-latest-march-honors-life-of-woman-killed-by-officer/435808693/?section=nation |date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2017–2022 || 5 || [[Medaria Arradondo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minneapolismn.gov/police/precincts/police_about_administration|title = Minneapolis police precincts}}</ref>
|| Announced retirement in December 2021, effective January 15, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vera|first=Amir|last2=Hassan|first2=Carma|last3=Watson|first3=Michelle|date=December 6, 2021|title=Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, whose tenure included George Floyd's murder, will retire in January|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/us/minneapolis-police-chief-retiring/index.html|access-date=2022-02-04|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>||First black police chief.<ref name="USA-Today">{{cite news|last1=Madhani|first1=Aamer|date=July 23, 2017|title=Minneapolis mayor looks to new police chief amid firestorm over fatal shooting|language=en|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/23/minneapolis-mayor-betsy-hodges-justine-damond-shooting/503201001/|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
Officer body camera usage made mandatory.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moini |first=Nina |title='Body-Worn Cameras Must Be On': Mpls. Officials Announce MPD Policy Changes: Officers Must Turn On Camera For Every Call They Respond To |url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/07/26/mpls-body-cam-policy-changes/ |via=[[WCCO-TV]] |date=July 26, 2017 |access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref>
[[Murder of George Floyd]] and [[George Floyd protests|subsequent protest movement]].
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|2022
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|[[Amelia Huffman]] (interim)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Jany|first=Libor|last2=Navratil|first2=Liz|title=Amelia Huffman named interim Minneapolis police chief|url=https://www.startribune.com/amelia-huffman-named-as-interim-minneapolis-police-chief/600124667/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Star Tribune}}</ref>
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|Interim Chief of Police<ref name=":0" />
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|2022–present
|Incumbent
|[[Brian O'Hara]]<ref>{{cite news |title=New Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara takes oath of office |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/new-minneapolis-police-chief-brian-ohara-takes-oath-of-office/ |access-date=19 November 2022 |work=CBS News Minnesota |date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115220521/https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/new-minneapolis-police-chief-brian-ohara-takes-oath-of-office/ |archive-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
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==List of city marshals==
== List of city marshals ==
There were constables appointed as city marshals of Saint Anthony before it was joined to Minneapolis.<ref name="1893History"/>
There were constables appointed as city marshals of [[St. Anthony, Minnesota|St. Anthony]] before it was joined to Minneapolis.<ref name="1893History" />
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! Term !! Name
! Term !! Name
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| 1855|| Benjamin Brown and L. Turner
| 1855|| Benjamin Brown and L. Turner
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| 1856-57 || J. Chapman
| 1856–57 || J. Chapman
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| 1857-1859-1860 || John A. Armstrong
| 1857-1859-1860 || John A. Armstrong
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==References==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 14:03, 25 May 2024

There have been 59 police chiefs of the Minneapolis Police Department in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first was appointed in 1867, when the population of Minneapolis was about 5,000.[1][2]

List of police chiefs[edit]

Sources: 1800s,[2] 1900s[3]
Term Approx. Years Chief of Police Departure Notable/Related Events
1867 1 H. H. Brackett
1868 1 Dan A. Day
1869 1 H. H. Brackett and Stuart Seeley
1870 1 Dan A. Day
1871 1 C. L. Peck Shot by an opium user[4]
1872 1 George C. Kent
1873 1 R. W. Hanson and Michael Hoy
1874–1875 2 John H. Noble
1876–1883 8 A. S. Munger
1883 1 A. C. Berry
1884–1885 2 John West
1886 1 Colonel Charles R. Hill
1887–1890 3 Board of Police Commissioners Abolished
1890 1 Major R. R. Henderson
1894–1898 5 Vernon M. Smith Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924; Minneapolis City Directories
1899–1900 1 James G. Doyle Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1901–1902 1 Fred W. Ames Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1902 1 E. F. Waite, to fill vacancy per Ames' resignation Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1903–1904 1 Ed. J. Conroy Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1905–1906 1 James G. Doyle Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1907–1910 1 Colonel Frank T. Corriston[5] Resigned, "laxity"
1911–1912 2 Michael Mealey Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1913–1916 4 Oscar Martinson Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1917–1918 2 Lewis Harthill Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1919–1921 3 J.F. Walker Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1921–1923 2 A.C. Jensen Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894–1924
1925–1927 3 Frank W. Brunskill[6] Tong wars
1928–1930 2 Harry C. Lindholm[citation needed]
1931–33 3 William Meehan Racial integration[7]
1934–35 2 Mike Johannes Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934[8]
1936–40 5 Frank Forestal[9]
1941 1 Edward B. Hansen (resigned)[10] Resigned, mobs
1942 1 Joe M. Jonas
1943–44 2 Elmer F. Hillner
1945 1 Ed Ryan
1946–48 3 G.W. MacLean
1949–55 7 Thomas R. Jones
1956 1 E.I. Walling
1957–59 3 Milton E. Winslow
1960 1 Kenneth Moore
1961–63 3 E.I. Walling
1964–68 4 Calvin F. Hawkinson Resigned to Plymouth P.D. (1968-1978)[11] Established Community Relations Unit
1968 1 Donald Dwyer American Indian Movement[12]
1969–70 2 B.J. Lutz
1971–73 3 Gordon Johnson Overweight police[13]
1974 1 Jack McCarthy
1974–75 2 John R. Jensen
1976–77 2 Carl E. Johnson
1978–79 2 Elmer C. Nordlund Resigned, scandal[14] Teenage prostitution[15]
1979 1 Donald Dwyer Temporary
1980–1988 8 Anthony V. Bouza[16] Retired
1989–1994 5 John Laux[17] Resigned to Bloomington Police Department Murder of Jerry Haaf,[18]

KARE 11 media complaint[19]

1994–2002 9 Robert Olson[20] Dismissed, contract not renewed Federal mediation[21]
2002–2006 5 William McManus Resigned to San Antonio Police Department[22]
2006–2007 (sworn)- 2012 7 Tim Dolan[23] I-35W Mississippi River Bridge
2012–2017 5 Janeé Harteau submitted resignation in the aftermath of the killing of Justine Damond[24] First female, openly gay, and Native American chief in city history[24]
2017–2022 5 Medaria Arradondo[25] Announced retirement in December 2021, effective January 15, 2022.[26] First black police chief.[27]

Officer body camera usage made mandatory.[28] Murder of George Floyd and subsequent protest movement.

2022 <1 Amelia Huffman (interim)[29] Interim Chief of Police[29]
2022–present Incumbent Brian O'Hara[30]

List of city marshals[edit]

There were constables appointed as city marshals of St. Anthony before it was joined to Minneapolis.[2]

Term Name
1855 Benjamin Brown and L. Turner
1856–57 J. Chapman
1857-1859-1860 John A. Armstrong
1861 J. H. Noble
1862 William Lashells
1863 M. B. Rollins
1864 E. Lippencott and J. M. Shepard
1865–1866 M. W. Getchell
1867–1869 Michael Hoy
1870–1871 L. C. Smith

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Inside the Minneapolis Police Department". City of Minneapolis. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ^ a b c Isaac Atwater (1893). History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Munsell – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Minneapolis Police Dept Annual Reports". Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  4. ^ "Minneapolis Daily Tribune, 1871-12-13".
  5. ^ "CHIEF RESIGNS UNDER FIRE.; Head of Minneapolis Police Was Criticised for Laxity by Grand Jury". The New York Times. December 25, 1910.
  6. ^ "Near v. Minnesota No. 91 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 283 U.S. 697". Thomas L. Tedford and Dale A. Herbeck Freedom of Speech in the United States, 5th ed. State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2005. January 30, 1931. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  7. ^ Ben Welter (2006-04-15) [1931-07-16]. "Race row in Minneapolis". Star Tribune Archives. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  8. ^ Dale Kramer (May 1942). "THE DUNNE BROTHERS, the Teamsters Strike of 1934". Harpers Magazine, excerpted by St. Louis Park Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10.
  9. ^ Marda Woodbury (1998). Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-2929-9.
  10. ^ "Disappearing Chief, Mob Moves "Fiction" to Mayor". Milwaukee Journal. 1941-07-20.
  11. ^ Tim Harlow (2010-01-07). "Calvin Hawkinson, former police chief of Minneapolis". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.
  12. ^ "Nation: The Angry American indian: Starting Down the Protest Trail". Time. 1970-02-09. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007.
  13. ^ "Minneapolis Likes Trim Policemen". Reading Eagle. 1971-11-03.
  14. ^ Jackson, Pamela Irving (1979-08-10). Sourced in book "Minority group threat, crime, and policing: social context and social control". ISBN 978-0-275-92983-1. {{cite book}}: |newspaper= ignored (help)
  15. ^ "Efforts to Curb Teen-Age Prostitution Having Little Effect in Minneapolis". Lakeland Ledger. 1978-05-05.
  16. ^ Jim Parsons (August 19, 1994). "Tony Bouza: DFL candidate for governor". Star Tribune by way of E Democracy.
  17. ^ "Bloomington Police Chiefs: More than fifty years of leadership". City of Bloomington. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12.
  18. ^ Art Hughes (2002-09-25). ""Officer Down: " Remembering Jerry Haaf". Minnesota Public Radio.
  19. ^ "Determination 98: Minneapolis Police Chief John Laux v. KARE-TV". Minnesota News Council. 1993-06-17.
  20. ^ Departing Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson. Mid-Morning. 2004-01-13.
  21. ^ Art Hughes (2003-12-04). "Minneapolis police, community reach accord on reducing tension". Minnesota Public Radio.
  22. ^ Brandt Williams (2006-03-16). "McManus leaves as Minneapolis police chief". Minnesota Public Radio.
  23. ^ Brandt Williams (January 9, 2007). "Homicide problem awaits Minneapolis' new police chief". Minnesota Public Radio.
  24. ^ a b "The Latest: Mayor nominates Arradondo as Minneapolis chief". Star Tribune. Associated Press. July 21, 2017.
  25. ^ "Minneapolis police precincts".
  26. ^ Vera, Amir; Hassan, Carma; Watson, Michelle (December 6, 2021). "Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, whose tenure included George Floyd's murder, will retire in January". CNN. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  27. ^ Madhani, Aamer (July 23, 2017). "Minneapolis mayor looks to new police chief amid firestorm over fatal shooting". USA Today. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  28. ^ Moini, Nina (July 26, 2017). "'Body-Worn Cameras Must Be On': Mpls. Officials Announce MPD Policy Changes: Officers Must Turn On Camera For Every Call They Respond To". Retrieved July 27, 2017 – via WCCO-TV.
  29. ^ a b Jany, Libor; Navratil, Liz. "Amelia Huffman named interim Minneapolis police chief". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  30. ^ "New Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara takes oath of office". CBS News Minnesota. 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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