
ALT Screenshot of text from Department of Justice report: MPD’s focus on minor and/or pretextual stops has also led to inefficient use of limited resources. MPD leadership has persistently encouraged using traffic enforcement and stops of “suspicious” people and vehicles as a way to reduce violent crime and get guns off the street. One MPD presentation we reviewed described traffic law enforcement stops as the “top tactic used by MPD for illegal gun recovery.” But only a small percentage of MPD’s traffic stops resulted in recovering guns. For example, in 2018, MPD conducted roughly 32,000 vehicle stops, but recovered only 97 guns—meaning just 0.3% of traffic stops resulted in MPD recovering a gun.

ALT Screenshot of tweet from Pat Garofalo: Pat Garofalo @PatGarofalo X.com I want my Minnesota back. Ridiculous that tonight's Eden Prairie vs Minnetonka football game had to be cancelled during the 2nd half because of gunfire. That's the sort of shit that happens in Chicago and Detroit. Not here. I want my Minnesota back. 21:20 • 10/2/26 • 142K Views

ALT Screenshot of text from article: Minneapolis police learned of shooting threats made by a gunman hours before he killed two people and shot five others, including two officers, at an apartment building in Loring Park a week ago. New reporting from 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS confirms an officer filed a report about the threats around 12:41 p.m. on Sept. 2, about four hours before the shooting call came into dispatch. Minneapolis police said that no action was taken after that threats report was filed.


















