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| With Mpls. Mayor Frey's policy in question, plan to ban no-knock warrants moves in MN House | DFL lawmakers in the Minnesota House plan to announce legislation to ban police departments from using no-knock warrants on Tuesday. The move follows the police killing of Amir Locke during a SWAT team raid last week at a Minneapolis apartment.
Mayor Jacob Frey campaigned on having imposed such a ban during his reelection bid last year but that policy change had very little practical effect.
The city of Minneapolis reported in November 2020 that they’d been averaging around 130 no-knock warrants a year. But in the first 10 months after the mayor’s policy change, Minneapolis police still asked judges to approve 90 of these warrants.
During a City Council hearing Monday, Frey emphasized that his previous policy ended the practice of police entering unannounced, but admitted that it was not a total ban.
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Heads up, Minnesota poultry farmers. Bird flu is coming. In the past few weeks, several wild ducks in the southeastern U.S. have tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza. Despite the fact that those cases are far from us, they are an early warning for Minnesota poultry producers ahead of the spring waterfowl migration.
Police training is at the core of ex-cops' federal trial. Prosecutors have tried to demonstrate to jurors that the three former officers ignored their training and department policies when assisting Derek Chauvin in restraining George Floyd. Defense attorneys have questioned whether Minneapolis training adequately prepared the officers to intervene. The court procedure resumes today with a Minneapolis police officer who does medical training expected to take the stand.
A Senate panel moves a bill to fund ads to attract more wannabe-officers in Minnesota. Sen. Karin Housley, R-Stillwater, the bill’s author, is proposing a $1 million appropriation this year for marketing and advertising efforts to help attract more people to become police officers in Minnesota. | |
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