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POLICE SHOOTING-MINNEAPOLIS-WARRANTS

Minneapolis revises policy on warrants after Locke killing

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city is changing policy for search warrants following the police shooting of a Black man in a downtown apartment so that officers must knock and wait a certain length of time before entering a residence. Police would have to wait 20 seconds before entering a residence while serving a daytime warrant, and 30 seconds for nighttime searches. No-knock warrants would be banned except in the most extreme circumstances, such as a hostage situation. The new policy would also include regular civilian review of video from searches and public disclosure of warrant data. The city’s warrant policy came under scrutiny after a SWAT team shot and killed 22-year-old Amir Locke in early February.

SOUTHWEST LIGHT RAIL

Minnesota Senate unanimously approves light rail audit

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate has voted unanimously to approve an audit of a more than $2 billion light rail project that’s been marred by delays and cost overruns. The bill allocates $200,000 to the Legislative Auditor’s office to conduct a special review of the Southwest Light Rail Transit project. The project is shaping up as one of the most expensive public works projects in state history. The 14.5-mile Green Line extension is now estimated to be passenger ready by 2027 at a cost of $2.75 billion, which is hundreds of millions more expensive and four years later than originally planned.

MINNEAPOLIS-POLICE STAFFING

Court: Minneapolis doesn’t have to meet police minimum

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned a lower-court ruling that Minneapolis violated its city charter by failing to keep police staffing levels above a minimum. The appellate court Monday said that the city charter clearly imposes a duty on the City Council to fund a minimum number of officers, but it doesn’t require the mayor to continously employ them. The Star Tribune reports that the ruling reverses a court victory last year in a lawsuit brought by several north Minneapolis residents who said the city was failing in its obligation to provide sufficient policing. Attorney Douglas Seaton, whose Upper Midwest Law Center represents the group that sued, said the citizens would appear to the state Supreme Court.

ELECTION 2022-MINNESOTA-CONGRESS

Carnahan enters race for husband Hagedorn’s seat in Congress

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Republican Party chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan is jumping into the race to replace her late husband Jim Hagedorn in Congress. Carnahan made her announcement Monday. Carnahan says she is committed to continuing her late husband’s legacy of fighting to secure the border, defending conservative values and safeguarding the integrity of elections. Carnahan joins a crowded field that already included at least eight other Republicans, six Democrats and a Legal Marijuana Now party candidate as of Monday morning. Filing closes Tuesday for the May 24 special primary. The special election to fill the seat is Aug. 9.

DEPUTY SHOOTING-MAHNOMEN COUNTY

Officials: Shooting in Mahnomen County involves deputy

NAYTAHWAUSH, Minn. (AP) — State officials are investigating a shooting involving a sheriff’s deputy in northwestern Minnesota. The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office says a woman is hospitalized after suffering gunshot wounds early Sunday morning. Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy tried to make a traffic stop about 1:30 a.m. which led to a pursuit. According to a sheriff’s statement, the chase ended when the woman’s vehicle went into a ditch in Naytahwaush. The sheriff’s office went on to say that “shots were fired” after the vehicle came to a stop, and a woman inside the vehicle suffered gunshot wounds. The victim was taken to a Fargo, North Dakota area hospital, where her condition is unknown.

DAUNTE WRIGHT-MEMORIAL

Daunte Wright’s family balks at plan to take down memorial

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Plans to take down a memorial at the suburban Minneapolis intersection where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer are on hold after his family complained. Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, said she, her husband, and the family’s attorney will meet with Brooklyn Center officials on Tuesday. She told the Star Tribune that the memorial is “not hurting anybody but it will hurt a lot of people taking it down.” Daunte Wright was killed on April 11 after Brooklyn Center officers pulled over the 20-year-old Black man for having expired license tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. Kim Potter said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she shot Wright. She was sentenced last month to two years in prison.

BUOY TENDER-DULUTH

Coast Guard Cutter Spar headed to new home in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spar is traveling from Baltimore to its new homeport in Duluth. The crew’s duties will include maintaining aids to navigation, domestic icebreaking, search and rescue and law enforcement. The Spar was commissioned in 2001 and originally based in Kodiak, Alaska. The 225-foot buoy tender left in 2020 for the Coast Guard Yard to undergo maintenance. The Coast Guard Cutter Alder left Duluth for Baltimore in mid-June 2021 and is expected to move to its new homeport in San Francisco this summer. The Spar will sail through the St. Lawrence Seaway and across the Great Lakes to Duluth.

MURDER CHARGE-JUVENILE

14-year-old Duluth boy held in death of family member

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A 14-year-old Duluth boy is in custody in connection with the death of a 19-year-old family member. Duluth police say officers responded to a medical call and found a 19-year-old woman injured and unresponsive. Officers apprehended the boy after he was “determined to be involved.” He is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder pending formal charges.Officers had been at the same address earlier Friday. They had responded to a call of a disturbance, and an adult male member of the same family was alleged to have been assaulted. Police determined there’d been no assault, and left the scene.