cities in the past 18 months, and has been doing so even as many officers leave.
The department has struggled with the same spiking crime seen in many major U.S. He also said he has no plans to pursue elected office or police jobs elsewhere. About 56% of city residents voted against that initiative.Īrradondo said Floyd’s death and the aftermath didn’t affect his decision to retire. In the 18 months since then, he has weathered calls to dismantle the department, including a ballot initiative in November toreplace the police departmentwith a new department of public safety. “I am confident that the MPD has the leadership in place to advance this critically important work that lies ahead of us.”Īrradondo, the city’s first Black police chief, was promoted in 2017 following the firing of his predecessor for her handling of the fatal police shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, who had called 911 to report hearing a possible sexual assault near her home.Īrradondo, who first joined the department in 1989 as a patrol officer in north Minneapolis, was seen as an agent of change in a department that many described as discriminatory toward the city’s people of color.įollowing Floyd’s death in May 2020 and the protests and unrest in the days after, Arradondo immediately fired the four officers involved. “I believe that now is the right time to allow for new leadership, new perspective, new focus and new hope to lead the department forward in collaboration with our communities,” he said. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Monday that he won’t accept a third term as chief, a blow to a department that has been reeling since four officers were charged in George Floyd’s death.Īrradondo, 54, said he would retire in January after 32 years at the department, calling it time for a new chief to lead.
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