The Minneapolis Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. Formed in 1867, it is the secon
Traffic patrol officer in 1987.
Minneapolis Police intervene in an open battle between striking truckers armed with pipes and the citizen's army (militia), June 1934.
From 2005 to 2006, officers monitored protest rallies against the War in Iraq, in downtown Minneapolis.
Chief Frank W. Brunskill inspecting officers at Station Number 5 in 1925. Brunskill was also at the heart of Supreme Court case Near v. Minnesota involving Minnesota's Gag Law.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black American man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old White police officer, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Floyd had been arrested af
Minneapolis Police Department
…International Airport in unincorporated Hennepin County. After an incident in May 2020, MPD officer Derek Chauvin was charged with and later convicted for the murder of George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for approximately 9.5 minutes. The murder sparked worldwide protests against racism and police brutality…
The intersection of Chicago Avenue and E. 38th Street on May 30, where Floyd was murdered just left of the awning
Hennepin County Government Center, the venue of the Chauvin trial, April 20, 2021
Security fencing at the Warren E. Burger Federal Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, January 23, 2022
A protest sign at George Floyd Square on May 18, 2021, referencing the three other officers