Suit: Family of Twin Cities man killed by police alleges no mental health staff at standoff

Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke heads MPD’s new use-of-force training

Police chief Brian O’Hara said Sgt. Mark Hanneman, who’s been with MPD for nearly a decade,  is an “outstanding” trainer committed to bringing positive change to MPD. But Locke’s family and other community members say nothing justifies placing the officer who shot and killed a 22-year-old Black man at the helm of use-of-force training.

Suit: Family of Twin Cities man killed by police alleges no mental health staff at standoff

Police did not, as required, “dispatch a mental health crisis team ... or any mental health worker,” the suit reads.