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With discipline pending, Chief Brian O’Hara resigns from Minneapolis Police Department
Mayor Jacob Frey said the report found conduct that could have led to discharge, and Assistant Chief Katie Blackwell will serve as interim chief.
- Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara resigned today after Mayor Jacob Frey formally disciplined him following an investigative report received yesterday alleging interference in an investigation.
- The Forsgren investigation began when a city employee anonymously reported O'Hara's alleged sexual relationships with staff, though investigators found those accusations unsubstantiated; his resignation reverses Frey's nomination three weeks earlier.
- Investigators determined it was 'more likely than not' that O'Hara 'knowingly and intentionally deleted a contact card for a material witness' from his city-issued cell phone 'in an attempt to shield that evidence.'
- Assistant Minneapolis Police Chief Katie Blackwell assumes acting leadership effective immediately, as Frey stated 'What I can't allow is a breach of trust' while acknowledging 'I'm proud of the work that Chief O'Hara has done.'
- Two separate investigations by Forsgren Fisher McCalmont DeMarea Tysver LLP examined O'Hara's conduct, with the second uncovering interference allegations that prompted his resignation and Blackwell's interim leadership of the Minneapolis Police Department.
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Minneapolis police chief resigns following internal investigation
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis police chief, Brian O’Hara, who drew national attention for taking the reins of a department reeling after the murder of George Floyd, resigned Tuesday after a personnel investigation into his conduct, the city announced. The post Minneapolis police chief resigns following internal investigation appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Minneapolis police chief resigns after interfering with an investigation, mayor says
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, who was hired to oversee reforms in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, chose to resign rather than face disciplinary action for interfering with an investigation into his conduct, Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday.
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