The Minnesota Department of Human Rights' investigation resulted in early and significant public safety changes.
On June 8, 2020, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights obtained a temporary court order from Hennepin County District Court that required the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department to make immediate changes.
The court order required MPD to change how officers interact with community members and resulted in police accountability changes. The City and MPD incorporated all the changes identified in the court order into their policies, ordinances, and procedures.
Graphic highlighting the immediate public safety changes the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department made in compliance with the Temporary Court Order. The immediate changes included: "Chokeholds and neck restraints are immediately banned without exception, police officers, regardless of rank, have a duty to intervene verbally and physically, only the Police Chief can approve the use of crowd control weapons, the Police Chief must issue timely discipline decisions; final decisions are now public, and the City must institute a plan to audit MPD officer's body worn camera footage."
