Minneapolis Police Department

Minneapolis Police Department
Abbreviation	MPD
Patch of the Minneapolis Police Department
Badge of the Minneapolis Police Department
Motto	To Protect with Courage, To Serve with Compassion
Agency overview
Formed	1867
Preceding agency	Municipal Police
Employees	1100
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Minneapolis in the state of Minnesota, USA
Map of Minneapolis Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size	58.4 square miles (151 km2)
Population	382,578 (2010)
Governing body	Minneapolis City Council
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overviewed by Civilian Board	Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority Board
Headquarters	Downtown Minneapolis City Hall
Police Officers	800
Civilians	300
Agency executives	Janeé Harteau, Chief of Police Eddie Frizell, Deputy Chief of Patrol Bureau Kristine Arneson, Deputy Chief of Investigations Bureau Travis Glampe, Deputy Chief of Professional Standards Bureau Five Precinct Commanders, Inspector
Units	List Bomb-Arson Business Technology Canine Community Crime Prevention / Safety For Everyone (CCP/SAFE) Homeland Security Internal Affairs Investigations Minneapolis Police Reserve Mounted Patrol Police Activities League (PAL) Special Events/Reserve Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Strategic Operations Unit Traffic Enforcement and Accident Investigation Traffic Control Training
Precincts	List 1st Precinct 2nd Precinct 3rd Precinct 4th Precinct 5th Precinct
Website
Minneapolis Police
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) serves the city of Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Formed in 1867, it is the second oldest police department in the state of Minnesota, after the Saint Paul Police Department (formed in 1854). A short-lived Board of Police Commissioners existed from 1887 to 1890.

The modern department is organized into three bureaus all reporting to Chief of Police Janeé Harteau.

The city is served through five precincts with 800 sworn officers and 300 civilian employees. At the city's population peak, MPD served over 521,000 people, and today serves over 411,000 people as of the last Census estimate.

Other independent protection organizations serve the city, identified as partner law enforcement agencies, these are the University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD), Minneapolis Park Police, Metro Transit Police, and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. The Metropolitan Airports Commission Police serves the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in unincorporated Hennepin County.

In the 19th century, the City of St. Anthony and Town of Minneapolis were first adequately served by an appointed city marshal based out of St. Anthony who was assisted by constables. Vested with the power of arrest, they rarely used it. Criminals sentenced would be sent to Ramsey County Jail or the Stillwater Penitentiary until the Hennepin County Courthouse and Jail was built in 1857. When the two cities merged and incorporated as Minneapolis in 1867, Mayor Dorilus Morrison immediately appointed H. H. Brackett as the first police chief. With six patrolmen, the new Police Department of Minneapolis served a population of about 5,000 people. In 1884, the force numbered 100 men and Shingle Creek workhouse was completed.