DPS, State Patrol join MPD patrols after shootings
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety will partner with the Minneapolis Police Department under a Joint Powers Agreement to boost patrols, with Minnesota State Patrol troopers assigned to the Lake Street corridor following two mass shootings on Monday. MPD has further increased its own presence, and the city has erected fencing and barriers along parts of Lake Street to control access, measures officials say aim to deter further violence and stabilize the area. DPS Commissioner Bob Jacobson announced the deployment, while MPD Chief Brian O’Hara said the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the BCA are assisting and the National Guard is not currently needed.
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Minneapolis ramps up police presence, erects fences following 2 mass shootings along Lake Street
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- Minneapolis erected fencing/barriers along parts of the Lake Street corridor to control access in response to the two mass shootings.
- MPD further ramped up its own on-the-ground presence in the corridor beyond the additional State Patrol support.
- City officials said the steps are intended to deter further violence and stabilize the area.