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 Brian O’Hara resigned Tuesday after Mayor Jacob Frey determined he interfered with an internal investigation into allegations of inappropriate relationships with city employees. While the original probe found the allegations unsubstantiated, investigators discovered O’Hara deleted a contact from his city phone and improperly discussed the investigation with another employee. Mayor Frey called the interference a “breach o…
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