Tagged accountability

Police Advisory idea moved to working group

Bemidji News, Local Government
November 17, 2020

The bulk of Monday’s Bemidji City Council meeting was on the proposed police advisory committee. Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin gave a presentation, where he touched on themes such as the many hours of training his officers receive, well beyond the state’s minimum requirements, the 12 complaints against officers received over the last five years,…

Public gives comment on police advisory

Bemidji News
August 11, 2020

The Bemidji City Council held a listening session Monday to hear from citizens on their ideas as the city moves forward with forming a police advisory committee. The council set a series of questions for the listening session during their meeting last week to frame the discussion, but no written submissions were read out loud…