Recently released city documents show at least a dozen Minneapolis police officers were disciplined for misconduct in the days of demonstrations and rioting following George Floyd’s May 2020 police killing.
What’s unknown are how many officers were directed to what MPD calls “coaching” after the riot response.
Coaching is an alternative to discipline, and because it’s not officially discipline, there’s no public record of it. MPD has in the past used coaching to resolve serious complaints like assaulting a teenager for shoplifting.
That’s absolutely ridiculous. If “coaching” isn’t discipline, then there should be a public record that the complaint resulted in no discipline.
That’s absolutely ridiculous. If “coaching” isn’t discipline, then there should be a public record that the complaint resulted in no discipline.