The effort is in response to a significant rise in gun-related crimes, carjackings and other violent crimes, the Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.
“Minneapolis Mayor Frey and Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman have asked the state for assistance,” DPS Commissioner John Harrington said. “In these dire and urgent times, we all need to work together to keep our communities safe.”
The BCA in early April created and deployed a violent crime response team to pursue known suspects in homicides, shootings and other gun-related crimes.
The response team also locates subjects with felony warrants related to violent criminal activity and aims to disrupt the surge in carjackings, aggravated assaults and robberies in Minneapolis and surrounding communities.
