Minneapolis police chief resigns after allegedly interfering with probe into his conduct - BERITAJA

Minneapolis constabulary main Brian O’Hara, who took complete the section successful the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, resigned Tuesday aft an investigation recovered that he had interfered pinch an probe into his conduct.

Mayor Jacob Frey said he accepted O’Hara’s resignation.

“This is not about being intolerant of mistakes — everyone makes mistakes, including me,” Frey said astatine a Tuesday evening news conference. “But what I can’t let is simply a breach of trust. When you service arsenic main of the Minneapolis Police Department, spot is not secondary to the job; it is the job. And erstwhile spot is broken, it becomes highly difficult to proceed starring effectively.”

The matter began past twelvemonth erstwhile the mayor’ agency received an anonymous title alleging that O’Hara had engaged successful intersexual relationships pinch metropolis employees. An extracurricular investigation concluded respective months agone and recovered that the allegations unsubstantiated.

A consequent inquiry, however, an further investigation recovered that O’Hara “interfered pinch the investigation process,” Frey said.

An investigative study obtained by Beritaja shows that O’Hara intentionally deleted a interaction paper from his city-issued cellphone “in an effort to shield that grounds of relationship betwixt Chief O’Hara and worker 2 from investigators.” According to the study the interaction paper was coming connected his telephone connected May 1, 2025, but was removed by May 7. It was the only interaction paper deleted, and investigators recovered nary method explainination for its dissaparrance. O’Hara denied deleting the interaction successful interviews conducted successful June and April.

O’Hara was besides recovered to person discussed the original investigation aft being fixed definitive instructions not to do so, the study states. Investigators said O’Hara told an worker that his telephone had been taken arsenic portion of the probe.

Frey said the interference does not change the result of the first investigation, but nevertheless constitutes “a breach of trust.” He said he had informed O’Hara that disciplinary action — up to and including termination — was forthcoming, and that O’Hara chose to resign instead.

In a general letter, the politician said O’Hara would beryllium receiving a written reprimand for “serious misconduct.”

The Minneapolis Police Department did not instantly return a petition for remark connected Wednesday.

Assistant constabulary main Katie Blackwell will service arsenic acting main effective immediately, Frey said.