News and Updates
To ensure more MCPA members and their staffs can access the Association's high quality professional development opportunities, we're proudly launching
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Over an 8 month period, 25 law enforcement leaders from across Minnesota worked together to address some of the biggest challenges facing the policing profession today. Click here to see the students' reports and research.
The MCPA recently awarded the Plymouth PD for its three-pronged (mind, body, spirit) approach to wellness in the large agency category of its Excellence in Innovation Award and the Wyoming PD for its community engagement through social media strategy in the small agency (15 or fewer officers) category. Honorable mentions went to Albert Lea (large agency) for its partnerships with business owners to prevent retail thefts and Eveleth, helping older citizens with special needs live more independently (small agency).
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Two of the Association’s main legislative issues were increasing the reimbursement for police training and increasing criminal penalties on individuals impersonating a peace officer. Both initiatives made it into the omnibus public safety budget bill
