Minneapolis police are in the early stages of identifying gaps in the online reporting system used by victims.
The city’s current online reporting platform that mostly accepts reports about non-violent crimes, including property crimes, MPD said can result in reports that are “vague” or lack essential details for detectives to investigate.
“It really became noticeable to us recently, how terrible the online reporting was, we didn’t realize that it was so bad,” said Deputy Chief Emily Olson, who heads MPD’s Investigative Unit…