Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson wasted little time shaking up the department’s upper ranks, rolling out a sweeping reshuffle of senior command on Wednesday that reaches deep into the core of how the Minneapolis Police Department is run.
The interim chief reassigned multiple deputy and assistant chiefs and shifted several precinct inspectors into new posts. The changes touch key oversight areas including investigations, patrol and internal affairs, and amount to the broadest turnover in MPD leadership in years. Staff first learned of the reassignments in an internal message that moved several longtime commanders into different roles…