§ 19.40 — Public safety reporting

19.40. - Public safety reporting.

(a) For any use of city public safety personnel under section 19.30(5), in which public safety personnel are aware that the subject of the investigation may also be in violation of federal immigration laws, the administration must report the following information to the mayor and to the city council at the city council's next scheduled regular meeting and made available on the city's public-facing website. The report must contain the following information: (1) The source of the initiation of the use of city public safety personnel including but not limited to requests by a federal agency or officer; city department, office, or organization; or a 311 or 911 report; (2) The decision-making process which led to the use of city public safety personnel; (3) The date and time of the start and end of the use of city public safety personnel; (4) A clear timeline of the use of city public safety personnel; (5) The number of city public safety personnel present and total hours spent as part of the use of city public safety personnel; (6) The number of any arrests made by city public safety personnel and the rationale for those arrests; and (7) The cost to the city of the involvement or assistance by city public safety personnel, including, but not limited to the costs associated with the following categories: a. The number of city public safety personnel present and total hours spent as part of the involvement or assistance; b. Any overtime costs incurred as part of the involvement or assistance, including a methodology on how overtime hours were calculated; and c. Any additional costs such as the use of any specialized equipment. (b) For any use of city public safety personnel to assist any federal law enforcement agency with crowd control, a report must be made in the same timing, manner, and content as a report under section 19.40(a). (c) For any use of city public safety personnel to assist any law enforcement agency where law enforcement agents are hiding their identities when interacting with the public, for example masking, while not having clear agency identification displayed, a report must be made in the same timing, manner, and content as a report under section 19.40(a). (d) When the administration becomes aware of an ongoing action to enforce federal immigration laws in Minneapolis, it must provide information to the city council as soon as possible. (e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, no report required by this section may contain personally identifiable information. (f) No information that is otherwise required to be reported under this section may be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation relating to the data privacy and classification of information, including the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. (g) The city must preserve all data necessary to make the reports under this section for at least twelve (12) months after the report is made to the city council.

(Ord. No. 2025-060, § 1, 12-11-25)