October 5, 2026 Community Commission on Police Oversight

The October 5, 2026 Community Commission on Police Oversight meeting included a Minneapolis Police Department Internal Affairs update reporting 212 historical-backlog cases, 74 still open, and 261 cases in supervisory review. Staff said an independent staffing analysis found the unit needs to approximately double in size to sustain its workload. The key procurement update was that the City Council unanimously approved an RFP for outside assistance from Grant Thornton, the mayor approved it, and final signatures were completed October 1. The vendor is expected to begin work through the department’s background investigations unit in late 2026 to help address the supervisory-review backlog; no contract dollar amount was stated.

The commission also voted to adopt recommendations on the Corrective Action Matrix and referred policies 2-701 to its policy committee for review and feedback to the Implementation Division. It approved an amended resolution expressing the commission’s expectation that the police chief attend at least two meetings per year. Other updates covered police reform implementation, community engagement, training, and the police chief search. No other procurement activity or spending decisions were identified.