The Minnesota Department of Public Safety released its no-knock warrant report today, the first of what will now be an annually released report.
This year’s report covered four months in 2021, beginning in September, when a Minnesota Statute took effect requiring this report on a yearly basis.
Next year, the report will include 12 month’s worth of data, allowing law enforcement and officials to examine the results and effectiveness of the warrants.
Between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2021, 132 no-knock warrants were requested by 35 different public safety agencies.
By far, the most were requested in Minneapolis, and Hennepin County, the state' most populous city and county, where a combined 60 no-knock warrants were requested, and 45 ended up being executed. No knock warrants are now banned in Minneapolis.
The report also found that roughly two thirds the subjects of no-knock warrants were black.
The report found only one no-knock warrant led to an injury, which was not fatal. That came in Austin, Minnesota.
To read the full report, visit the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s website.
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