Minneapolis group security commissioner proclaims retirement after simply 1 yr – Legislation Officer

(Alpha News) – Cedric Alexander, Minneapolis’ first group security commissioner, raised eyebrows this week when he introduced that he can be retiring initially of September after only one yr on the job.

The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis launched a revealing assertion on his departure.

“Dr. Alexander got here to the Metropolis of Minneapolis to construct the Workplace of Neighborhood Security and rebuild group belief. Shortly after being employed, he hung out assembly with stakeholders, and he met with the POFM Board. Throughout that assembly Dr. Alexander acknowledged, ‘if in the future you get up and see I give up, it’s as a result of they gained’t let me do my job.’ It seems that time has come for him. The backward methods within the Metropolis of Minneapolis have but once more run off somebody that would have vastly contributed to the restoration of public security within the Metropolis of Minneapolis,” the federation mentioned in a press release offered to Alpha Information.

In an interview printed only a few weeks earlier than his announcement, Alexander instructed the Star Tribune that he wasn’t being given the assets to do his job.

Sources inside the police division instructed Alpha Information they’d be shocked if the police chief finishes out his contract. They count on his resignation to ultimately comply with.

One officer who can’t speak publicly instructed Alpha Information: “The town continues to punch the working cops within the face over and over.”

Alexander, who earned an eye-popping wage of $334,000, was tapped to lead the town’s new Workplace of Neighborhood Security final July. In a press release confirming his departure, Alexander framed his one yr on the job as successful, pointing to a drop in violent crime in comparison with 2021 and a collection of profitable summer time occasions.

“Over the past yr, I’ve labored alongside dedicated and proficient leaders and personnel to try in direction of excellence below the route of Mayor Frey, who directed me to face up the historic Workplace of Neighborhood Security,” mentioned Alexander. “As Minneapolis strikes towards its continued imaginative and prescient for a twenty first century complete security technique, I’m proud to notice the inspiration for fulfillment has been established. That is, and continues to be, a phenomenal and vibrant metropolis with infinite alternatives for all. I’m past honored to have served this group and have been humbled by the expression of assist proven me over the previous yr.”

Alexander’s final day of employment with the town can be Sept. 1. Mayor Jacob Frey mentioned he’ll define a “transition plan” within the coming weeks.