Overview
- Chief Brian O’Hara reported more than $5.2 million in January police costs, largely overtime, tied to Operation Metro Surge.
- Over roughly 12 weeks, about 600 officers handled more than 50,000 calls, the department extended 500-plus shifts and canceled over 1,000 days off.
- The report cites nine injured officers, 14 post‑traumatic stress filings and eight retirements during the surge period.
- O’Hara said no officer interventions were recorded during encounters with federal agents and no cases were sent to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, though MPD asked DHS to identify two agents in a possible misdemeanor assault.
- The toll included two fatal shootings, one nonfatal shooting and 12 vehicle collisions involving federal agents and the public, and MPD at times relied on neighboring departments, which handled all emergency calls for 24 hours after Alex Pretti’s killing.