Last April, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara told reporters he was "extremely concerned" to have "just learned" that a recruit had been involved in a high-profile use of force incident in a past law enforcement job in Fairfax County, Va. But internal emails obtained by the Star Tribune show the officer, Tyler Timberlake, had informed the city of the prior incident during his background .
Last April, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara told reporters he was "extremely concerned" to have "just learned" that a recruit had been involved in a high-profile use of force incident in a past law enforcement job in Fairfax County, Va. But internal emails obtained by the Star Tribune show the officer, Tyler Timberlake, had informed the city of the prior incident during his background .
The city paid seven former employees to sign agreements agreeing not to make any “disparaging remarks” after they, like the women who sued, were fired during the pandemic.