Politics & Government
Minneapolis Police Hire Civilian Bureau Chiefs To Lead Internal Affairs, Constitutional Policing Efforts
O'Hara said he had personally recruited Famodu and Martin, mirroring moves in large cities such as Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
May 20, 2025
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara announced Monday that he hired two civilians to lead bureaus within the department in what he said marked a "historic change" within the city's police force.
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Ayodele Famodu will serve as the chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau and Ganesha Martin as the chief of the Constitutional Policing Bureau. They're the first civilians to hold executive positions within the Minneapolis Police Department. In the past, only sworn officers had taken on the roles.
They will lead the department as it navigates a federal consent decree and a court-ordered settlement agreement with the state of Minnesota. Investigations from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights found city police had engaged in a pattern of race-based discrimination.
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