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6-301 - Public Access to Police Facilities

6-301 - Public Access to Police Facilities

  • Summary: Outlines public access policies, including facility tours and visitor escorts.
  • Dates Effective: 09-26-2022 to 12-31-2025
  • Revision Type: PRH Implementation
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Access

  1. Each command will define the public or community areas of the facility and the areas restricted to employees only.
  2. All visitors to areas of MPD facilities authorized for MPD employees only shall be escorted by an MPD employee while in the facility.
  1. When escorting visitors, attention shall be given to assure that equipment, protected data and other sensitive material is not available to the visitor.
  1. Employees shall not permit any person to enter a police facility to sell goods, offer them for sale, or to canvas or solicit for any purpose without authorization from the employee in charge of the facility (Inspector, Commander, Lieutenant, etc.).

Tours

  1. Escorted tours of police facilities may be conducted for approved groups who have expressed an interest in observing the functions of the Minneapolis Police Department.
  1. Tour screening and coordination is the responsibility of Inspectors, Commanders or unit Lieutenants, or their designee, and shall be conducted by department employee volunteers.

Definitions

Refer to the Commonly Used Terms page for general definitions.


Document History:

Title Effective Date Revision Type Download
6-301 - Public Access to Police Facilities 09-26-2022

PRH Implementation

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6-301 - Public Access to Police Facilities 01-01-2026

PRH Implementation

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Revision Types and Descriptions

  • New: Policy had been added.
  • Combined: Two or more policies were merged.
  • Definitions Update: A glossary definition was updated.
  • Terms Update: A term, not necessarily tied to the glossary, was updated in the Manual.
  • Edited - Major: Significant content or procedural changes.
  • Edited - Minor: Small edits, clarifications, or formatting changes.
  • Renamed: Policy title changed.
  • Renumbered: Policy number was changed.
  • Split: Single policy was divided into multiple.
  • Eliminated: Policy was removed and is no longer in effect.
  • PRH Implementation: Edits for the Policy and Resource Hub; no content changes.