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Paul McEnroe

Investigative reporter  |  General assignment and quasi-government agencies

Phone: 612-673-1745

E-mail: paul.mcenroe@startribune.com

Paul McEnroe has been a reporter at the Star Tribune since 1980, specializing in coverage of social justice issues, including failures in the child protection system, addicted youth, domestic violence, foster care and abuses of the mentally retarded. His investigations include “The Informant,” on the FBI’s 2007-08 corruption probe inside the Minneapolis Police Department; an examination of factors leading to the collapse of the I-35W Bridge, including the series “Money vs. Safety”; the plane crash that killed U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone; and the unsavory fund-raising machine of Vietnam-era Hmong warrior Gen. Vang Pao.

McEnroe has covered the Gulf War, the conflict in Bosnia-Croatia and the Iraq War. In 2005, he was named an Ochberg Fellow by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma for his longtime coverage of victims of violence. He holds a Master’s Degree in journalism from Michigan State University and is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he teaches investigative and in-depth reporting.

Recent content from Paul McEnroe

• Two top strike force leaders part of inquiry
  The Star Tribune has learned the identities of 16 officers reportedly under investigation.
  Oct 16, 2009
• Overthrow charges against Vang are dropped
  Hmong general endured 2-year ordeal over his role in alleged plot to overthrow Laos government.
  Sep 19, 2009
• Jeanne Watson pioneered fathers-only parenting class
  She persuaded St. John's Hospital to let her start the program in 1979, and the idea spread across the country.
  Sep 8, 2009
• Document shredding puts Strike Force in doubt
  The integrity of the team of 34 officers and supervisors from 13 local law enforcement agencies, who focus on gang- and drug-related crime, now is so damaged by the unauthorized destruction that it may never restart operations.
  Jun 16, 2009
• Gang Strike Force officer faces stalking probe
  Minneapolis Police Sgt. Randall L. Olson, a 10-year veteran who was assigned to the Strike Force in 2008, denies using Metro Gang Strike Force's GPS equipment to track a woman.
  Jun 16, 2009
• Sheriff tried to dissuade Gang Strike Force audit
  Bob Fletcher says he changed his mind after cash and vehicles could not be found.
  May 24, 2009
• On a collision course
  Within weeks of the FBI's arrest of informant Taylor Trump, Lt. Mike Keefe put himself on a collision course with federal investigators and his chief. He would later tell internal affairs that he had grown skeptical of Trump's story that he had cops in his pocket, even as other investigators compiled evidence that seemed to support it.
  May 21, 2009
• Cocaine pipeline from Texas busted
  Traffickers supplied by a violent Mexican cartel allegedly delivered 5 to 15 kilos a month to Minnesota.
  Apr 29, 2009
• 'Police versus the police'
  The investigation into the informant's claims about corrupt cops spanned more than a year. Did they have enough evidence to prosecute?
  Apr 24, 2009
• The Informant
  Word on the street was that some Minneapolis cops were dirty, tipping off drug dealers. Investigators knew one man who could help them figure out if that was true: gang leader Taylor Trump.
  Apr 23, 2009

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