Friday roundup: Police database open to all, civilian police oversight, Sabo bridge repairs

City news roundup for Friday, Aug. 17

August 17, 2012 at 4:13PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

City cameras track anyone, even Mayor Rybak: Over the course of a year, scanners spotted Rybak's current and former city-owned cars 41 times. The most recent captures featured pictures of the car, which are stored for 21 days. Seven of the locations were redacted because the department does not release locations of its stationary cameras. Several legislators are joining privacy experts who say the Legislature needs to set standards on the classification, retention and use of that data.(Eric Roper)

Police misconduct oversight up for debate: A controversial plan to overhaul civilian oversight of police misconduct in Minneapolis is wending its way through the political process via community meetings where officials are asking for comment. (Randy Furst)

Repairs to start next week on Sabo Bridge: The city announced today that engineers will install a retrofitted diaphragm plate, which connects cables to the mast. Workers will monitor that repair over the next month to gauge its performance, officials said, and then schedule repairs to rest of the plates. (Maya Rao)

Local music: Brute Heart's somnambulist blues: The Minneapolis band will perform an original soundtrack for the 1920s German expressionist film classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which will be screened at the Walker Art Center on Monday (Chris Riemenschneider)

Obituary: Stanley Nelson was a visionary in health care: He helped engineer the merger of Abbott and Northwestern hospitals. (Mike Hughlett)

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