Minneapolis to revive beefed-up JET patrols of crime hot spots

The beefed-up patrols will begin May 26 and continue until Sept. 2, officials say.

April 15, 2017 at 2:36AM
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek (left), Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau and others gathered outside the Minneapolis Police 4th Precinct to brief members of the media on a series of summer crime strategies, which included: aggressive federal prosecution for gun violence crimes, Joint Enforcement Teams (JET), School Resource Officers on bike patrol, and faith patrols. At right is Bishop Richard D. Howell, Jr. from the Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis. ]
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek (left), Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau and others gathered outside the Minneapolis Police 4th Precinct to brief members of the media on a series of summer crime strategies, which included: aggressive federal prosecution for gun violence crimes, Joint Enforcement Teams (JET), School Resource Officers on bike patrol, and faith patrols. At right is Bishop Richard D. Howell, Jr. from the Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis. ] JIM GEHRZ • jgehrz@startribune.com / Minneapolis, MN / May 16 , 2014 / 10:30 AM / BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Minneapolis Police Department, and others announced a series of summer crime strategies, which included: aggressive federal prosecution for gun violence crimes, Joint Enforcement Teams (JET), School Resource Officers on bike patrol, and faith patrols. Agencies involved with the initiatives include: the Office of Mayor Betsy Hodges; Minneapolis Police Department; Minnesota Department of Public Safety; Metropolitan Transit Police; Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office; the FBI; The ATF; US Attorney’s Office; Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office; Faith Leaders; Council President Barb Johnson; and Public Safety Chair Councilman Blong Yang. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

With the crime-heavy summer months right around the corner, Minneapolis police are once again teaming up with other agencies.

City officials will revive the Joint Enforcement Teams, or JET, an ongoing partnership with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, the State Patrol and Metro Transit police, to patrol criminal hot spots on the city's North Side.

The patrols of police officers and sheriff's deputies will focus their attention on busy crime spots in the Fourth Precinct to try to keep a lid on increases in violence that warmer weather brings.

The agreement, which will cost $60,000, still must get approval from the City Council's public safety committee before going to the full council.

City officials say the beefed-up patrols will begin May 26 and continue until Sept. 2.

Earlier this month, a council committee approved an expansion of the city's ShotSpotter program, which uses a network of sensors to detect when and where gunshots are fired in public.

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Libor Jany

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Libor Jany is the Minneapolis crime reporter for the Star Tribune. He joined the newspaper in 2013, after stints in newsrooms in Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Mississippi. He spent his first year working out of the paper's Washington County bureau, focusing on transportation and education issues, before moving to the Dakota County team.

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