In 2018 Minneapolis 911 Dispatcher and MNPEA member Jenna Bixby was killed by a drunk driver. The drunk driver has been sentenced. We are thankful for the sentence and saddened by the loss of Jenna’s life.

The Star Tribune is reporting :

A minister and former college professor has been sentenced to prison for driving drunk while on the wrong side of a Brooklyn Park highway and killing a motorist in a head-on crash as she traveled to work as a Minneapolis 911 dispatcher.

Richard J.M. Shaka, 73, of Blaine, was sentenced Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court to a four-year term for causing the collision with Jenna L. Bixby, 30, on Hwy. 252 the night of Feb. 17, 2018.

With credit for time spent in jail upon arrest, Shaka will serve the first 2⅔ years in prison and the balance on supervised release.

May 12-18 is National Police Week.
Thank you for all who serve. Thank you for all who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5187, creating “National Correctional Officers’ Week.” Each year, the first full week in May is recognized as National Correctional Officers and Employees Week, commemorating the contributions of correctional officers and personnel who work in jails, prisons, and community corrections across the country.

MNPEA thanks you for all of your hard work, dedication and service.

Thank you to all of our hardworking Telecommunicators. MNPEA salutes your lifesaving work.

MNPEA welcomes the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Department Licensed Transport and Court Security Deputies! Welcome aboard.

MNPEA is glad to report officer Jeremy Davidson of Hopkinsville KY is in good condition after being shot.

We are also happy to report his shooter has been apprehended.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A suspect in the shooting of a Hopkinsville police officer has been arrested in Tennessee.

Officials said officer Jeremy Davidson was in “good condition” after being shot twice: “once in the head region and once in the arm.”

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Tennessee
2 hours ago
A suspect involved in the Hopkinsville robbery and officer shooting has been apprehended by multiple agencies in the 2900 block of Hwy 48/13. Expect traffic delays in the area. Seek alternate route.

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Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe
New year
Happy 2019

MNPEA wishes all of you a very Merry Christmas

MNPEA would like to welcome the Steele County Correction Officers to the MNPEA family!

MNPEA wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

Special thanks to so many of our members who will be on duty keeping us safe.

MNPEA would like our members to know that once again there will be no dues increase for 2019-2021.

Dues will again remain at $39 a month.
Full membership includes:

*Full Legal protection on and off Duty.
*Lawyers at grievance and disciplinary hearings.
*Contract Negotiations
*Arbitration

As always MNPEA is non-political. There are no political endorsements or money being spent on politicians. Only members.

MNPEA welcomes aboard the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Licensed Deputies!

MNPEA thanks all of our Veterans for their service!

Our heart goes out to the families of our fallen comrades.

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) – Two Brookhaven police officers were shot to death early Saturday morning on North Sixth Street in Brookhaven.

Following the gunfire, more than 30 police vehicles were seen in the residential area at the triple intersection of Sixth, Hinds and Choctaw Streets and two men have been handcuffed and led away by police, according to Brookhaven Daily Leader.  (WJTV12)

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MNPEA mourns the loss of Oak Park Heights MCF Joseph Parise.
Joseph Parise who died after assisting a fellow CO who was being assaulted.