Retirement Celebration Planned Saturday For Former MPD Chief Arradondo
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Members of the Minneapolis community on Friday will celebrate and send off the cities first Black police chief, Medaria Arradondo.
Arradondo announced his retirement late last year.
The Minneapolis Police Department is still looking for a permanent replacement, but for now, the deputy chief is filling the role.
Arradondo served two terms as Minneapolis police chief.
His retirement celebration is happening Saturday night at the Shiloh Temple International Ministries. It's free and open to the public, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The event comes the day after three of the officers who were on his force -- J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao -- were found guilty on federal charges in the murder of George Floyd.
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