Medaria Arradondo
Chief Medaria Arradondo is the 53rd Chief of the Minneapolis Police Department. He joined the MPD in 1989 as a patrol officer in the 4th precinct and worked his way up through the police ranks until he was named the inspector for the First Precinct. He once was a school resource officer and commander of the Internal Affairs Division. He was a Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief before being nominated as Minneapolis’s new Chief of Police by the Mayor of Minneapolis, after the resignation of former police chief Janee Harteau in mid 2017 on the heels of the murder of Justine Damond by former Minneapolis police officer Mohammed Noor.

Early life and earlier career
Arradondo is a fifth generation Minnesota resident.

Career
During Super Bowl XLII, Arradondo took precautions during the game and did away with Philadelphia-style tailgating for the game.

As police chief, Arradondo stopped the practice of low level marijuana stings due to complaints about racial disparities. Medaria also clarified the relationship between police and emergency medical service providers (EMT) in his current role as police chief.

During the 2018 Pride events in the city, Arradondo directed officers who wanted to march in the parade to wear civilian clothes, due to community concerns and controversy stemming from a police shooting fatality incident in 2016.