Rybak formally nominates female assistant police chief to succeed Dolan

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has formally nominated Janeé Harteau to step into the shoes of Tim Dolan after he retires. She would be the first woman to serve as the city's police chief.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Oct 24, 2012

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has formally nominated Janeé Harteau to succeed Tim Dolan after his retirement. She would be the first woman to serve as the city's police chief, WCCO reports.

Harteau is a 25-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department, and Rybak is recommending that she be hired for a three-year term, KSTP reports. The City Council will hold a public hearing on the nomination Nov. 28 and could vote on the confirmation Nov. 30, KSTP reports. If confirmed, Harteau would be formally sworn in Dec. 4.

Rybak first floated her name in April, the Star Tribune reported, calling her "a smart cop and a savvy administrator."

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After five years on the job, Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan is stepping down from his post Friday. Dolan will be replaced Assistant Chief Janee Harteau, who will be the first woman to front the Minneapolis Police Department.

Mayor R.T. Rybak has nominated Janee Harteau to be Minneapolis' next Chief of Police. The 25-year veteran of the department would be the city's first female police chief. Harteau is currently an assistant to Chief Tim Dolan, who is retiring at the end of the year.

Chief Tim Dolan has notified Mayor R.T. Rybak that he will not seek a third term. His current contract expires in January of 2013. Dolan has been the city's Police Chief since 2006 and joined the department in 1983 after working as a deputy for the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department.

Occupy Minnesota protesters will meet with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak Tuesday to discuss the weekend arrests of a dozen demonstrators. The Occupy movement alleges police brutality. Forty members marched to Rybak's office to demand the meeting. Police Chief Tim Dolan has acknowledged cops may have gone too far in knocking a camera off the shoulder of a news photographer.

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