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.

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.

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.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Police Chief Tim Dolan encouraged Occupy Minnesota demonstrators to provide any specific information they have about police brutality to the city. Rybak says an incident in which an officer knocked a television camera away from a news photographer appeared inappropriate. But he would not condemn the police department's actions during the arrests of 12 protesters Saturday.

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.

When Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak delivers his budget address Wednesday many will be focused on what he has to say about the fire department. The fire chief and union leader have called for hiring additional firefighters to improve safety and response times. But at least one city council member says the department is doing fine as is and rhetoric to the contrary is only frightening residents.

KSTP reports the department wants to reach a different audience and offer its own point of view to stories. The Assistant Police Chief adds the goal of the online channel is to "build trust, transparency and communications."